Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 23-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
17,523 on turnover of $2.5-billion N-T.
Shares in Taiwan closed slightly higher Monday after investors rebuilt their
positions with political uncertainties removed following the presidential
election over the weekend.
The bellwether electronics sector led the upturn as investors resumed buying
after the election, while power development-related developers and biotech
stocks also moved higher on expectations that the ruling DPP, which won the
presidential vote, would continue to lend them support.
2 men indicted for signature buying in Pingtung County
Two suspects, including a Pingtung ward chief, were indicted Monday by
prosecutors for buying signatures for business tycoon Terry Gou to help him
reach the level of endorsement (揹書) needed to run in Taiwan's Jan. 13-th
presidential election.
The Pingtung District Prosecutors Office says the ward chief, identified by
his last name Chiu, was found to have paid his wife, and another man $200 NT
apiece for their signatures late last year,
Chiu and the other man then worked with four others to gather over 30
signatures.
The two men are facing charges of "arranging bribes to compel a person to
sign the candidacy petition of a specified individual."
Iran Launches Strikes Against Iraq
Iran says it launched strikes against a “spy headquarters and the gathering
of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” shortly after missiles hit an area near
the U.S. consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish
region.
Regional political figures said one of the strikes killed a prominent
(著名的、重要的) local businessman with a portfolio that included real estate
and security services companies, along with members of his family.
Soon after, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck “terrorist
operations,” including Islamic State targets in Syria “and destroyed them
by firing a number of ballistic missiles.”
Another statement said they had hit a headquarters of Mossad, the Israeli
intelligence agency, in the Kurdish region of Iraq.
Poland PM Announces Elections
Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said crucial elections to choose
city mayors and provincial and county administration leaders would be held
April 7, with a runoff April 21.
The elections, announced Monday, will test the new pro-European Union
coalition government’s popular support, just six months after it won
parliamentary elections.
Tusk and his Cabinet took office last month, vowing to restore the importance
and powers of city mayors and local governments which the previous right-wing
government sought to limit.
Local administrations suffered slashed (削減) funding and stalled projects
and investments.
Tensions between the new government and the previously ruling Law and Justice
party have escalated with the latter blocking proposed bills in parliament.
Pope Not Planning on Retirement
Pope Francis insists that he is not thinking about retiring at the moment.
With the 87-year-old suffering from (遭受) a number of health issues last
year, there has been speculation that he could step back from his role, as
his predecessor Benedict the Sixteenth did in 2013.
Giles Gibson has more from Rome.
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