Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 202-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
24,438 on turnover of $6.8-billion N-T.
The market's recent winning streak ended on Thursday, as the main board
tumbled over 280-points after Nvidia's highly anticipated earnings report
showed that sales of its artificial intelligence chipsets rose at a slower
pace than analysts had anticipated.
Lai admin. to hold more disaster response drills
The government will be holding a series of drills that include trials
(考驗，測試) of a earthquake warning system next month.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, the drill will be taking place
from September 17 through 19 and have been organized to coincide with the
annual National Disaster Prevention Day - which falls on September 21.
Deputy Interior Minister Ma Shih-yuan says the drills will simulate a
magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Ryukyu Trench east of Taiwan, followed by a
tsunami ..
.. while the main event will be a three-day exercise in Yilan County,
simulating large-scale rescue operations.
An earthquake rescue drill will also be held at Xinzhuang Sports Park in New
Taipei City on September 18 and 19.
Governor of Taiwan's central bank ranked A- by Global Finance
Central bank governor Yang Jin-long has received an A- grade from New
York-based Global Finance magazine.
That grade is up from B+ last year.
Based on the Central Banker Report Cards 2025, the magazine returned Yang to
an A grade based on the bank's policies and decisions this year.
Yang has worked for the central bank since 1989 and became governor in 2018.
Yang's predecessor (前任) Peng Fai-nan has the distinction of being the only
central banker in the world to have earned the top grade 14 times since the
annual report was first released in 1994 - gaining straight A's from
2005-2017.
UK Summons Russian Ambassador After Ukraine Strikes
London says Russia's latest attack against Ukraine which killed at least 18
people in its capital, Kyiv, are "further sabotaging (破壞) international
peace efforts."
Russia launched nearly 600 drones and fired over 30 missiles overnight,
hitting residential areas as well as the British Council building in Kyiv.
Stuart Smith has more from London.
US Seeks UN Authorization for Gang Suppression Force in Haiti
The United States is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression
Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups
have expanded their activities from the capital into the countryside.
Acting U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made the announcement at a U.N. Security
Council meeting Thursday, but it was unclear how it would differ from the
Kenya-led Multinational Security Support force now deployed in the
violence-torn Caribbean nation trying to help police curb (抑制) gang
violence.
She said the U.S. and Panama will be circulating (傳遞) a draft resolution to
the Security Council to establish the Gang Suppression Force and create a
U.N. Support Office to provide logistical support to it.
In February, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed opening an
office that would provide drones, fuel, ground and air transportation and
other non-lethal support to the Kenya-led mission.
Shea gave no indication of whether the United States would provide any
military or police support to the new Gang Suppression Force.
That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.
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