**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 180-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

15,060 on turnover of $5.1-billion N-T.

The Tai-Ex gained ground to close above 14,800 point mark on Wednesday as

investors chose to ignore a lackluster performance on Wall Street overnight.

The weighted index ended the day up 169-points at 14,879 - and that was the

market's highest close since September 13.

The high closing figure came as foreign institutional investors returned to

the local main board, while investor interest focused on I-C design

heavyweights, as well as select old economy and financial stocks during the

trading day.

**Electric Bike Owners Now Required to Register Vehicles and get License **

Plates

Owners of new electric bicycles are now required to register their vehicles,

obtain a license plate and buy insurance.

The move comes as revisions to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act

take effect from today.

Under those revisions, e-bikes are now formally described as being "mini

electric two-wheel vehicles" - meaning they cannot be operated without a

license plate.

Owners of new e-bikes will have to formally register their vehicle and

purchase a minimum of three years of compulsory (強制性的) automobile

liability insurance.

The news rules also state that only people aged 14 or older can ride an

e-bike, and they must wear a helmet and ride at a speed of no more than

25-kilometers-an-hour.

E-bike owners are also banned from carrying passengers, modifying their

vehicles, or riding them on sidewalks or regular bike lanes.

**Afghanistan Bomb Attack at Religious School **

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb

blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports.

**EU Wants UN Investigation into Russian War Crimes **

The European Union wants to set up a U.N.-backed specialized (專門) court to

investigate possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday the EU will

work with international partners to get “the broadest international support

possible” for the tribunal while supporting the International Criminal

Court.

Investigations of military crimes committed during the war in Ukraine are

underway around Europe, and the Hague-based International Criminal Court has

already launched a probe (調查).

Von der Leyen added that the EU wants to make Russia pay for the destruction

it caused in neighboring Ukraine by using Russian assets frozen under

sanctions.

She estimated the damage to Ukraine at $617 billion US dollars.

**EU Warns Musk to Beef Up Twitter Protections **

A top European Union official has warned Elon Musk that Twitter needs to beef

up (加強) to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful

content to avoid violating new rules.

The EU's commissioner for digital policy told Musk on Wednesday that the

social media platform will have to significantly increase efforts to comply

(遵守) with the rules that threaten big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation

bloc if tech giants don’t comply.

The two held a video call to discuss Twitter’s preparedness for the rules.

The commissioner says Musk told him that the new EU rules were “a sensible

approach to implement on a worldwide basis.”

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