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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 65-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 23,449
on turnover of 4.8-billion N-T.

The market rebounded on Tuesday after a slump a session earlier as artificial
intelligence-related stocks were the center of investor focus on the back of
a rise in Nvidia's share price on Wall Street overnight.

Investors took cues from a 2.87-per cent increase in Nvidia shares on Wall
Street, but the main board failed to sustain its early gains by the end of
the session on the capped upturn by semiconductor stocks ..

.. which dealers are attributing to lingering concerns over possible massive
tariffs on chips by U-S President Donald Trump.



Ministers hold talks to promote cultural diplomacy in Japan, Europe
Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and Culture Minister Li Yuan have held talks
to discuss "cultural diplomacy" -- with a particular focus on the upcoming
Expo 2025 in Japan and cultural events in Europe.

According to the foreign ministry, it was the first time the two ministries
have held minister-level talks and Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu and
Deputy Culture Minister Sue Wang were also in attendance.

The ministry says, both sides talked about combining their resources to boost
Taiwan's visibility (能見度) on the world stage and one focus was the
upcoming Osaka World Expo, which will be held between April and October.

Another topic on the agenda was how Taiwan could took advantage of the
National Palace Museum's upcoming exhibitions in the Czech Republic and
France later this year.



CDC reporting highest weekly flu-related medical visits in a decade
The Centers for Disease Control says the number of outpatient (門診) and
emergency visits due to flu-like illness recorded last week was the highest
number for the same period since the 2015-2016 flu season.

According to the C-D-C, a total of 181,995 flu-like illness-related
outpatient and emergency visits were reported from February 2 to 8.

C-D-C Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Kuo Hung-wei says the number of
flu cases with severe complications is also rising, with 128 severe cases and
28 flu-related deaths recorded from February 4 to this past Monday.

Most of those cases were linked to H-1-N-1 infections.


Russia Frees American Prisoner
Russia has freed American detainee (被拘留者) Marc Fogel.

The 63-year-old school teacher was released from prison on Tuesday, according
to US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

He'd been arrested for the illegal possession of cannabis back in 2021 and
was given a 14-year prison sentence, which the United States viewed as
"wrongful."

Benji Hyer reports.


UN Warns of Congo Displacement
The U.N. says more than 110-thousand displaced people have in recent days
left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities controlled by Rwanda-backed
rebels after the rebels were accused of forced camp closures.

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordination agency said Tuesday that the M23
rebels issued a 72-hour ultimatum for people to leave the camps but later
clarified that such movement is voluntary.

Associated Press journalists witnessed some of the displaced people packing
up what is left of their belongings and dismantling makeshift shelters.

The forced camp closures have worsened (惡化) what is