The Tai-Ex opened up 156-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,260 on turnover of 7.5-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply higher on Monday and recouped most of the losses

seen in the previous two sessions after Wall Street rose at the end of last

week.

Monday's point gains were the seventh most for a single day and the sixth

most this year - and also helped the Tai-Ex recover from a 658-point tumble

in the previous two trading sessions last week.

The Taiwan Railway Corporation says it will likely post losses of 12-billion

N-T this year - its first year as a state-owned corporation after having been

a government agency for decades.

According to the rail operator, the projected loss will exceed (超過) the

estimated loss of over 7.4-billion N-T budgeted last year and the

11.4-billion N-T loss that the former Taiwan Railways Administration posted

for 2023.

The railway corporation says it will also be saddled with an additional

2-billion N-T in expenses that were needed to convert the former government

agency into a commercial company.

However, corporation Chairman Du Wei is remaining upbeat about the company's

future - saying its operating income could turn positive by as early as 2026.

The Taoyuan District Court has acquitted two men of endangering flight safety

when they repeatedly flew a drone near Taoyuan International Airport.

They were found to have operated a U-A-V in the vicinity of the airport at

least 10 times between June 24 and July 25 of last year.

Traffic at the airport was disrupted on several occasions - with the most

serious incident leading to a temporary suspension of takeoffs and landings

at around on June 29.

However, the court ruled there was insufficient (不足的) evidence to prove

that their conduct met the requirements for criminal conviction under Article

101 of Taiwan's Civil Aviation Act.

The court ruling can be appealed.

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in

Syria says the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its

request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus — and it

is preparing to deploy (展開行動).

The visit was the first since the organization was established by the U.N.

General Assembly in 2016 to assist in evidence-gathering and prosecution of

individuals responsible for possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and

genocide since Syria’s civil war began in 2011.

UN officials Monday highlighted the urgency of preserving documents and other

evidence before it is lost.

A rescue of hikers in Slovenia resumes (重新開始, 恢復) as snow brings

traffic chaos and power outages across the Balkans

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports

Members of Greece’s former royal family have expressed “deep emotion”

after being granted Greek citizenship, ending a decades-old dispute with the

country's government.

Greece abolished the monarchy in a 1974 referendum and the former royal

family was stripped of its citizenship two decades later during a dispute

over the former royal estate that passed to state control.

Now, the ten descendants (子孫，後代) of the late King Constantine II, who

died last year aged 82, formally recognized Greece’s status as a

presidential parliamentary democracy and renouncing any claims to royal

authority or titles.

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

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