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Tai-Ex opening
發布於 2024-07-22 10:25:13
The Tai-Ex opened down 50-points this morning from Friday's close, at 22,818 on turnover of 5.7-billion N-T.
The market lost over 500 points on Friday - as investors reacted to lackluster performances by tech stocks on Wall Street last week - which dragged down Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Lai Talks About Democracy at DPP National Party Congress
發布於 2024-07-22 10:25:13
President Lai Ching-te has been stressing the value of democracy for Taiwan during his address at the D-P-P's national congress in Taipei.
Speaking at the event, Lai touted the theme for the congress this year as being "democratic Taiwan moving forward in unity" and proposed three main targets for the party.
Those targets include establishing a national identity based on Taiwan subjectivity .. the strengthening of the democratic constitutional system and to ensure (確保) human rights and freedom are safeguarded.
The D-P-P also elected the party's central standing committee members, central executive committee members and central evaluation committee members during the national congress.
University Compensates Students who had Food Stolen by Monkeys
發布於 2024-07-22 10:25:13
The National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung says it's compensated 17 students who had their food stolen by Formosan macaques during confrontations (衝突) on campus.
The compensation payments are part of a six-month campaign by the school to promote what it's calling "human-monkey coexistence."
The campaign runs from February 1 through July 31.
According to a university spokesperson, it's given up to 100 N-T to each victim, most of whom were attacked and lost their food in areas near convenience stores or parking lots.
In order to be eligible for the payments, students have to provide food receipts and photos of the monkeys.
Russia Ukraine latest
發布於 2024-07-22 10:25:13
At least two people have been killed in Ukrainian strikes on the partly Russian-occupied Donetsk region, Russian state media say, while Russian strikes wounded (使...受傷) at least five people in Ukraine overnight.
Karen Chammas reports.
Bangladesh Scales Back Job Quota System Changes
發布於 2024-07-22 10:25:13
Bangladesh’s top court has scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants after it led to nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and protesters.
The Supreme Court in its verdict (判決) ordered 93% of the government jobs to be called on a merit-based system, with only 5% reserved for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 and other categories.
Earlier, the system reserved 30% of the jobs for veterans' relatives.
Sunday’s verdict comes after weeks of demonstrations that turned deadly this week.
Authorities haven’t shared any official numbers of those killed, but local media have reported over 100 dead.
Greenland AntiWhaling Activist Arrested
發布於 2024-07-22 10:25:13
Greenland police have arrested a prominent environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan.
Police said they arrested Paul Watson when his ship docked in Greenland’s capital Nuuk on Sunday morning.
They said Watson will be brought before a district court with a request to detain him until a decision is made on whether to extradite (引渡) him to Japan.
Watson is a Canadian-American citizen and he's a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Watson's direct action tactics include high-seas confrontations with whaling vessels.
Japan has accused Watson and Sea Shepherd of endangering whalers’ lives during operations in the Antarctic Ocean.