Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened marginally (略微地) down this morning from yesterday's
close, at 22,691 on turnover of 5-billion N-T.
The market rebounded from Friday's downturn on Monday - gaining almost 400
points on the back of a rally by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Analysts say market sentiment improved as investors reacted to gains on Wall
Street at the end of last week - where better-than-expected nonfarm payroll
data for September indicated that the U-S economy remains resilient.
Environmental Groups Pan Recommended Carbon Fee
Environmental groups are criticizing the basic carbon fee and preferential
rates proposed by the government - calling them "passive" and too low to
affect the behavior of big carbon emitters.
The criticisim comes after a review committee recommended setting a basic
carbon fee rate of 300 N-T per metric ton of carbon emissions.
The groups says the basic carbon fees are too low to effectively reduce
carbon emissions and companies could see them as an affordable (付得起的)
operating expense or pass them on to consumers rather than invest resources
to reduce emissions and the fees.
Ariel Lin Wins best Leading Actress at Asian Film Award
Actress Ariel Lin has won the award for Best Lead Female Actor at the 2024
Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards in South Korea.
Lin won the award for her performance in the Taiwanese television drama
"Imperfect Us."
She received the award in-person at the ceremony in Busan - where she gave a
teary (熱淚盈眶) speech in Korean, saying that the award was "a great
motivation for both me and the work."
The Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards is now in its sixth year.
It's organized jointly by the Busan International Film Festival and South
Korea's National I-T Industry Promotion Agency.
NKorea Kim Issues Warning for Nuclear Weapons
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has warned again that he could use
nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United
States.
State media today said Kim made such a warning in his speech at a university.
Kim said North Korea’s nuclear response posture must be fully enhanced
because South Korea and the United States are pushing to beef up their
military alliance based on joint nuclear and strategic planning, a move that
he said would increase (增加) the danger of breaking the balance of power on
the Korean Peninsula.
Kim has issued similar threats to use nuclear weapons preemptively numerous
times, but his latest warning came as outside experts say North Korea could
ramp up animosities ahead of next month’s U.S. presidential election.
US Scientists Win Nobel for microMRNA Discovery
American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have won this year's Nobel
Prize in physiology (生理)or medicine for the discovery of microRNA, a tiny
molecule that governs how cells in the body function.
It has been connected to heart disease, cancers and viral diseases.
Kate fisher reports
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