EZ News 10/12/23

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 27-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,699 on turnover of $4.5-billion N-T. Shares in Taiwan ended more than 150 points higher on Wednesday, the first trading day after the prolonged Oct. 10 National Day holiday, amid eased fears over an aggressive Federal Reserve in the wake of war breaking out between Israel and militant group Hamas. On the back of the gains posted by tech stocks on the U.S. markets during the holiday in Taiwan, large-cap electronics stocks, in particular in the semiconductor industry, attracted strong buying throughout the session, with the financial sector also enjoying significant (顯著的) gains. Suspects wanted for helping convicted tycoon flee surrender to police Four people who allegedly helped a businessman convicted of insider trading and stock manipulation flee to the Philippines in early September have turned themselves in to the police. According to the Central News Agency, the case involves Chu Guo-rong, president of Global Funeral Service Corp., who fled Taiwan while in home confinement as he appealed his convictions to Taiwan's Supreme Court and was later listed as a wanted fugitive (通緝要犯) on Sept. 28-th. CNA quotes sources as saying that Chu's business partner and race car driver George Chou, along with the captain and two crew members of a fishing boat who allegedly helped Chu flee to the Philippines turned themselves in to the Criminal Investigation Bureau at the end of September. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office said Wednesday that it could not confirm or comment on details of the case as their investigation was still underway. US Biden Warns Iran After Israel Attack US President Joe Biden has given a direct warning to Iran to "be careful" following Hamas' attack on Israel. The American leader is under pressure to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian assets (資產) amid Tehran's support of the terrorist organization. Nick Harper reports from Washington. French Troops Withdraw from Niger The French military says it's begun withdrawing from Niger following the July coup when mutinous soldiers toppled (推翻) the country’s democratically elected president. More than 100 troops left in two flights from the capital on Tuesday in the first of what will be several rounds of departures between now and the end of the year. All are returning to France. Also Tuesday, Niger’s junta said it was giving the United Nations resident coordinator in Niger 72 hours to leave the country. It cited “underhanded maneuvers” by the U.N. secretary-general to prevent its full participation in last month’s General Assembly in New York as one of the reasons. Finland Investigates Gas Pipeline Leak Finnish police say they have launched a criminal investigation into possible sabotage (破壞) of an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia that was shut down over the weekend following a leak. Finland says it has started gathering evidence at the location of the leak, which was detected Sunday on the Balticconector pipeline connecting the two NATO allies. A telecommunications cable was also damaged. The purpose of the probe is to establish whether the damage to the Balticconector pipeline resulted from sabotage or an accident. Finnish authorities have already ruled out an operational mishap, saying the damage was caused by “external activity.” 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