The Tai-Ex opened up 47-points this morning from Friday's close, at 27,674 on

turnover of 7.5-billion N-T.

The market closed slightly higher Friday, as positive investor sentiment

carried over from the previous session amid hopes that the U-S Federal

Reserve will cut key interest rates later this month.

Taiwan's ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has met with the

newly elected prime minister of the Caribbean ally, Godwin Friday, to convey

(傳達) congratulations from President Lai Ching-te.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Ambassador Fiona Fan delivered Lai's

message during their meeting, and that the prime minister asked her to relay

(傳達) his thanks in return.

The ministry has not said when the meeting took place or provided any further

details.

However, the meeting took place as Friday's New Democratic Party has

previously proposed switching recognition from Taiwan to Beijing.

And,

The Civil Aviation Administration has confirmed that local airlines completed

the required software restoration on Airbus A320-series aircraft before a 7AM

deadline on Sunday.

The software restoration followed an emergency directive (指示) issued after

a technical failure in the U-S.

Airbus announced on Friday that around 6,000 A320-family jets worldwide must

undergo software updates and may not be operated without the fix.

The announcement come after reports of a flight-control system malfunction

linked to solar flare interference.

Hondurans are voting to elect new president in a close race under shadow of

Trump’s surprise intervention (干涉).

AP correspondent Rica Ann Garcia reports

A new report says that the world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a

5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year

as demand was fed by (由…供給/提供) the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as

countries’ rising military spending.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says today that the

revenues of the 100 largest arms makers grew to $679 billion in 2024, the

highest figure it has recorded.

The bulk of the increase was down to companies based in Europe and the United

States, but there were increases around the world — except in Asia and

Oceania, where problems in the Chinese arms industry led to a slight fall.

Italian cultural officials are offering digital copies of Italian

masterpieces as part of a new project to help museums raise money.

The nonprofit Save the Artistic Heritage, with its technical partner Cinello,

is behind this initiative.

They provide digital projections of Italian masterpieces, complete with

certificates of authenticity (真正的，真實性).

Participating museums receive 50% of the profits.

Over two years, Save the Artistic Heritage has contributed about

$347-thousand US dollars to Italian museums.

Each digital artwork is sold in a limited series of nine.

The project aims to help museums access new income streams and expand

globally, including plans for the United States.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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