EZ News 10/21/24

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 115-points this morning from Friday's close, at 23,602 on turnover of 5.5-billion N-T. The market made major gains last Friday - as it closed the session up over 430-points despite Wall Street drifting to a mixed close overnight - as investors were buoyed by the latest signals that America's economy is doing just fine. G7 Defense Minister Criticize China's Military Exercises The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is thanking the defense ministers of the G-7 member states for their voicing of support for the need to maintain the peaceful status quo in the Taiwan Strait. The statement comes after the G-7 defense ministers has issued a joint declaration criticizing China for what they're calling its provocative actions near Taiwan. It was issued after the defense ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U-K and the U-S gathered in Naples this past weekend. The joint statement said the ministers reaffirm that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is indispensable (不可或缺) to international security and prosperity and are concerned about provocative actions, particularly the recent Chinese military drills around Taiwan. Hualien Becomes Colorful Canvas for Meeting of Styles Street Art Event And, More than 50 walls in Hualien County have been transformed into artworks as part of an international Meeting of Styles graffiti festival. The Meeting of Styles event originated in Germany. It concluded on Sunday in Hualien. The three-day graffiti project brought together artists from across Taiwan and overseas to revitalize (振興Zhenx?ng) areas in the city with bright and lively murals. Hualien City Mayor Wei Chia-yen described his city's Meeting of Styles as "lively" on Facebook - saying the murals could bring "new life" to the structures hit by natural disasters this year. This year marked the second Meeting of Styles in Taiwan, following an event in New Taipei City in 2022. Israel strikes Lebanon latest Hundreds of residents fled (逃離) their homes in the Lebanese capital late on Sunday after Israel said it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon's Hezbollah group. Karen Chammas reports Cyprus Thwarts Digital Attack Cyprus says it has successfully thwarted (阻撓) a digital attack aimed at blocking access to the government’s central online portal. It was the latest in a string of similar attacks over a three-day period against state-run utilities and the Cypriot subsidiary of a Greek energy company. Cypriot digital authorities say they foiled the attack whose purpose was exclusively to prevent access to specific government websites. The distributed denial-of-service attack only affected the main government portal gov.cy “for a few minutes” and that no other online government ministry or service website was affected. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn