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**Tai-Ex opening **
The Tai-Ex opened up 44-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 14,796
on turnover of 2.7-billion N-T.

The market added 378-points on Monday to breach (沖破) the 14,700-point mark,
as buying was sparked by a rally on Wall Street at the end of last week on
the back of eased concerns over the U-S Federal Reserve's rate hike cycle.

The electronics sector led the upturn, as large cap semiconductor stocks were
in focus amid an inflow of foreign funds, while buying also spread to the
finance and old economy sectors, to push the main board higher.




**Visiting Paraguayan Speaker Hopes Taiwan Ties Continue **
The visiting speaker of Paraguay's lower house is expressing his hope that
Asuncion's diplomatic ties with Taiwan will continue and be supported by its
people.

Carlos Maria Lopez is heading a delegation of lawmakers from ruling and
opposition parties for a five-day visit.

Speaking during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen, Lopez expressed his
gratitude on behalf of his government toward Taiwan and said he sincerely
hopes that the two sides' long-term diplomatic ties will be strengthened in
years to come.

That statement comes after a candidate running in Paraguay's April
presidential election said he will sever ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing
if elected.



**Almost One in Five Arrivals from China has Coronavirus **
The Central Epidemic Command Center says some 19-per cent all arrivals from
China have tested positive for the coronavirus since January 1 - the day
testing of passengers from China began after Beijing ended its "zero COVID"
policy.

Health officials say the figure is comparable to that of other countries also
testing arrivals from China.

According to center head Victor Wang, a total of 8,259 passengers have
arrived on direct flights from China over the first seven days of this month
- and of that figure 1,571 of them tested positive for the coronavirus.

Samples taken for genome sequencing show that 66-per cent of the passengers
were infected with the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, while 34-per cent had the
Omicron BF.7 subvariant.



**US DOJ Reviewing Documents at Old Biden Office **

The US Justice Department is investigating the discovery of potentially
(可能地) classified documents at an old office space used by President Joe
Biden.

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports.



**UN Security Council Votes to Keep Turkey Syria Crossing Open **
The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to keep key a border crossing
from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries
for another six months.

Russia, whose support had been in doubt, joined in Monday’s 15-0 vote.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had warned that the already dire
(危急的、嚴重的) humanitarian situation in Syria is worsening, and said if
aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Idlib aren’t renewed millions of
Syrians might not survive the winter.

Guterres said deliveries have increased across conflict lines within the
country.

But he said they cannot substitute for “the size or scope of the massive
cross-border United Nations operation.”


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