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Saline Supply Secured Through Lunar New Year
發布於 2025-01-10 10:29:13
Y F Chemical Corporation, Taiwan's largest saline producer, has resumed full production after addressing violations that halted operations last year.
The Health Ministry announced that saline supplies are now sufficient (充足的) to meet hospital needs through the Lunar New Year.
Other manufacturers have increased output, and imported saline stocks remain high, with hundreds of thousands of bags in reserve.
While a global shortage of soft-bag saline packaging caused recent delays, officials expect supply to stabilize next week.
The FDA has coordinated with manufacturers to prioritize deliveries for any reported shortages.
Hospitals have also increased their inventories ahead of the holiday season to ensure uninterrupted care.
Record NT$1.05 Billion in Lunar New Year Lottery Prizes
發布於 2025-01-10 10:29:13
Taiwan Lottery announced a record $1.05 billion NT in bonus prizes for this year's Lunar New Year lottery.
The prizes will be drawn daily over 20 days from January 24th to February 12th, covering popular games like Lotto 6/49, Daily Cash, and Bingo Bingo.
The Lotto 6/49 top prize will be $100 million NT, while the Big Red Envelope game offers up to $1 million NT per winner from a prize pool of $480 million NT.
Smaller prizes are also available through additional (額外的) draws, including the Small Red Envelope game.
For Bingo Bingo, prize amounts will increase during the holiday lottery period.
This year's Lunar New Year bonus prizes are the largest ever.
UN: Syrian Refugees Desperate Conditions
發布於 2025-01-10 10:29:13
The United Nations is warning more than 125,000 Syrian refugees are facing "desperate conditions" as they return to their home country.
The UN's refugee agency U.N.H.C.R says many people have arrived back in Syria following last month's fall of the Assad regime.
But families find themselves with little shelter and few economic prospects (前途).
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
Ukraine Zelenskyy Austin on Trump Presidency
發布於 2025-01-10 10:29:13
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press the incoming Trump administration not to give up on Kyiv’s fight.
Austin warned that to cease military support now “will only invite more aggression, chaos and war.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s pronouncements about pushing for a quick end to the war and his kinship (親切感) with Putin have triggered (觸發) concern among allies.
But Austin said "no responsible leader will let Putin have his way.”
And while Austin acknowledged he has no idea what Trump will do, he said the international leaders gathered Thursday in Germany talked about the need to continue the mission.
UN Forecasts Modest World Economy Growth
發布於 2025-01-10 10:29:13
The United Nations says the world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025.
The U.N. projected last January that global economic growth would be 2.4% in 2024.
It said Thursday that the rate was estimated to have been slightly higher, at 2.8%.
Both remain below the 3% rate the world saw before the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020.
In their 'World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025, U.N. economists wrote that their positive prediction was driven by the strong but slowing growth forecast for China and the United States and by robust (旺盛的) performance anticipated for India and Indonesia.
The European Union, Japan, and United Kingdom are expected to experience modest recovery.