Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 156-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
23,574 on turnover of $5.4-billion N-T.
Taiwanese Germans go to the polls
Taiwanese nationals with German citizenship have cast their ballots in
Germany's federal election Sunday for the first time.
This follows a change in the country's Nationality Law last year that allows
Germans with dual citizenship to vote.
More than 200,000 citizenship applications were received by the government
since the passage (通過) of the new law in June, including from a number of
Taiwanese people.
That's about two to three times higher than in previous years.
Yushan North Peak Sees Rime Frost
The Central Weather Administration says frost formations have been spotted on
parts of Yushan, due to early morning low temperatures.
The CWA says lows fell to "minus 5.2 degrees Celsius" on Taiwan's highest
peak at around 5am today, and rime frost formed on surfaces on the mountain.
Forecasters say the opaque (不透明的), granular deposits of ice crystals
occur in foggy or cloudy conditions when the water droplets in the air freeze
on cold surfaces.
Temperatures on Yushan returned to 2.8 degrees at around 8am.
(NS)
Ukraine Zelenskyy on US Aid Deal
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a contentious (有爭議的) U.S.
proposal that would have seen $500 billion worth of profits from Ukrainian
rare minerals given to the United States as compensation for its wartime
assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table.
Zelenskyy told a forum in Kyiv on Sunday that he was open to brokering a deal
that would let the U.S. profit from his country’s minerals, but that the
$500 billion sum initially proposed had been removed from the discussions.
The Ukrainian leader said considering aid as a debt to be repaid would be a
“Pandora's box” that would set a precedent requiring Kyiv to reimburse all
its backers.
U.S. officials have expressed confidence that a deal could be reached this
week.
US India Flight Diverted
An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi lands safely in Rome
after security concerns.
Here's Julie Walker.
Japan Emporer Calls for Telling WWII Tragedy to Young Gen
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday, stressed the importance
to keep telling the tragedy of the World War II to younger generations.
At the palace, Naruhito, accompanied by his wife, Empress Masako and their
daughter Princess Aiko, waved from the palace balcony to thank for the
cheering well-wishers.
The emporer pledging to contribute (貢獻，出力) to the effort to promote
understanding of the history and determination for peace as the world
observes the 80th anniversary of the war’s end.
Later Sunday, he was to celebrate his birthday at a palace banquet.
This year, Naruhito and Masako are expected to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki
to pay tribute to (表示敬意的舉動) those killed by the U.S. atomic bombings
and Okinawa, the site of one of the harshest battles in the war.
That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.
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