The Tai-Ex opened down 91-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

17,325 on turnover of 4.1 -billion N-T.

The market trended sharply higher on Tuesday to close above the 17,400-point

mark on the back of ample liquidity and a strong New Taiwan dollar - which

prompted foreign investors to move funds into Taiwan.

The bellwether electronics sector led the upturn, as artificial intelligence

development-related stock garnered investor interest due to expectations that

Nvidia will give positive leads in its investor conference.

Lawmakers have passed a bill allowing courts to issue restraining orders to

prevent the dissemination (散佈，傳播) of explicit images.

The provisions are aimed at both the abuser and online service providers.

The bill is an amendment of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.

It will allow courts to issue civil protection orders prohibiting the

remaking, dissemination, broadcast, delivery, or publication of intimate

images of the protected individual.

Perpetrators will be required to return any images to victims and law

enforcement authorities will be allowed to order them to delete the content

if necessary.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is slamming racist (種族主義的) comments that

have been appearing on social media sites over the past week concerning

Indian migrant workers.

According to the ministry's Department of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, the

government strongly opposes any form of discrimination or bias against

specific groups, as Taiwan is a multiethnic country that respects human

rights.

Officials are calling on the public to refrain from posting or reposting any

derogatory comments on social media targeting Indians and the Indian

community.

The statements comes after it was confirmed that talks are underway way to

allow the employment of migrant Indian workers in Taiwan.

South Korea is suspending a military agreement with North Korea in

retaliation to Pyongyang firing a rocket on Tuesday.

North Korea says it successfully launched a satellite into orbit (軌道,

繞軌道運行).

South Korea, the US, and Japan are working to verify the claim.

Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo

Congo’s foreign minister and the head of the U.N. stabilization mission in

Congo have signed agreements to end the presence of U.N. peacekeepers after

more than two decades.

Congo's president in September called for them to leave a year earlier than

planned.

While no date was publicly given for the U.N. withdrawal to begin, observers

say it's unlikely to start before Congo's Dec. 20 presidential election.

Eastern Congo has long been overrun by dozens of armed groups seeking a share

of the region’s gold and other resources.

Frustrated Congolese say that no one is protecting them from rebel (反叛)

attacks.

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

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