EZ News 09/23/24

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,170 on turnover of 2.5-billion N-T. The market gained on Friday, as investors were buoyed by Wall Street's romping to record highs overnight after the U-S following the Federal Reserve's decision to make big interest rate cuts. MND Reveals FPV Drone Development Project The Ministry of National Defense has confirmed that a recent promotional video showed footage of a first-person view drone system. The statement comes after the Military News Agency released video footage of the drone system earlier this month. That footage showed soldiers using laptops and remote controls to launch small, explosive-laden drones, which detonated on striking a car and speedboat being used as targets (目標). F-P-V drones are piloted from the drone's point of view via an onboard camera, footage from which is transmitted to the pilot's monitor screen or video goggles. Investigators into Possible Foul Play in Taitung Food Poisoning Case The Taitung District Prosecutors' Office says it is considering the possibility of foul play in a food poisoning case last week that left three people dead. The statement comes after test results from the scene showed suspiciously (可疑地) high levels of pesticide in the first victim's kitchenware. According to chief prosecutor Chen Yen-qiu, authorities are looking into the source of millet and the preparation process of glutinous millet dumplings, which were discovered to contain a high level of terbufos. Terbufos is a hazardous chemical compound found in some pesticides. US Polling Shows Tight Race with Harris Increasing Lead New polling over the weekend shows US Vice President Kamala Harris has increased her lead (領先) nationally over her Republican rival Donald Trump in the Presidential election. Our Washington Correspondent Jagruti Dave has the details. Bolivia Clashes between Protesters and Supporters Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces have confronted (面對) protesters loyal to former President Evo Morales in a street melee. The protesters and counterprotesters hurled firecrackers, small dynamite bombs and stones at each other across a dusty sprawl in the city of El Alto on Sunday, while riot police unleashed tear gas into the crowds. Health authorities say at least eight people were injured. The standoff erupted while thousands of Bolivians supporting Morales continued a weeklong march to the capital. Report: Rhino Population Rises Slightly, but Killings Rise A new report finds that the rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat. Conservationists said in the report that the number of white rhinos increased by just over 1-thousand-500 from 2022, to 2023, but the black and greater one-horned rhino stayed the same. Another subspecies, the northern white rhino, is technically extinct with only two females being kept in a secure private conservancy (自然保護區,) in Kenya. With all five subspecies combined, there are just under 28-thousand rhinos left in the world, from 500,000 at the beginning of the 20th century. 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