About this episode
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 163-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
30,412 on turnover of 23-billion N-T.
The market closed above the 30,000 point mark once again on Tuesday, as
buying was further boosted by investor optimism over Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing's sales amid the current A-I boom.
Analysts say investors are betting that T-S-M-C will deliver positive leads
(????) at its investor conference next Thursday.
NSB says Beijing paired Taiwan drills with cyberattacks and cognitive warfare
The National Security Bureau says Beijing paired military drills against
Taiwan with information operations and cyberattacks from between December 29
and January 2.
According to the bureau, the move resulted in the spreading of more than
19,000 "controversial" messages and the launch of millions of hacking
intrusions (??).
In a report submitted to the Legislative Yuan, the N-S-B says the online
activity involved 799 abnormal accounts and focused on amplifying skepticism
about the U-S, Taiwan's military and President Lai Ching-te, referring to
concerns about Taiwan's ability to defend itself.
CDC warns that influenza epidemic to hit late January and peak over Lunar New Year
The Centers for Disease Control says it expects to see a rise in flu cases in
the later this month and a further increase around the Lunar New Year holiday
period.
According to the C-D-C, a total of 82,161 people sought medical treatment for
flu-like illness from the week of December 28 to January 3 - and that level
remains about the same as the previous week.
The C-D-C is projecting that Taiwan will again enter a flu epidemic ( ???)
period in the latter half of this month, following a previous period from
late September to late November this winter and it's likely to peak around
the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, which begins on February 14.
UN Human Rights Office Expresses Renewed Concern Over U.S. Actions in Venezuela
The UN Human Rights office says it's concerned America's military action in
Venezuela is going to make the situation (??) in the country even worse,
and that US actions undermined international law.
Mitch McCann reports from the United Nations in New York:
Canada FM and Governor General to Visit Greenland
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his foreign minister and the
governor general will visit Greenland in early February in the wake of
renewed threats
