The Tai-Ex opened up 104-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

28,253 on turnover of $6.4-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan closed sharply higher Monday, led by the electronics sector,

after artificial intelligence-related stocks surged in the United States at

the end of last week.

Momentum continued yesterday as contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing pushed the broader market ahead, and memory chip suppliers

continued moving upwards due to a supply shortage.

Buying also spread to non-tech stocks with the electric machinery industry in

focus, providing more support to the Taiex.

Authorities are intensifying (強化) actions against online threats, following

Friday's deadly knife and smoke bomb attacks in Taipei, which killed 3.

Taichung prosecutors say a man was ordered detained and held incommunicado

after he posted online referencing plans for large-scale attacks.

Investigators searching his home and seized his phone.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau said that about 20 online posts involving

threats or calls for indiscriminate attacks had been identified nationwide as

of Sunday.

In Hualien's Yuli township, a man has been fined after his pet ostrich

escaped its enclosure and was spotted running among motorists on Provincial

Highway 9.

Authorities in the township say that one officer was conducting (進行) an

"online patrol" yesterday morning when they came across photos of the loose

ostrich on social media.

Officers were able to find the owner, surnamed Huang, who said he usually

kept the bird in an enclosure.

But yesterday morning, the bird was apparently scared by something and took

off running down the highway…

running a red light and continuing south to a factory near Yuli Senior High

School.

All in all, it ran about 2.5 kilometers.

After questioning Huang, police issued him a citation under the law…

which stipulates a fine of 300-600 NT.

Denmark has summoned the US ambassador after Donald Trump's appointment of a

special envoy to Greenland.

The US president has repeatedly expressed (表達) interest in taking over the

island, angering the Danish government, which has controlled Greenland for

centuries.

Ira Spitzer reports.

Nigerians have welcomed back 130 children and teachers who were released

after being seized in one of the largest mass abductions (綁架) in the

country’s history.

Some of the children appeared to be malnourished or in shock on Monday as

they arrived at a government ceremony.

Police said they were freed Sunday, a month after gunmen stormed their

Catholic school in Niger state’s Papiri community in a predawn attack.

Authorities said plans were underway to reunite the children with their

families before Christmas.

Officials did not say whether a ransom — common in such abductions — had

been paid.

A suspected cyberattack has knocked France’s national postal service and its

banking arm offline during the busy Christmas season.

La Poste said Monday the attack disrupted package deliveries and online

payments, but customer data was not impacted (受影響).

At a Paris post office, employees turned away frustrated (惱怒的，不滿意的)

customers trying to send or retrieve packages.

Customers of the bank were blocked from using the application to approve

payments or conduct other banking services.

The bank redirected approvals to text messages.

It said teams are working to resolve the situation quickly.

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

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