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Tai-Ex opening
發布於 2024-03-13 10:39:13
The Tai-Ex opened up 110-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 20,025 on turnover of $10.5-billion N-T.
No plans for absentee voting for elections in Taiwan: Premier
發布於 2024-03-13 10:39:14
Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said the government has no plans at present to allow for absentee voting.
Opposition parties in Taiwan have been pushing for absentee voting after the recent presidential election saw the second lowest voter turnout in history.
Chen said election systems would need to be strengthened and further planning and research would be needed before absentee voting could be implemented in Taiwan.
Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang echoed Chen's sentiments, stating that while absentee voting could be suitable for referendums, it poses challenges for regular elections.
In February, a draft bill allowing absentee voting for referendums was approved, but it does not apply to citizens living abroad.
The opposition KMT proposed extending this measure to presidential elections and including mail-in ballots, but ruling DPP lawmakers expressed concerns about potential interference (干涉) from China.
Turnout in recent elections in Taiwan has been declining, with factors such as the inconvenience of traveling to vote contributing to this trend.
(CNA-IG)
IAEA Inspects Discharge at Fukushima
發布於 2024-03-13 10:39:14
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he’s satisfied with Japan’s handling of the release of treated, nuclear contaminated wastewater from Fukushima.
He is inspecting the discharge (釋放) site on Wednesday, his first visit since Japan began the project in August.
Chris Gilbert reports.
UN Food Agency Sounds Alarm for Haiti
發布於 2024-03-13 10:39:14
The U.N. food agency’s director in Haiti says that 4 million people face “acute food insecurity” and one million of them are one step away from famine.
Jean-Martin Bauer told a virtual press conference that he’s “ringing the alarm bell” because the recent increase in gang violence has made a very bad situation even worse and displaced (流離失所) an additional 15-thousand people — just over the first weekend in March in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
He says that brings the total number of displaced people in Haiti to over 360-thousand, and the U.N. says half of them are children.
Romania President to Enter Race as NATO Leader
發布於 2024-03-13 10:39:14
Romania’s president says he will enter the race to become the next leader of the 32-nation NATO military alliance, emphasizing his country’s proximity to Ukraine and the threat from Russia.
President Klaus Iohannis wants to succeed Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who has been NATO’s top civilian official since 2014 and has made clear he will not be staying.
Romania, a NATO member since 2004, borders Ukraine and has played an increasingly prominent (著名的) role in the alliance throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion.
NATO officials and envoys want the nomination for Stoltenberg's successor wrapped up by the end of April.