The Tai-Ex opened down 15-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

17,156 on turnover of $2.5-billion N-T.

The market continued its winning ways on Thursday, but buying was weaker and

the gains were muted compared with earlier this week.

Investors were closely watching the outcome (結果) of the meeting between U-S

President Joe Biden and China's leader Xi Jin-ping for guidance throughout

much of the day's session.

The Cabinet has approved a proposal to spend 1.34-billion N-T for the

cryptographic splitting of cloud-stored data from 18 key infrastructure

management systems.

According to the Ministry of Digital Affairs, establishing a cryptographic

splitting mechanism (機制) will ensure key infrastructure management systems

can continue functioning during disasters.

The ministry says cryptographic splitting of data is part of a multiyear plan

to transfer data to cloud-based storage.

The first stage of the program is to transfer data from 29 infrastructure

systems to a public cloud between 2021 and 2025, while the second stage will

see the establishment of a cryptographic splitting mechanism between 2024 to

2027.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs says data covered by the proposal includes

the National Health Insurance management system, the vehicle management

system, and the entry and exit management system.

Israel says it has found a tunnel shaft (隧道) and weapons in the Al-Shifa

hospital, as its forces continue to search Gaza's main hospital.

Sarah Coates reports from Tel Aviv.

Syrian President Bashar Assad's office and state media are reporting that

Assad has issued a decree granting amnesty and reducing sentences for several

categories of crime committed prior to Thursday.

No reason was given for the amnesty but it came on the anniversary of the

1970 coup that brought Assad's father and predecessor (前任者) to power.

Assad has issued similar amnesties since the country’s deadly conflict that

has killed half a million people began in March 2011.

The decree granted a complete pardon for misdemeanor convictions and people

serving prison sentences who have reached the age of 70, or those who have

incurable diseases.

Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana have agreed to establish a Global

Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans

enslaved centuries ago during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The agreement announced Thursday adds to the growing demands for reparations

after about 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by European nations

from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved (被奴役的).

Delegates to the conference in Accra did not say how such a reparation fund

would operate.

A report by a special U.N. forum said people of African descent continue to

be victims of systemic discrimination and it supported reparations as “a

cornerstone of justice in the 21st century.”

That was the I.C.R.T. news,

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