Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 51-points this morning from Friday's close, at 20,839 on
turnover of 6.8-billion N-T.
The market closed up more than 500 points on Friday, led by Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing, after strong earnings from two major U-S tech
giants overnight eased concerns about A-I demand despite U-S tariff
disruptions.
Inspection rules unchanged despite 1st ractopamine pork import:
The Food and Drug Administration says it will keep current pork import
inspection procedures in place.
The statement comes despite the agency detecting ractopamine in imported pork
for the first time since the ban on the leanness-enhancer was lifted in 2021.
According to the F-D-A, pork imports will continue to undergo between 2 and
10-per cent batch inspections.
The F-D-A says a 22.99-metric-ton shipment from Australia on April 29 tested
positive for 0.001 parts per million of ractopamine -- well below the legal
threshold (界限，水準).
MOFA names chief secretary as new envoy to Ireland
The secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been named as
the Lai administration's new top envoy to Ireland.
According to a Cabinet personnel announcement, Daniel Tang will fill the
vacancy (空缺) left by his immediate predecessor, Yang Zi-bao - whose
resignation has been approved by the Presidential Office.
Yang had served as Taiwan's representative to the European country since 2018.
Tang has served as the foreign ministry's secretary general since February
2023 and was previously Taiwan's top envoy to South Korea and ambassador to
the Marshall Islands.
US Trump Iffy on Due Process
US President Donald Trump says he doesn't see everyone in the the country
getting due process (正當法律程序), as the Constitution states.
AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.
Nicaragua Withdraws from UNESCO
Nicaragua has withdrawn from the U.N. cultural and educational body UNESCO
because it awarded a prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan
newspaper, La Prensa.
UNESCO’s director general announced she had received a letter Sunday morning
from the Nicaraguan government announcing its withdrawal because of the
attribution (歸屬) of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
The 2025 award was attributed Saturday to La Prensa on the recommendation
(推薦) of an international jury of media professionals.
The prize jury hailed the newspaper's work in the face of “severe
repression” and reporting from exile to "keep press freedom alive" in the
Central American country.
Nicaragua’s government, led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife and
co-president, Rosario Murillo, has been cracking down on dissent since it
violently repressed protests in 2018, claiming they were backed by foreign
powers that sought his overthrow.
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