The Tai-Ex opened down 18-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

17,291 on turnover of 3.3-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Wednesday, as investors shunned artificial

intelligence-related stocks after a warning from chip designer Nvidia on the

possible impact of the U-S government's ban on chip sales to China.

Selling was seen in A-I-related and semiconductor stocks, but I-C designers

were boosted by rotational buying.

The Taiwan People's Party has released its legislator-at-large nominees for

January's elections.

Former Taipei Deputy Mayor Huang Shan-shan tops the 34-person list.

According to T-P-P presidential nominee Ko Wen-je, Huang proved to be "an

efficient worker" when she served as his deputy during his tenure (任期) as

mayor of Taipei.

Ko is praising the party's no. 2 pick, former New Power Party lawmaker Huang

Kuo-chang for his work uncovering corruption while in office.

Huang resigned from the N-P-P last week to be eligible to be included in the

T-P-P's party list.

The Kaohsiung City Government has announced that its New Year's Eve

celebration party this year will feature a four minute fireworks show -

making its one of the city's biggest ever displays.

The New Year's Eve party will be taking place at Dream Mall beginning at

6:30PM on December 31.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai says the show will be 60 seconds longer than

last year and more than 7,000 fireworks will be set off.

According to Chen, it will also be the first time the city will have combined

its Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Christmas decorations, including a 20-meter Christmas tree and an over

5-meter tall reindeer (馴鹿) will be put up in Central Park.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser says a

planned hostage-for-prisoner swap with Hamas has been delayed until at least

Friday.

In a statement released late Wednesday, Tzachi Hanegbi said that contacts on

the deal were continuing.

The swap is to take place as part of a four-day truce (休戰) that had been

expected to begin today but was delayed to Friday.

Hanegbi gave no explanation for the delay, and it was not immediately clear

when the cease-fire might begin.

The Pentagon has confirmed that a US Airbase in Iraq has been hit by a

ballistic missile attack.

It comes as American bases in the Middle East report an increase in attacks

on soldiers stationed in the region.

Trent Murray reports.

Peruvian scientists say Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface

in the last six decades due to climate change.

According to a new glacier inventory released Wednesday by a government

agency, 175 glaciers became extinct between 2016 and 2020.

In total, scientists say, the South American country has 1,050 square

kilometers of glacial coverage (覆蓋範圍) left.

That is about 44% of what was recorded in 1962, when the first glacier

inventory was done.

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