EZ News 01/03/24

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 187-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 23,019 on turnover of $5.7-billion N-T. Women over 50 seeking assisted reproduction grew by 45% in 2022 The Health Promotion Administration says data shows that number of women over the age of 50 seeking (尋求) assisted reproduction treatment grew by 45-per cent in 2022. According to the administration's latest report, a total of 58,476 married women received assisted reproduction that year, marking an increase of 8,824 from 2021. Of those women, 36.1-per cent were aged between 35 and 39, 33.3-per cent between the ages of 40 and 44 and 19.9-per cent were aged between 30-34. The administration says although there were only 355 women aged over 50, that figure represented a 45-per cent increase from the previous year. The report shows that a total of 11,549 babies were born in 2022 due to assisted reproduction - 1,775 more than the previous year. UK Government Unveils New Laws To Tackle Suspected People Smugglers The U-K Government has announced new laws aimed at tackling (對付) suspected people smugglers. It comes after figures showed a 25-per cent increase in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2024. The measures form part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill and look to curb the activity of smuggling gangs responsible for channel crossings. Simon Gaitan has more. Australia Surfer Missing After Shark Attack Authorities say a surfer missing in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack and they are searching the waters where the man disappeared. The 28-year-old was at a popular surf beach in South Australia where a man was killed by a white shark in 2023. A witness who saw the shark attack on Thursday evening local time at Granites Beach, near the coastal town of Streaky Bay, rode into the sea on a jet ski and retrieved the man’s surfboard, police told local media, but there was no sign of the victim. Shark attacks in Australia are rare, but the state of South Australia has registered more episodes (一連串事件) in the past two years than usual. There were five shark attacks off the state’s coast in 2023, three of them fatal. Scientists at the time said they did not know the reason for the cluster. Sports Piracy Network Dismantled A Europol operation during last summer’s European Championship and Paris Olympics dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated (盜版的) content. Spain’s top soccer league announced the results Thursday. La Liga says it cooperated in the investigation. The European Union’s law enforcement agency identified more than 560 resellers of pirated content that included streaming of movies, series and TV channels. More than 100 suspects were identified and 11 were arrested. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn