EZ News 05/17/23

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened up 28-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 15,702 on turnover of 1.9-billion N-T. The market closed sharply higher on Tuesday, rising by almost 1.3-per cent, as the bellwether electronics sector led the rise after Wall Street made gains overnight. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing attracted (吸引) strong buying, despite Warren Buffett announcing that he's dumped all of his shares in the company because of concerns over geopolitical risks. **Former UK PM Liz Truss Arrives in Taiwan ** Former U-K Prime Minister Liz Truss is in Taiwan for a five-day trip. According to Truss, visiting Taiwan had been on her mind for some time but she had previously been "unable" to do so because she was in the U-K government. The former U-K prime minister is giving a talk today in Taipei entitled "Taiwan: On the Frontline of Freedom and Democracy," organized by the government-funded Prospect Foundation. She also scheduled to meet with senior government officials and other figures (人物) from Taiwan's political, business and academic circles during her visit. **Third Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated ** The Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project in Miaoli has been officially inaugurated. The wind farm consists of 47 wind turbines and covers an area of 68-square kilometers off the coast of Zhunan Township. According to developers, Formosa 2 has an installed capacity of 376-megawatts and is expected to supply power to approximately 380,000 households per year in the area. The wind farm is a joint development project by Japanese joint venture (企業) J-E-R-A, Australia's Green Investment Group under Macquarie Asset Management, and Taiwan's Synera Renewable Energy. Formosa 2 is the third offshore wind farm to enter into service here in Taiwan - and follows Formosa 1 in Miaoli and the Taiwan Power Company's Phase-1 Power Grid Construction for Offshore Wind Connection in Changhua County. **G7 Leaders To Pledge Nuclear NonProliferation ** G7 leaders are set to pledge extra support for nuclear non-proliferation agreements when they meet in Japan this weekend. The G7 summit is taking place in Hiroshima, one of the only places to have experienced a nuclear attack, and Japan is hoping it will set the stage for discussions on nuclear disarmament (解除或放棄武器的行為). Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo. **Italy Cocaine Bust ** Italian authorities say customs police found more than 2,700 kilos of cocaine hidden in 70 tons of boxed bananas shipped from Ecuador. Police estimated the cocaine could have brought traffickers more than $900 million US dollars in street sales if it had reached its ultimate destination in Armenia. Customs police at a southern port became suspicious (懷疑), when a background check showed the banana shippers weren’t in the business of moving that much fruit. Officers used scanning machines and the dog to uncover packets of cocaine hidden in boxes already stacked meters-high in container trucks. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn