The Tai-Ex opened up 80-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 41,448
on turnover of $12.8-billion N-T.

The market rebouded on Thursday after losing ground for five consecutive
sessions following a solid earning's report from Nvidia, which lifted
investor interest in tech stocks.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs says the island's drone industry is expected
to expand significantly (顯著地) by 2030.

According to the ministry's Industrial Development Administration, Taiwan's
drone output value grew 2.5-fold last year to 12.9-billion N-T under a
government program to develop the unmanned vehicle sector.

The administration says current monthly drone production capacity is about
15,000 units, but the industry can quickly scale-up as demand increases,

This means capacity is projected to exceed 100,000 units per month by 2030
and 50-per cent of that total will be exported.

Exports of Taiwan-made drones currently account for just over 20-per cent.

The top buyers are the Czech Republic, Poland and the United States.

The Taipei Zoo is asking for public help in finding a lesser anteater that
escaped from its enclosure (圍起來的區域) earlier in the week.

According to the zoo, the anteater has not been seen since Monday and 65
staff members have been searching for the 12-year-old animal.

She was last seen on surveillance cameras around 6:55PM on Monday near a
visitor walkway in a bromeliad garden.

Zookeepers are speculating that a banana tree inside the enclosure may have
snapped under the animal's weight while she was climbing, creating a "bridge"
to an adjacent artificial rock formation, allowing her to escape.

The zoo says lesser anteaters are nocturnal and tend to hide in dense
vegetation during the day, which makes the search efforts difficult.

The searches so far have been focused on the zoo's rainforest zone, nearby
trails, and hillsides around the giant panda exhibit.

Israel says it has released and deported hundreds of activists who took part
in a flotilla attempting to breach Israel's naval blockade (海上封鎖) of Gaza.

About 420 activists placed on a flight to Turkey landed Thursday in Istanbul.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said all foreign activists had been deported.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the deportations after criticizing
Israel's national security minister for taunting detained activists.

The flotilla, with over 50 boats, left from Turkey to draw attention to
Gaza's conditions.

The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation that would
severely (程度很深，嚴重) limit president Donald Trump’s ability to continue to wage
war against Iran.

A similar war powers resolution passed the Senate earlier this week.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she and the U.S. Homeland
Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin agreed to maintain bilateral cooperation
rooted in mutual respect.

Mullin's two-day Mexico visit follows tensions over the deaths of two CIA
agents at Mexico’s northern border and U.S. indictments against 10 Mexican
officials.

Sheinbaum's administration has emphasized cooperation while maintaining
sovereignty.

Mullin, who assumed the position in March after Kristi Noem’s departure
(離開0), is also scheduled to meet with Mexico’s Security Cabinet.

The Tai-Ex opened up 242-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
40,263 on turnover of 14.-billion N-T.

The market lost ground for a fifth consecutive session on Wednesday, after
Wall Street stumbled overnight and gave back more of its record-setting rally
as invertors shunned tech stocks.

The Centers for Disease Control has raised the level of its Ebola travel
advisory for Congo and Uganda and is urging hospitals and doctors clinics to
ask patients about their travel and exposure history.

The C-D-C has raised its travel advisory for Congo and Uganda from "watch" to
the second-level "alert."

That advisory level urges travelers to "take enhanced precautionary (預防性的)
measures" in regions experiencing Ebola outbreaks.

However, the C-D-C is stressing that it considers the Ebola outbreak's threat
to Taiwan relatively low.

Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen says inspections of retail spaces will extend to
17 big-box and department stores starting from tomorrow.

The statement comes after a camera invading customers' privacy (隱私) was found
in a fitting room at a local store.

According to Lu, citywide inspections for illegal hidden cameras had
previously focused on cosmetic surgery clinics, sports facilities with
changing rooms, and saunas ..

.. but they will now be expanded to department stores and other big-box
stores with fitting rooms, as they could be "hot spots" for covert filming.

The move is in response to the discovery of a surveillance camera pointing
toward a mirror inside a fitting room at the Under Armour store in Mitsui
Shopping Park LaLaport in Taichung.

The US Justice Department has field criminal charges against Raúl Castro, the
94-year-old former president of Cuba.

He’s been charged with murder and a conspiracy (陰謀) to kill U.S. citizens
stemming from the fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington

The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support strong action
to prevent climate change.

The 193-member world body approved a nonbinding resolution Wednesday
endorsing the landmark advisory opinion by the U.N.’s top court last July
that called failure by countries to protect the planet from climate change a
violation of international law.

The measure was opposed by the U.S., Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia — some of
the highest oil-producing nations and major emitters (發出者) of greenhouse
gas.

The text includes adopting a national climate action plan to limit global
temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, phasing out subsidies for
fossil fuel exploration, production and exploitation (開發利用, 不公平地使用); and
urging those in violation to provide “full reparation” for damage.

The U.N. resolution had initially included stronger language from the
International Court of Justice opinion that called for establishing an
“International Register of Damage” to record evidence and claims, but it was
removed after nearly a dozen consultations in order to receive more support.

The Tai-Ex opened higher (開高) this morning.

It was up 28 points at 40,204.

Turnover (成交量) was 9.1-billion NT.

The market fell on Tuesday for a fourth day in a row.

Investors sold tech shares because of worries about the war with Iran.

Some investors moved their money into non-tech shares (科技股).

Premier Cho Jung-tai has announced new plans to help families.

The measures are aimed at Taiwan's falling birth rate (出生率).

They include longer parental leave (育嬰假) and tax breaks (稅務優惠) on housing for
parents.

Cho says the government wants to support children from birth to age 18.

The plan would cover childbirth, child care and education.

It is expected to go to the Cabinet for approval on May 28.

The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed (證實) the first m-pox clade Ib
case in Taiwan.

Officials say the case was imported (境外移入病例).

It involves a man in his 20s.

Another new mpox case this month involves a man in his 40s in northern Taiwan.

The CDC says neither man had been vaccinated (已接種疫苗) against mpox.

Mpox became a notifiable disease in Taiwan in 2022.

Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes (空襲) in southern Lebanon
have killed at least 19 people.

The dead include four women and three children.

The strikes come as fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah.

That is despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire (停火).

Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.

Hezbollah is both a militant group and a powerful political group in Lebanon.

More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced (流離失所的).

The U.S. government has agreed to drop tax claims (稅務索賠) against President
Donald Trump.

The deal is part of Trump's 10-billion U.S. dollar lawsuit (訴訟) against the
IRS.

The lawsuit is about the leak of Trump's tax returns.

The settlement (和解協議) could protect Trump from more review of his finances.

It also creates a fund of nearly 1.8-billion U.S. dollars.

The money would go to people who say they were targeted for political reasons.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

The Tai-Ex opened marginally lower this morning from yesterday's close, at
40,883 on turnover of 11-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Monday, as investors reacted to a decline on Wall
Streeet at the end of last week and opted to shun big tech stocks.

With analysts saying the decline cames as the market is pulling back from
recent record highs and moving into consolidation mode.

Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi says the government would welcome a
direct call between U-S President Donald Trump and President Lai Ching-te.

The statement comes as Chen told reporters that Trump's recent remarks that
arms sales to Taiwan could be used as a bargaining chip with China and he was
still undecided on new arms ​sales to the island.

Trump also appeared to suggest that he was seeking to speak with Lai about
the issue - albeit (雖然，儘管) without actually naming him.

According to Chen, Trump's remarks had "caused some unnecessary concern" in
Taiwan, despite the ​government believing that "nothing has changed."

The deputy foreign minister is also stressing that the government is seeking
confirmation from Washington about whether Trump wants to speak to Lai and is
also using all available channels to understand what the U-S side is actually
thinking.

Taiwan students have won eight awards at this year's Robofest World
Competition - which took place at the Lawrence Technological University in
Michigan.

They bagged two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze at the international
robotics competition.

Dozens of Taiwanese elementary, junior high, and senior high school students
competed against teams from 25 countries.

Taiwan's representative office in Chicago has presented congratulatory
messages to the award-winning students, commending (讚揚) their dedication
(奉獻、投注（時間、精力等）) and encouraging them to continue striving for excellence in
their future endeavors.

The Israeli military has intercepted boats in international waters off the
coast of Cyprus, part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel's naval
blockade of Gaza.

More than 50 vessels departed from Turkey last week.

Organizers say the boats were intercepted Monday 250 nautical miles from
Gaza's shores.

Cypriot authorities confirmed the interceptions on Monday took place outside
its territorial waters.

Israel's Foreign Ministry called the flotilla a provocation (挑釁) while Turkey
condemned the intervention as piracy.

The blockade has been in effect since 2007, restricting movement in and out
of Gaza.

Previous attempts to breach the blockade have failed.

Organizers hope to draw attention to Gaza's living conditions.

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Tanzania’s President held investment talks in Dar es Salaam amid growing
regional competition over a refinery project’s location (地點).

Isaac Lukando reports.

A ship carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico and Uruguay has arrived in
Havana to help ease Cuba’s spiriling crises.

The ship, which left from a Mexican port, includes food and personal hygiene
items, according to a government statement.

Cuba’s food industry minister says the aid arrives during a time of great
economic hardship, worsened by the U.S. blockade.

The aid will prioritize children, the elderly, and vulnerable (易受影響的，易受傷害的)
families.

Cuba’s economic and electric crises have deepened this year after the U.S.
invaded Venezuela in January, halting (停頓) critical oil shipments.

A severe gas shortage and widespread blackouts continue across the island.