EZ News 11/27/23

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 17,291 on turnover of 2.1-billion N-T. The market closed little changed on Friday on low turnover, due largely to the absence (不在場的, 缺席) of foreign institutional investors because of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. CDC on Alert for Mycoplasma Pneumonia Risk The Centers for Disease Control has issued a health warning - instructing medical professionals to be on alert to the risk of mycoplasma pneumonia spreading to Taiwan. The warning comes amid a surge in respiratory infections such as influenza and clusters (群集) of pneumonia among children in northern China. C-D-C Deputy Director-General Philip Luo says China began reporting mycoplasma pneumonia outbreaks in May, but an epidemic usually reaches its peak in 2 to 3 months, and there could be multiple known pathogens circulating there. Doctors are being asked to closely monitor cases of respiratory illness to prevent cluster infections at hospitals here in Taiwan. TRA to Add 116 train services for New Year's Day holiday And, The Taiwan Railways Administration says it will be providing 116 additional train journeys to meet the expected spike in demand during the New Year's Day holiday from December 29 through January 2. Passengers will be able to book tickets for the weekend holiday from December 1. According to the T-R-A, the extra train services will include 23 EMU-3000 and Puyuma limited express train journeys, and 12 EMU 900 local express train services along the east and west coasts. Four extra Tze-Chiang express trains will also be added to the east coast line. The highest daily number of passengers during the holiday is expected to exceed (超過) 80,000. Israeli Ship Seized and Let Go Attackers have seized and later let go a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen. The attackers seized the Liberian-flagged Central Park in the Gulf of Aden. Yemen’s internationally recognized government blamed (指責) the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels for the attack, which followed at least two other recent maritime attacks linked to the Israel-Hamas war. Early Monday morning, Zodiac said the vessel carrying phosphoric acid and its crew of 22 sailors from multiple nations were “unharmed.” The Pentagon said that the vessel was “currently safe” without elaborating on what happened to the attackers. The Houthis did not acknowledge the attack. Netanyahu Earlier… Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited troops (軍隊) inside the Gaza strip. Mimmi Montgomery reports. Booker Prize Won by Irish Writer Irish writer Paul Lynch has won the Booker Prize for fiction with his dystopian novel “Prophet Song.” The judges said it was a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism (極權主義) and war. Lynch was awarded the $63-thousand US dollar literary prize at a ceremony in London on Sunday. He beat five other writers from Ireland, the U.K., the U.S. and Canada. 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