The Tai-Ex opened up 235-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,972 on turnover of $8.3-billion N-T.

The Ministry of Labor reports that Labor Funds grew by $20.9 billion NT in

October.

That brings total gains for 2024 to $93.91 billion NT.

The funds, managed by the Bureau of Labor Funds, are valued at $6.88 trillion

NT with a 14.96 percent return rate for the first 10 months of the year.

Key funds include the Labor Pension Fund, with a 14.59-percent return, and

the Labor Retirement Fund, at 17.92-percent.

The National Pension Insurance Fund also saw a strong performance, reaching a

16.01-percent return.

Over the past decade, these funds have delivered an average annual return of

6.7-percent.

Officials warned of global market uncertainty (不確定) due to interest rate

policies, uneven growth, and geopolitical tensions, but noted Taiwan’s stock

market remained solid in October.

The northeast monsoon is bringing cooler weather and rain to northern Taiwan

today.

Greater Taipei, Yilan, Hualien, and Matsu could see showers, with heavy rain

expected in northeastern mountains.

Other areas, including Penghu and Kinmen, will stay mostly dry and sunny.

Drivers in central and southern Taiwan should watch for thick morning fog

that’s reducing visibility (能見度) to under 200 meters in some places.

Strong winds are hitting coastal areas, including Taoyuan and Hsinchu, and

islands like Penghu and Matsu.

Air quality in western Taiwan is worsening due to pollution buildup.

Central and southern areas are under an “Orange Alert,” with some spots

reaching “Red Alert” levels.

Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since

agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people.

The strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of

projectiles earlier on Monday as a warning over what it said were Israeli

truce (休戰) violations.

This was apparently the first time Hezbollah took aim at Israeli forces after

the 60-day ceasefire went into effect last week.

The increasingly fragile ceasefire aims to end more than a year of war

between Hezbollah and Israel — part of a wider regional conflict sparked by

the devastating Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

There's growing anger in Guinea after dozens were killed in a stampede at a

football match.

Officials say clashes broke out among football fans at the stadium after a

contested (有爭議的) goal.

Correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports.

Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever

dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species.

The creature, which washed up dead on a beach on New Zealand's South Island

in July, is only the seventh specimen (樣本) ever found.

None has ever been seen alive at sea.

Over the next week, researchers will study the 5-meter-long male at an

agricultural research center near the city of Dunedin.

Almost nothing is known about it but scientists, working with Maori cultural

experts, hope to answer some of the many lingering questions this week,

including where they live, what they eat, how they produce sound and how this

specimen died.

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

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