EZ News 04/30/24

EZ News

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 12-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 20,508
on turnover of 4.6-billion N-T.
The market closed sharply higher on Monday.
Investor interest in the bellwether electronics sector spiked following
rallies in U-S tech stocks on Wall Street at the end of last week.
The upturn was also driven by the financial sector.
Investors rushed to pick up finance heavyweights due to their general
dividend payout plans.
Government Seeking to Boost Agricultural Exports to US
Deputy trade representative Jenni Yang says she will be pushing for more
Taiwanese agricultural products to be exported to the United States during
this week's trade talks in Taipei.
The talks are taking place under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century
Trade and began on Monday.
Yang is leading Taiwan's delegation.
The U-S side is headed by Assistant United States Trade Representative for
China, Mongolia and Taiwan Affairs, Terry McCartin.
According to Yang, the latest round of negotiations is focusing on issues
concerning labor, environmental protection and agriculture (農業).
Five Indicted over Taipei Building Partial Collapse
And,
The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office has indicted five people in
connection with an investigation into the partial collapse of a residential
building in Taipei's Dazhi District last year.
The five include the head of the construction project responsible for the
incident.
The case stems from September 7, 2023.
Underground excavation (挖掘) work at a Kee Tai Properties construction site
caused a neighboring building to sink into the ground and six others to lean
to one side.
The incident resulted in hundreds of people from different households being
evacuated and temporarily re-housed.
US pressures for ceasefire
In international news,
The United States is stepping up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza.
Hamas officials are in Egypt to discuss the new proposal (提議).
Sagher Meghani reports.
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UN Call for Sudan Arms Sale to Stop
The United States is urging all countries supplying weapons to Sudan's
warring parties to halt arms sales ..
…. warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a
genocide 20 years ago "is repeating itself."
U-S Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the only capital in Darfur not
held by paramilitary forces, is "on the precipice of a large-scale massacre."
Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April 2023.
Long-simmering tensions between its military and the R-S-F paramilitary group
broke out into street battles in the capital, Khartoum.
Fighting has since spread to other parts of the country, especially urban
areas and the Darfur region.
Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh Visits Ukraine
Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the Royal
Family to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
She went on a one-day visit, on behalf of the Foreign Office, to "demonstrate
solidarity with the women, men and children impacted by the war".
The duchess paid her respects to those who had lost their lives in the town
of Bucha during the Russian occupation.
There was also a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Britain's Royal Family has been unusually outspoken (直言不諱) in its support
of Ukraine.
King Charles marked the second anniversary of the invasion in February by
warning of the "indescribable (無法形容) aggression" and the "unprovoked
attack" by Russia.
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