The Tai-Ex opened down 78-points this morning from Friday's close, at 28,119

on turnover of 5-billion N-T.

The market closed higher on Friday, after Wall Street's rose to more record

highs overnight, despite a sell-off for Oracle as investors worries persist

about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology.

A batch of 42 M-1-A-2-T Abrams main battle tanks delivered by the United

States in July will begin a month-long testing program today.

According to reports, the testing will be taking place at an Army base in

northern Taiwan and include multiple live-fire drills using the tanks'

120-millimeter main guns.

The tanks were recently deployed to an Army training ground in Hsinchu County

for training sessions ahead of the testing phase.

The testing program is set to focus on evaluating the tanks' observation and

targeting (靶向) systems, as well as their integration with the ammunition

system.

Reports say the month-long tests are expected to conclude by the end of

January, after which the tanks will enter active service with the Army.

Law enforcement agencies in Kaohsiung have raided (突襲、掃蕩) a mephedrone

manufacturing site - arresting three suspects and seizing drugs with an

estimated market value of 100-million N-T.

According to Kaohsiung City Police Department's Renwu Precinct, the site was

located in the city's Dashu District and was being used to produce "meow

meow."

The raid was led by the Ciaotou District Prosecutors' Office.

Police say they seized drug manufacturing equipment, more than 47-kilograms

of finished mephedrone, and about 300-kilograms of unfinished product during

the raid.

The case has been transferred to prosecutors for potential indictments under

the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is offering to drop Ukraine’s NATO

bid in exchange for security guarantees.

AP correspondent Rica Ann Garcia reports

Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach,

killing 15 people, including a child.

Officials say one gunman, a 50-year-old man, was fatally shot by police.

The other shooter, his 24-year-old son, was wounded and was being treated at

a hospital.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that

struck at the heart of the nation.

Those killed were aged between 10- and 87-years-old.

At least 42 others were being treated at hospitals as of this morning,

several of them in a critical condition (命危).

Police said one gunman was known to security services, but authorities had no

indication of a planned attack.

It was the deadliest shooting in almost three decades in a country with

strict gun control laws.

Chile’s ultra-conservative opposition candidate, Jose Antonio Kast, has

secured a victory in the presidential runoff election.

He defeated the candidate of the left-wing governing coalition by over 15

percentage points on Sunday, setting the stage for the country’s most

right-wing government in 35 years of democracy.

According to electoral results with over 95% of the vote counted, Kast won

more than 58% of the vote.

Chilean voters embraced his pledge to crack down on increased crime, deport

(驅逐出境) hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status and

revive the sluggish (遲緩) economy of one of Latin America’s most stable and

prosperous (繁榮) nations.

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

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