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Tai-Ex opening
發布於 2025-06-02 10:23:13
The Tai-Ex opened down 93-points this morning from last Thursday's close, at 21,253 on turnover of 6.4-billion N-T.
The market bucked a regional upward trend on Thursday and ended the day marginally lower.
That decline came despite other Asian indexes surging on the back of news that a U-S court ruling has blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
MND to take delivery of 42 more Abrams MBTs later this month
發布於 2025-06-02 10:23:13
The Ministry of National Defense is reportedly slated to take delivery of 42 more M-1-A-2-T Abrams main battle tanks later this month.
Sources are being cited as saying the tanks will participate (參加) in live-fire drills scheduled to take place between June 18 and 27 at a base in Hsinchu County.
The Army took delievery of it first batch of 38 Abrams tanks in December of last year.
Another 28 tanks are expected to arrive in Taiwan in the first quarter of next year.
The U-S State Department approved Taiwan's request to purchase 108 M-1-A-2-T tanks and related equipment in 2019.
Sports body presses for apology after table tennis prodigy pulled from
發布於 2025-06-02 10:23:13
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The Sports Administration is demanding an apology from the national table tennis association after it banned Yeh Yi-tian from competing in the upcoming World Table Tennis United States Smash tournament.
According to the administration, the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association must explain why it withdrew (退出) Yeh from the tournament in Las Vegas.
The administration said it contacted the association about the matter after receiving a complaint from Yeh's coach, Chuang Chih-yuan and will now suspend all subsidies until an apology is issued.
The Sports Administration is also warning that it could take steps to replace the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association's secretary-general if necessary.
US Suspect Arrested in PetrolBomb Attack
發布於 2025-06-02 10:23:13
The FBI says it's investigating an attack on pro-Israel protestors in Boulder, Colorado as an act of terror.
One man was taken into custody (拘留) accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators and wounding several of them.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
200 dead in Nigeria from flooding
發布於 2025-06-02 10:23:13
The death toll following floods in Nigeria is continuing to rise, with officials now saying at least 200 have been killed in the catastrophe.
Rainfall on thursday unleashed the devastating flood on a market town in the country, which is near a major trading and transit (運輸) hub.
Authorities say, they're calling off rescue efforts, as they don't believe there are more survivors.
Another 11 people were injured in the floods, and more than 3000 displaced...
and two roads and bridges were also damaged in the floods.
Pope Blesses Cyclists in Giro d'Italia
發布於 2025-06-02 10:23:13
Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica.
Overall race leader Simon Yates and some other riders got off their bikes and walked forward to shake hands with the pope.
The pope was presented with a replica (複製品) of the leader’s pink jersey.
He praised the riders as "role models for young people all over the world”.
Leo is honoring the event and bringing it inside the Vatican in memory of Pope Francis, who died in April this year.