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EZ NEWS JULY 17, 2019

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:14

Tai-Ex Opens Down

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:16

The Tai-Ex opened down 24-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
10,861 on turnover of 1.5-billion N-T.

The market was slightly (略、稍微) higher Tuesday.

Some electronic stocks continued to climb from a session earlier, and helped
lower the impact of losses in non-tech stocks.

But analysts say turnover was not very high.

Investors chose to stay on the sidelines (保持觀望) both here in Taiwan and
on Wall Street.

Sea Warning Issued for for Tropical Storm Danas

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:17

The Central Weather Bureau will probably issue a land warning for Tropical
Storm Danas as early as 11:30 this morning.

A sea warning was issued late last night.

Danas is currently (目前) about 530-kilometers south-southeast of Hengchun.

It is moving in a north-northwesterly direction at 15-kilometers-an-hour.

If Danas stays on its current path, it will land in the Yilan/Hualien area
late tomorrow.

It will then leave the island in an area north of Hsinchu early Friday
morning before heading into the Taiwan Strait.

TRA to Improve Train Surveillance and Ticketing Regulations

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:19

The TRA says it will take steps to improve how it handles crime.

The railways administration says it will put surveillance cameras on its
trains, and install more ticket barriers (障礙) at stations.

This comes after a railway police officer was stabbed to death.

The TRA says it will start with putting cameras on electric commuter trains
(通勤列車).

It hopes to finish with all the trains by 2021.

The administration will also buy 600 new intercity trains (城際列車) and 520
new commuter trains.

They will all come with security cameras and emergency intercom systems.

And the TRA says by 2022, it will install more security barriers at 241
stations, and will strictly (嚴格) follow a "no ticket, no entry" rule.

NKorea Warns Against US SKorea Drills

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:20

North Korea has warned the United States and South Korea against holding a
joint (聯合) military drill.

Bruce Harrison has the story

WHO Debates Ebola Emergency Declaration

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:22

The World Health Organization is meeting today to decide if they should
declare an international emergency for an Ebola outbreak.

This is the fourth time the WHO has met with experts to assess (評估) the
virus outbreak.

The WHO had decided in the past not to declare (宣布) an emergency.

Doing so usually brings more international attention and aid for the issue.

This week, a preacher with Ebola took a bus to Goma, a city of more than
2-million people.

The WHO now confirms he has died.

EU President Confirmed

Posted on 2019-07-17 12:39:23

Ursula von der Leyen was confirmed as the European Commission president
Tuesday.

She will be the first woman to hold the job.

The German defense minister got just 9 votes over the lowest limit in a
European Parliament vote.

Von der Leyen will replace Jean-Claude Juncker when his term ends at the end
of October.

Von der Leyen has promised a greener, gender-equal Europe, starting with an
equal number of men and women in her team of 28 commissioners.

EZ NEWS JULY 16, 2019

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:14

Tai-Ex Opens Down

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:16

The Tai-Ex opened down 11-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
10,865 on turnover of 1.8-billion N-T.

The market climbed back up Monday after Wall Street rose at the end of last
week.

The electronics sector helped push up the market.

Non-tech stocks were mixed (不一樣、有好有壞), and the financial sector ended
down.

KMT Source Warns Han's win Could Shakeup Party

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:17

A source in the KMT party says Han Kuo-yu winning the presidential primary
will create major changes in the party.

The unamed source says Han emerging as a leader in the party will break up
the traditional and complex (複雜) power structure in the KMT.

It will also change the way the party prepares its strategy (戰略) for a
presidential campaign.

The source says Han's win will also affect the KMT's succession plans.

It decreases the space left for the party's traditional leaders, which
includes party Chairman Wu Den-yih.

US Lawmaker Supports Taiwan Arms Sales in Response to China Threat

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:19

U-S Representative Michael McCaul says the House Foreign Affairs Committee
approved a 2-billion dollar arms sales to Taiwan, as a response to increased
Chinese aggression.

Speaking to Fox News, the Texas Congressman said "green-lighting the arms
sale sends a very strong message to China."

McCaul was one of the U-S lawmakers to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen on
Friday during her two-day stopover (中途停留)in New York on the way to visit
four of Taiwan's Caribbean allies.

US Trump Continues Attacks on Congresswomen

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:21

US President Donald Trump is continuing his attacks on four first term
Democratic congresswomen.

The attacks are widely (廣泛地) seen as (被視為) racist.

US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.

Mexico Battles Nature Reserve Fire

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:22

Firefighters are still trying to put out a blaze in a Mexican nature reserve.

Officials say the fire in the Sian Ka'an nature reserve on the Yucatan
Peninsula is just 30-percent under control.

It has spread to more than 2500-hectares.

More than 50 firefighters and a water-dropping Air Force helicopter are
working to stop the flames.

Officials say drought and intense heat are making the fire worse.

The fire is about 30 kilometers south of the popular beach town Tulum.

The Sian Ka'an reserve on Mexico's Caribbean coast is a UNESCO World Heritage
site (聯合國教科文組織世界遺產) and an important tourist destination.

India Examines Moon Mission Snag

Posted on 2019-07-16 12:33:24

India's space organization says it is looking into the technical problem that
caused Monday's launch to be cancelled.

The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off less than an hour before liftoff by
teh Indian Space Research Organization.

It says there was a "technical snag" found in the 640-ton, 14-story rocket
launcher.

The ISRO says it should be able to choose a new launch date within a few days.

Chandra-yaan, is designed to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole.

It will then send a rover to explore water deposits (沉積).

If India successfully makes the soft landing, it would be only the fourth
country to do so after the U.S., Russia and China.

EZ NEWS JULY 15, 2019

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:14

Tai-Ex Opens

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:16

The Tai-Ex opened down 4-points this morning from Friday's close, at 10,819
on turnover of 2-billion N-T.

The market was lower on Friday.

Investors held on to gains from earlier in the trading session.

There were hopes that the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates later
in July.

There was also a lot of selling in some tech companies in the Apple supply
chain, pushing down the market.

But the semiconductor sector stayed strong, and stopped the market from
falling further (進一步、更).

KMT to Name 2020 Candidate Today

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:17

The K-M-T will announce its nominee for January's presidential election at 11
o'clock.

The announcement will be made during a press conference to be held at the
party's Taipei headquarters.

Reports say only three of the five candidates will join the event.

They are Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, former Taipei County Commissioner Chou
Hsi-wei and National Taiwan University professor Chang Ya-chung.

Former New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu will be holding his own press event
(新聞發布會), to talk about the reuslts.

But former Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou has cancelled his planned press
conference.

Taiwan Once Again Invited to Join US-Hosted Religious Freedom Forum

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:19

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says top Taiwan officials have been invited
to an international religious freedom forum (論壇).

Taiwan's top representative to the US Stanley Gao and ambassador-at-large
Pusing Tali were invited to the second Ministerial to Advance Religious
Freedom forum.

The event is organized by the US, and will be held in Washington from July
16th to 18th.

It's the second year Taiwan will send a government representative to the
annual (週年) forum, which started in 2018.

Iran Ready to Negotiate

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:20

Iran's president says his country is ready to negotiate with the United
States with conditions.

Hassan Rouhani said on his official website that if the US stops sanctions,
Iran will negotiate.

Tensions between Iran and the US rose sharply after the Trump administration
withdrew the US from Iran's nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran recently started building up its enriched uranium stockpile (儲存、儲藏)
past the limits set in the 2015 agreement.

But it says these moves can be reversed if it is given economic reasons to do
so.

Congo Confirms Ebola in New City

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:22

Congo health officials say an Ebola case has been confirmed in the city of
Goma.

It is the first time the virus has been found in the city of more than
2-million people.

The patient arrived Sunday in the city, on a bus from the town of Butembo,
which has been hard hit (
受到重創) by the disease.

He was quickly moved to an Ebola treatment center, and authorities say they
have found all the passengers on the bus.

Ebola has killed more than 1-thousand-600 people in Congo, as well as (以及)
two people who returned home to neighboring Uganda.

India Calls Off Moon Launch

Posted on 2019-07-15 12:39:24

India's space agency has called off (取消了) the launch (發動、發起) of its
second moon mission.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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