Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
**Taiwan, Palau sign MOUs on joint criminal investigation and forensics **
Taiwan and Palau have signed memorandums of understanding to provide mutual
legal assistance in criminal matters and forensic assistance between the two
countries.
The MOUs were signed virtually by Justice Minister Tsai Ching-hsiang and
Palauan Vice President and Minister of Justice J. Uduch Sengebau Senior, who
is in quarantine after arriving in Taiwan on Saturday on a five-day visit.
This marks the first time Taiwan has signed an MOU on mutual forensic
assistance with another country.
Tsai says the MOU will allow Taiwan to send medical examiners to Palau at the
request of the latter to perform autopsies and forensics as well as train
medical examiners.
**Woman Dies After Being Struck by Train **
A woman has died after being struck by an out-of-service train in New Taipei.
Police say the 72-year-old woman was grazed by a Taiwan Railways
Administration train as it was traveling on an elevated part of the track
just past midnight.
They say the woman was found without vital signs, lying next to the tracks
with broken bones in her hands and feet.
Officials are looking into the cause of the incident.
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**Gorbachev Dead at 91 **
Mikhail Gorbachev, the 8th and last leader of the Soviet Union has died in
Moscow at the age of 91.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks was based in Moscow in the 1990s and
interviewed Gorbachev after he left power.
**UN Official Warns of Libya Chaos **
The U.N. political chief is warning that failure to resolve Libya's political
crisis and hold delayed elections poses a growing threat in the country.
Rosemary DiCarlo pointed to violent clashes Saturday that killed at least 42
people and injured 159 others according to Libyan authorities.
She told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that the clashes between armed
groups supporting rival claimants to be prime minister involved the
indiscriminate use of medium and heavy weapons.
DiCarlo says the violence also displaced 50 families, significantly damaged
five health facilities, and affected two detention centers for migrants and
refugees, involving a total of 560 people.
Libya has plunged into chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed
longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
The oil-rich county has for years been split between rival administrations,
each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments
**OUTRO **
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