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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 34-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 30,845
on turnover of $8-billion N-T.
The market lost ground on Thursday as investors awaited the outcome of Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing's investor conference - which began after the
trading day ended.
Danjiang Bridge to host opening events in both April and May
Events are slated to take place to mark the completion of the Danjiang Bridge
in the lead-up to its officially opening on May 12.
Both the New Taipei City Government and the Highway Bureau will be hosting
events from between April 25 and May 9.
The bridge will be open to the public to walk across on April 25 and the
Highway Bureau will be holding a parade on the bridge the following day
featuring performances by musical groups.
A concert will also be taking place in May 2 and the bridge will be open for
a public picnic day on May 3.
Construction of the 920-meter-long bridge is due to be completed in April and
when completed, the Danjiang Bridge will become the longest
asymmetric (????) single-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world.
Officials say the bridge will cut the travel time between Tamsui and Bali by
about 25-minutes.
Trump threatens to send troops to Minnesota as tensions rise following second ICE shooting
US president Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to
deploy troops to Minnesota in response to rising tensions between protesters
and federal agents.
His warning came just hours after a man was shot and wounded (???) by an
immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle in
Minneapolis.
Kate fisher reports from Washington
UN SecretaryGeneral Criticizes Violations of Intl Law and Concentration of Wealth
The United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate
international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the
world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.”
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to the U.N. General Assembly on
Thursday at the start of his final year at the helm (????) of the United
Nations.
He said the U.N.'s 193 member nations are facing “a world marked by
self-defeating geopolitical divides, brazen violations of international law,
and wholesale cuts in development and humanitarian aid.”
He said all these forces are shaking the foundations of global cooperation at
a time when it is needed
