Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 106-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
23,226 on turnover of 2.4-billion N-T.
The market closed marginally higher on Tuesday despite rising by over
200-points early in the session - as investor uncertainty kicked-in over
Donald Trump's pending return to the White House.
Analysts say Trump's possible tariffs have spooked many investors - which has
led to uncertainty in the local market.
Lawmakers reject Lai's justice nominees
Lawmakers have rejected all seven justice nominees selected by President Lai
Ching-te to fill the vacancies on the Constitutional Court.
None of the seven nominees, including law professor Chang Wen-zhen and former
lawmaker Yao Li-ming received the necessary 57 votes in the 113-seat
Legislature for approval.
Chang and Yao had also been nominated by Lai to serve as the head and deputy
head of the Judicial Yuan.
The K-M-T has argued that all of Lai's nominees were partisan (偏袒的).
Flu epidemic expected this week
And,
The Centers for Disease Control says over 90,000 flu-like cases were reported
last week - and influenza will enter an epidemic phase later this week.
According to the C-D-C, total of 94,882 visits to emergency departments and
outpatient clinics (門診) for flu-like symptoms were reported from December
15 through 21.
That was a 16-per cent increase compared to the number of cases recorded the
previous week.
The C-D-C is saying based on predictions, the flu epidemic phase is expected
to begin this week, with a peak in the number of cases likely to be seen
around the Lunar New Year holiday period.
Haiti Journalists Killed by Gangs in Hospital Reopening
Two reporters were killed in Haiti, as authorities tried to reopen
Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital after it was shut down by gangs
earlier this year.
AP's Lisa Dwyer reports
Kurds Launch Counteroffensive in Syria
Kurdish-led fighters in Syria, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, say
they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian
National Army to take back areas near Syria’s northern border with Turkey.
The Kurdish-led force is Washington’s critical ally in Syria, targeting
sleeper cells (秘密行動人員) of the extremist Islamic State group scattered
across the country’s east.
Since the fall of Bashar Assad earlier this month, clashes have intensified
(加劇的) between the U.S.-backed group and the SNA, which captured the key
city of Manbij and the areas surrounding it.
A Britain-based opposition war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, says that since the SNA’s offensive in northern Syria against the
Kurds started earlier this month, dozens from both sides have been killed.
Russia Baby Mammoth Remains
The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost
have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region.
They call it the best-preserved mammoth body ever found.
The female mammoth nicknamed Yana weighs more than 100 kilograms and is 120
centimeters tall.
Her remains are one of seven mammoth carcasses recovered worldwide.
Yana will now be studied by scientists at Russia's North-Eastern Federal
University, which called the find “exceptional” (特殊的).
The university has a dedicated (專門的) mammoth research center and museum.
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