Show Notes
Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 30-points this morning from Friday's close, at 45,841 on
turnover of 10.9-billion N-T.
The market lost ground last Friday, on profit taking ahead of the nearest
technical resistance around 46,000 points as Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing gave up its earlier gains.
Lawmakers to attend Asian Pacific Parliamentarians' Union meetings
A delegation of 13 lawmakers is slated to travel to to Japan later this month
to attend the Asian Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union 54th General Assembly and
88th Council Meeting.
The delegation will be led by Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang.
The event this year will held under the themes of inter-parliamentary
cooperation to maintain (維持) a free and open economic order and strengthen
regional supply chain resilience.
Taiwan hosted the Asian Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union General Assembly last
year.
Starlux's Sorayama-themed A350 arrives in Taiwan
A Starlux Airbus A350-1000 featuring livery by renowned Japanese artist
Hajime Sorayama has arrived at Taoyuan International Airport.
The aircraft, named "Airsorayama Gold," is at the airport ahead of its
commercial debut flight (首航) on the carrier's Taipei-Tokyo route later this
week.
Starlux says it is the second plane in the airline's "Starlux Airsorayama"
art project, which showcases Sorayama's signature metallic aesthetic.
The new aircraft features a gold-themed livery and the airline says it
complements its first Sorayama-designed jet, the "Airsorayama Silver."
The aircraft is scheduled to enter commercial service on Starlux's
Taipei-Narita route starting Thursday.
TRUMP ORDERS PENTAGON TO SCALE BACK JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH SOUTH KOREA HOURS BEFORE DRILLS DUE TO BEGIN
US President Donald Trump has ordered Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to scale
back annual joint military exercises with South Korea, posting on Truth
Social just hours before the drills were due to begin that they send a
message he called hostile to North Korea.
The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises were set to run for eleven days and
involve (使參與) around eighteen thousand South Korean troops alongside American
forces stationed on the peninsula.
The announcement came days after North Korea's eleventh ballistic missile
test of the year, and a day after President Trump posted a photograph of
himself alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Reporter Nick Harper in Washington says Trump also linked the decision to
South Korea's refusal to support the American-led campaign in Iran.
Italy Museum Theft
Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter
Antonello da Messina from a regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily.
According to local news, the theft occurred on Saturday during the Italian
Ferragosto holiday.
The thieves bypassed (繞過、避開) alarm systems in the evening, taking three
panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych and a double-sided panel of the Virgin
Mary and the dead Christ.
The museum was closed on Sunday while investigators gathered evidence.
The theft comes just days after police in the northern Italian city of Parma
announced that they had recovered three stolen artworks by Renoir, Cézanne
and Matisse worth about $11.5 million US dollars.
Five people have been detained in the March theft in Parma province.
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