Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
The Tai-Ex opened
The Tai-Ex opened up 28-points this morning from Friday's close, at 16,711 on
turnover of 4.1-billion N-T.
The market ended a seven-session rising streak on Friday as the bellwether
electronics sector came under pressure following losses by tech stocks Wall
Street overnight.
Market sentiment also turned cautious after U-S Federal Reserve Chair Jerome
Powell made hawkish comments on the bank's monetary policy, which compromised
(減少) the appetite of investors at home and abroad to hold tech stocks.
Speculation Morris Chang Could Meet Biden at APEC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing founder Morris Chang will be attending the
APEC summit in San Francisco on Wednesday on behalf of President Tsai
Ing-wen.
It's the sixth time that Chang will have served as Tsai's envoy (使者) to the
APEC leaders meeting.
And there's speculation he could meet with U-S President Joe Biden on the
sidelines of the event.
Chang spoke with U-S Vice President Kamala Harris on the sidelines of the
last year's APEC meeting in Bangkok.
New Recycling Rules for Cellphone Providers to Become Law Next April
The Ministry of Environment says regulations requiring local mobile phone
providers to set up recycling facilities and to actively promote their use
will be introduced on April 1 next year.
According to the ministry, manufacturers and importers must also help users
delete personal data under the new regulations.
The ministry says under the rules, manufacturers and importers will have to
set phased (分階段的) targets for circular material use rate, which measures
the ratio of recycled, maintained and reused materials to the overall
material use.
Officials say the aim is to raise Taiwan's mobile phone recycling rate to
15-per cent by January 1, 2025 and 30 percent by January 1, 2030.
WHO Warning on Gaza Hospital Crisis
The World Health Organization says the situation at the Al-Shifa hospital in
Gaza is dire (悲慘的) and perilous (險惡的).
Israel denies Gaza's largest hospital has lost power but says it's helping to
evacuate (撤離) babies from the facility.
William Denselow reports from UN headquarters in New York.
India Celebrates Diwali Amid Air Pollution Concerns
Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with
a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about
air pollution soared in the South Asian country.
Devotees lit over 2.22 million lamps and kept them burning for 45 minutes in
the northern city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state, as people marked the
national festival on Sunday.
The celebrations came as “hazardous (危險的)” levels were recorded on the
air quality index last week.
New Delhi tops the list almost annually among the Indian cities with poor air
quality.
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