EZ News 11/13/23

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. The Tai-Ex opened The Tai-Ex opened up 28-points this morning from Friday's close, at 16,711 on turnover of 4.1-billion N-T. The market ended a seven-session rising streak on Friday as the bellwether electronics sector came under pressure following losses by tech stocks Wall Street overnight. Market sentiment also turned cautious after U-S Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made hawkish comments on the bank's monetary policy, which compromised (減少) the appetite of investors at home and abroad to hold tech stocks. Speculation Morris Chang Could Meet Biden at APEC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing founder Morris Chang will be attending the APEC summit in San Francisco on Wednesday on behalf of President Tsai Ing-wen. It's the sixth time that Chang will have served as Tsai's envoy (使者) to the APEC leaders meeting. And there's speculation he could meet with U-S President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the event. Chang spoke with U-S Vice President Kamala Harris on the sidelines of the last year's APEC meeting in Bangkok. New Recycling Rules for Cellphone Providers to Become Law Next April The Ministry of Environment says regulations requiring local mobile phone providers to set up recycling facilities and to actively promote their use will be introduced on April 1 next year. According to the ministry, manufacturers and importers must also help users delete personal data under the new regulations. The ministry says under the rules, manufacturers and importers will have to set phased (分階段的) targets for circular material use rate, which measures the ratio of recycled, maintained and reused materials to the overall material use. Officials say the aim is to raise Taiwan's mobile phone recycling rate to 15-per cent by January 1, 2025 and 30 percent by January 1, 2030. WHO Warning on Gaza Hospital Crisis The World Health Organization says the situation at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is dire (悲慘的) and perilous (險惡的). Israel denies Gaza's largest hospital has lost power but says it's helping to evacuate (撤離) babies from the facility. William Denselow reports from UN headquarters in New York. India Celebrates Diwali Amid Air Pollution Concerns Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Devotees lit over 2.22 million lamps and kept them burning for 45 minutes in the northern city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state, as people marked the national festival on Sunday. The celebrations came as “hazardous (危險的)” levels were recorded on the air quality index last week. New Delhi tops the list almost annually among the Indian cities with poor air quality. 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