EZ News 10/13/23

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened down 10-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,816 on turnover of $4-billion N-T. Kinmen set for 1st taxi fare hike in 13 years Taxi fares in outlying Kinmen County will be increased from January 1st 2024 for the first time in 13 years. The Kimen County government said it approved the increase proposed by the association of local taxi drivers due to the rising cost Each journey will charge an additional $5 NT for every 200 meters after the first 1,000 meters and for every accumulated (累積) two minutes during which the taxi travels slower than 5 kilometers per hour. The basic fare for each journey is currently $100 NT for a journey of less than 1,000 meters, with journeys at night charging 20 percent more than during the day. NKorea Calls US Carrier "Provocation" North Korea is lashing out at the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in South Korea, calling it a provocation and again raising the specter (對於…的恐懼（或憂慮）) of using nuclear weapons to defend itself. The North's state media issued that threat today, a day after the USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group arrived at South Korea’s southeastern port of Busan following a U.S.-South Korean-Japanese naval exercise in international waters earlier this week. South Korean defense officials said the carrier is to be docked at Busan for five days as part of an agreement to increase the temporary deployments of powerful U.S. military assets in response to the North’s growing nuclear program. UN Warns Gaza Situation Now Dire The World Food Programme is warning that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is "dire" after Israel said it will not life its blockade of the territory until Hamas frees all the Israeli and foreign hostages that it seized (抓住) last weekend. Meanwhile, Jewish community sites worldwide are on alert after the former leader of Hamas called for Friday to be a day of jihad against Jewish targets. Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports. IOC Suspends Russian Olympic Committee The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended by the IOC for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies in four regions in eastern Ukraine. Russian Olympic officials provoked (激起，引起) the dispute last week by accepting the councils in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia as its members. The suspension does not immediately affect any Russians who are returning to compete in international sporting events as neutral athletes. The Russian Olympic Committee can challenge the IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. 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