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Tai-Ex opening
發佈於 2021-12-06 10:50:01
The Tai-Ex opened down 46-points this morning from Friday's close, at 17,650 on turnover of 5.4-billion N-T.
The market lost ground on Friday, but remained above the 17,600-points mark, as regional indexes closed mixed while investors kept an eye on the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant and measures that governments around the world are taking to restrain (抑制) it.
US Defense Secretary Warns in Chinese Military Flights
發佈於 2021-12-06 10:50:02
U-S Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Chinese military flights near Taiwan look like "rehearsals," but is stopping short of indicating that he expects Beijing actually to carry out such operations.
Speaking during a keynote discussion with Fox News at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Austin said he didn't want to speculate, but "certainly, it looks like them exploring what their true capabilities are."
Austin said the Biden administration is looking to bolster (加固、援助) deterrence against Chinese aggression over Taiwan, but any such action is not aimed at "changing the status quo in the region."
Austin's comments come a day after U-S Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Reuters that any move by China to invade Taiwan would be "potentially disastrous."
Fines to be Issued Following Douliu Drag Racing Event
發佈於 2021-12-06 10:50:02
Yunlin County Commissioner Zhang Li-shan says the Douliu City Office and the Yunlin Visitors Association are facing a fine of up to 150,000 N-T for failing to ensure (確保) proper safety measures were in place at a drag racing venue this past weekend.
The statement comes after six people, including a pregnant woman, were injured on Saturday when a car ploughed into a crowd of spectators at the venue in Douliu.
Speaking to reporters, Zhang slammed the organizers for failing to take proper safety measures into consideration and said further such events have now been suspended.
There were no guardrails at the venue, and the Mercedes Benz hit the spectators near the start line.
Women activists call for more rights in Afghanistan
發佈於 2021-12-06 10:50:02
Women activists in Kabul are calling for more change, claiming that the new Taliban decree banning forced marriage isn't enough to address (處理、解決) the issue of women's rights.
AP correspondent Naomi Schanen reports
Sudan Inter-Tribal Clashes Leaves Dozens Dead
發佈於 2021-12-06 10:50:02
An aid group says tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs has killed at least 24 people in Sudan's western Darfur region.
The General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced (流離失所) in Darfur, says the fighting grew out of a financial dispute late Saturday between two individuals in the Krinding camp for displaced persons in West Darfur province.
He says Arab militias known as Janjaweed attacked the camp early Sunday, torching and looting properties.
At least 35 others were wounded.
It was the latest bout of intercommunal violence to rock conflict-stricken Darfur
Gambia President Wins Re-election
發佈於 2021-12-06 10:50:02
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has secured his re-election with a comfortable margin over his opposition in a vote.
Barrow won about 53% of the vote, according to results of the Dec. 4 election.
He readily beat out his main contender (競爭者) Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party who received about 28%.
This was the country's first presidential election in decades that did not include former dictator Yahya Jammeh, who lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea after losing the 2016 election and refusing to accept defeat.