The Tai-Ex opened opened down 289-points this morning from yesterday's close,
at 46,651 on turnover of 10.9-billion N-T.

A two-story building in Taipei has been severely damaged after an adjacent
(鄰近的) construction work caused its ground floor to crack and leak yellowish
muddy water.

No injuries were reported.

The building are located in an alley off Minquan East Road, near Xingtian
Temple M-R-T Station.

Officials say an initial investigation suggests that a breach in the
underground diaphragm wall during foundation excavation and retaining
operations caused water and sand leakage.

The Taipei City Government says construction work at the site has been
suspended due to failure to maintain the safety of adjacent public facilities
and buildings, and work will not resume until an improvement plan has been
submitted and approved.

The contractor and the supervisor have each been fined 90-thousand N-T.

Citrus taiwanica has received patent protection covering products derived
from the plant and been licensed to a Saisiyat cooperative in Miaoli County.

Citrus taiwanica is a citrus species traditionally used by the Indigenous
Saisiyat people.

According to the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, the patent covers
applications of the plant and products derived from (源自) it, with
authorization from the Saisiyat tribe required for their use.

The case marks the first time a traditional Indigenous crop and products
derived from it have received patent protection.

The agency says the traditional knowledge underlying the use of the citrus
came from the Saisiyat tribe and that technologies and products developed
through modern research based on that knowledge should benefit its original
holders.

Authorities are insisting that license is not intended to monopolize the
plant, but aimed at protecting and preserving the traditional knowledge of
the Saisiyat people.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group has taken control of Yemen's strategic Red
Sea port city of Mokha. Houthi and Yemeni officials confirmed the takeover.

This move could bring them closer to controlling a critical waterway to the
Red Sea.

Meanwhile, Yemeni government forces launched airstrikes targeting Houthi
reinforcements west of Taiz.

Clashes also continued along Yemen’s western coast.

Mokha had been held by forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognized
government.

The Houthis have been fighting a civil war with the government since 2014.

The fighting now threatens a fragile (脆弱的) truce that took effect in 2022.

AS CRITICS CALL IT A BRIBE

US President Donald Trump's pledge to give every American adult five thousand
dollars if Republicans hold Congress in the midterm elections could cost more
than one-point-two trillion dollars, with no clear plan to pay for it.

Legal experts have questioned whether the president even has the authority to
authorise (授權) such a payment, since the US Constitution requires Congress to
approve government spending.

Nick Harper, our reporter in Washington, says the president has a track
record of floating (提出想法、試探性地提出) similar dividend proposals that have never
been delivered.

The Tai-Ex opened down 52-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
47,130 on turnover of 8-billion N-T.

The market closed slightly higher on Wednesday despite giving up early gains,
as investors await the release of the latest data on U-S consumer prices
(消費者物價) and inflation.

Investor momentum (動能) stalled as profit-taking set in when the Tai-Ex moved
closer to the all-time intraday high of 48,218 points.

American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene says a conflict across
the Taiwan Strait could inflict (造成傷害／損失) an economic cost greater than that
of World War II.

Greene made the remarks in a keynote address at the 2026 Taipei Security
Dialogue.

The event was organized by the government funded Institute for National
Defense and Security Research think tank (智庫).

According to Greene, Taiwan doesn't need to demonstrate that it can win a war
outright in order to deter a conflict, but it must convince a potential
adversary that landing a large ground force would be extremely difficult.

The Centers for Disease Control says 30 confirmed mpox cases have been
reported so far this year.

According to the C-D-C, imported cases have more than doubled from last year
and most cases are linked to unprotected sexual contact (無防護性接觸).

The statement comes as the C-D-C announced two new mpox infections - one of
which was locally acquired and the other imported.

Health authorities say both cases involved unvaccinated men who had engaged
in unprotected sexual activity.

Data shows that as of September 7, the C-D-C had confirmed 20 domestic and 10
imported mpox cases so far this year.

All of the patients were men aged between 20 and 50.

enters 8th month

The International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors has voted to
refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council for breaching its nuclear
non-proliferation (核不擴散) obligations — the first such referral in twenty
years.

The vote came as US President Donald Trump said the war with Iran would end
immediately after November's midterm elections, saying Tehran cannot sustain
(維持) the conflict much longer — though the White House says it is not seeking
to resume negotiations.

The president's comments come amid rising energy costs, with oil climbing
above a hundred dollars a barrel during the seven-month conflict.

Jagruti Dave, our reporter in Washington, says the IAEA resolution adds
diplomatic pressure on Tehran but is widely seen as unlikely to produce new
sanctions because of the vetoes held by Russia and China on the Security
Council.

A 43-day nurses’ strike in Kenya that paralyzed (使癱瘓／使陷入停擺) public hospitals
has ended after the government and the nurses’ union signed a return-to-work
agreement.

The nurses marched Tuesday to the Council of Governors’ office, a body
established to bring together Kenya’s 47 county governments.

On Wednesday, union representatives signed the agreement at the same office.

The union said nurses would return to hospitals within 24 hours.

They say the return-to-work agreement provided 45 days for negotiations to
conclude on the implementation (實施／執行) of the 2017 agreement.

The Tai-Ex opened up 36-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 47,142
on turnover of 8.5-billion N-T.

The market ended lower on Tuesday, largely due to a lack of guidance from
Wall Street, as U-S indices were closed on Monday for a holiday.

The index initially posted solid gains, but soon turned lower, as investors
opted to stay on the sidelines (保持觀望).

However, market heavyweight Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing remained
resilient (表現穩健的；有韌性的) and closed the day in positive territory, to stop the
broader market from falling further.

Police in Taichung have arrested a man wanted in connection with a
hit-and-run (肇事逃逸) incident that resulted in the death of a nurse.

The case has been referred to prosecutors and the man is facing charges of
homicide (殺人罪；致人死亡) and hit-and-run.

The incident occured early Tuesday morning and closed circuit television
footage has been aired on local TV news channels.

The car can been seen hitting the nurse, making a U-turn, and then hitting
her again, before leaving the scene.

Emergency services were called to the scene immediately following the
incident and the nurse was taken to a hospital, but efforts to resuscitate
(急救使恢復生命跡象；施行復甦術) her were unsuccessful.

President Lai Ching-te is touting (宣揚；強調) his administration's increased
support for Taiwan's athletes at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games -- saying
the Ministry of Sports is "making every effort" to support them.

Speaking at a flag-presentation ceremony at the Taiwan Sports Training Center
in Kaohsiung, Lai touted highlighted expanded medical and rehabilitation
services and increased support staffing.

Lai said those increases are evidence (證據；證明) of the sports ministry's effort
to provide the best possible support for Taiwan's athletes.

Taiwan is sending 482 athletes to compete in 34 sports at the Games.

The 2026 Asian Games will be held from September 19 to October 4.

MISSILE STRIKE ON JORDAN BASE

The United States Central Command has confirmed American forces destroyed
five Iranian crude oil tankers linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, striking
targets near Kharg Island and the port city of Jask.

The strikes came in retaliation (作為報復) after Iranian forces twice targeted a
US Navy warship with ballistic missiles over the past two days — attacks the
Pentagon says the warship successfully evaded (躲避；避開).

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has responded by launching a ballistic missile
attack on the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan, saying it struck hangars housing
American fighter jets.

Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.

A technical issue in the U.K. air traffic control system has led to the
cancellation of more than 1,000 flights.

That's according to flight-tracing website, Flightradar24.

Britain's National Air Traffic Services said there was a problem in its
system on Tuesday that affected departing flights (出發航班).

The problem was fixed but delays were expected to continue.

Fifteen airports across the U.K., including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted,
reported disruptions (中斷；擾亂；運作受阻) and advised passengers to check their
flight status with their airline.

The cause of the technical problem remains unclear.

The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from yesterday's close, at
47,335 on turnover of 10.9-billion N-T.

The market rose by over 700 points on Monday to close at its second-highest
ever record as buying focused on large-cap semiconductor stocks after U-S
tech companies rallied at the end of last week.

corruption case

The Taipei District Court has issued an arrest warrant for Kao Chin Su-mei's
former legislative office director after he jumped bail.

According to the court, police responded late Sunday after an electronic
wrist monitor belonging to Chang Chun-chieh issued a low-battery alert.

Police failed to locate Chang, but recovered his wrist monitor, which had
been "broken and thrown away."

Chang was indicted along with Kao Chin and 22 other people in early June on
charges of corruption and fraud-related charges related to the embezzlement
of public funds and the importation (進口) of unapproved COVID-19 test kits
from China.

He was released on 10-million N-T bail in June on health grounds.

The Ministry of Health says it could purchase more enhanced flu vaccines if
those being introduced into the government's free vaccination program this
year prove to be effective.

The statement comes after the ministry announced it had purchased 200,000
doses of enhanced flu vaccines - with residents of long-term care facilities
being given priority.

Health officials says if funding is available, it plans to purchases to
600,000 doses of the enhanced (增強的、提高的) vaccines next year.



The first phase of the government's free flu vaccination program begins on
October 1 and the Centers for Disease Control has said it purchased just
over 7-million doses for the publicly funded program this year.

Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta have resumed after ash
from a volcanic eruption forced a two-day closure that halted nearly 3,000
flights.

The transportation minister said Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and
Halim Perdanakusuma Airport serving Jakarta reopened early today.

Three smaller airports also reopened just after midnight, but three others
remain closed until 10 a.m.

The continuous eruption of Anak Krakatau with lava fountains and loud booms
(轟，隆隆聲) ended Sunday but the volcanic island remained active Tuesday morning.

The airport closures Sunday and Monday affected about 341-thousand passengers.

BOMBARDIER SALES IN THE US

Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs on more than twenty-seven billion
dollars' worth of American goods, with levies of up to fifty per cent taking
effect today.

The move comes after US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to ban
the Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling planes in the
United States, writing on Truth Social that the company must build in America
or lose access to the market.

Quebec's premier has vowed defiance, saying her province will not allow
anyone to dictate (決定，規定) where Canadian companies must produce.

Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.

The Bayeux Tapestry goes on display at the British Museum this week, marking
its return to British soil for the first time since the 11th century.

Tickets are sold out for months, and the museum expects 1 million visitors
before the exhibition ends in July.

The tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066, a pivotal moment
in European history.

The tapestry's vivid scenes offer insights (見解) into 11th-century life and
have sparked debates among historians.

Its loan comes after years of diplomacy and is being hailed as a symbol of
Franco-British friendship