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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 190-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 46,909 on turnover of 17.6-billion N-T.
The market lost ground (下跌；走低) on Tuesday as semiconductor stocks, especially memory chip suppliers came under heavy pressure as investors rushed to pocket gains (獲利了結；把收益落袋) built in recent sessions.
Lai urges democracies to unite against transnational repression
President Lai Ching-te is once again calling for closer international cooperation to counter (對抗；反制) transnational repression (跨國鎮壓) and describing it as a growing challenge facing democracies around the world.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a Global Cooperation and Training Framework workshop in Taipei, Lai told attendees that threats facing democratic countries today have gone beyond traditional military domains and geographic boundaries (地理界線).
The workshop was titled "Building Resilient Democracies: Responding to Transnational Repression."
Organizers say it brought together experts and scholars from 29 countries to exchange views on safeguarding democracy, freedom, human rights and the
rule of law.
Oil tanker chartered by CPC expected to arrive in Taiwan in July
C-P-C has confirmed that a an oil tanker (油輪) it chartered (包租；租用) is expected to arrive in Taiwan in mid-July after exiting the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the state-refiner, the "Dubai Energy" is carrying 2-million barrels of crude oil.
The statements come after Reuters reported that the Dubai Energy left the Strait of Hormuz and is bound for Kaohsiung.
The vessel had been stranded in the Strait for over three months due to the Iran war.
C-P-C says the crude oil being shipped to Taiwan will be assigned to C-P-C's refinery plants (煉油廠) in Kaohsiung and Taoyuan based on market demand.
NKorea Commissions New Destroyer
North Korea has commissioned (正式服役) a 5,000-ton destroyer that leader Kim Jong Un touts as a symbol of the country’s growing naval and nuclear
capabilities.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency says Kim made the comments Tuesday at a commissioning ceremony at the western port of Nampo.
Kim says that warships such as the Choe Hyon show that the nuclear armament (核武裝) of his navy is progressing as planned.
State media says Kim during Tuesday’s speech said Kang Kon, a second destroyer in the same class as the Choe Hyon, will also be entering service
soon.
North Korea also has separate plans to build a larger, 10,000-ton destroyer.
US Senate passes war powers resolution on Iran for first time
The United States Senate has voted to approve a war powers resolution (戰爭權力決議) directing US President Donald Trump to withdraw American forces (撤軍) from the conflict with Iran — the first time such a measure has passed both chambers of Congress.
The White House has dismissed the vote as having no legal significance (法律效力；法律意義), but four Republican senators broke ranks (倒戈；不跟隨所屬陣營立場) to support the resolution alongside Democrats.
Mitch Mccann reports from New York.
That was Mitch Mccann reporting from New York.
Germany Trains Halted Amid System Malfunction A problem with a communications system forced Germany’s railway system to halt all trains, leaving passengers stranded (受困；滯留) across the country.
Trains were held at stations late Tuesday evening and would-be travelers stood in long lines at information desks as they tried to figure out how to get to their destinations.
The main national railway operator said shortly before 1 a.m., nearly two-and-a-half hours after it first reported the outage (系統中斷；故障), that the problem had been resolved and service was resuming “step by step.” (逐步恢復)
The company said there was a nationwide problem with a system which is used for internal communication on the railway network.