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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 122-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 44,581 on turnover of 8.6-billion N-T.
The market staged a technical rebound (技術性反彈) on Tuesday led by the electronics sector, after tech stocks rallied on Wall Street overnight, while
buying also rotated to (輪動至) the financial sector, to give an additional boost to the broader market.
Lai touts Shinzo Abe's legacy at Tokyo forum
President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan and Japan face identical security challenges along the First Island Chain.
In a pre-recorded address at the inaugural (首屆的) Shinzo Abe and Modern Japan International Research Forum in Tokyo, Lai said the late Prime Minister's
declaration that "a Taiwan contingency (緊急事態) is a Japanese contingency" highlights the importance of continued peace and stability across the Taiwan
Strait.
The president also used the opportunity to thank Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for continuing Abe’s legacy.
The forum was cohosted by the National Chengchi University's Shinzo Abe Research Center and the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals think
tank… it brought together experts from Taiwan, Japan and the U-S to discuss Abe's legacy and strategy.
Hsinchu gas explosion cause under investigation
Fire investigators (調查人員) and police are looking into the cause of an explosion that left two people dead and two others injured in Hsinchu City on
Tuesday.
The explosion ripped through (炸穿 / 猛烈摧毀) a lunchbox store on Gaocui Road in the city's East District.
The blast collapsed a wall onto a neighboring bakery - where the two elderly victims were sleeping.
Both were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Firefighters believe the blast was due gas accumulating (累積 / 聚積) overnight inside the lunchbox store after it closed.
US Launches New Attacks on Iran Following Helicopter Incident
Bahrain has sounded its missile alert sirens as Iran said it targeted the island nation to retaliate (報復) for US strikes.
Iran said it had targeted the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, the island nation in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry urged (呼籲) the public to seek shelter.
The US launched fresh strikes on Iran following the downing of an Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, putting any new peace agreement in
jeopardy (陷入危險).
Mitch McCann reports.
That was correspondent Mitch McCann.
Brazil Crackdown on Smugglers of Cuban Migrants
Brazilian police have rescued more than 100 Cuban migrants from human smugglers (走私者 / 偷渡集團) at the northern border with Guyana.
Officials say the 108 migrants are in custody while authorities work to regularize (使合法化) their immigration status.
Five people have been arrested on smuggling charges.
The smugglers, known as "coyotes," charged high fees and provided unsafe travel conditions.