EZ News 07/04/25

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 44-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,757 on turnover of $4.5-billion N-T. MODA to bring Threads under its anti-fraud regulatory framework The Ministry of Digital Affairs says it will officially place Threads under its anti-fraud regulatory framework from September 15. According to the ministry, the text-based social media app is being included under regulatory management as it has a growing number of users in Taiwan and poses the risk of it being used to publish fraudulent advertisements. It's the seventh online advertising platform to have regulated under the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act - which went into effect in July of last year. The Act was introduced as part of efforts to push major online platform operators Meta, Line, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, and Google to implement stronger anti-fraud measures. The law requires platforms to verify (核實) advertisers, develop anti-fraud strategies, and promptly remove fraudulent content upon request. They must also publish transparency reports detailing their efforts at combating online fraud. Freediver breaks 2 continental records at Japan world championship Taiwan freediver Zhan Kai-xiang has won three gold medals and broken two Asian records at the 34th AIDA Freediving Pool World Championship in Wakayama. Zhan won gold in the Dynamic With Fins and Dynamic Without Fins events - swimming 300-meters with fins and 240-meters without, both in a single breath. His 300-meter swim also set a new Taiwan national record. He also won silver in the Dynamic With Bifins event, covering 270-meters in one breath, and set another national record in the Static Apnea by holding his breath for 8-minutes and 41-seconds. Zhan was crowned the overall men's champion. It was his third gold medal at the AIDA competition (競賽). SKorea Claims North Korean Man in Custody After Crossing Border South Korea’s military says an unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in custody. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said today that the military identified and tracked the individual near the military demarcation line and conducted (實施) a guiding operation to take the person into custody. It said authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt. The Joint Chiefs said it wasn’t immediately detecting any signs of unusual military activity by the North. Trump and Putin discuss Ukraine, Iran in phone call says Kremlin US President Donald Trump and Russia's leader Vladimir Putin have had "a detailed discussion" about the war in Ukraine and Iran in an almost hour-long phone call according to (據…所說) the Kremlin. Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky is also planning to speak to Mr Trump as soon as Friday, after Washington announced it would stop sending some weapons to Kyiv. Jagruti Dave reports from Washington. Ethiopia Dam Completed Ethiopia’s prime minister says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile has been completed. Egypt has long opposed (反對) the dam as a potential threat to its water supply. Egypt relies almost entirely on the Nile for agriculture and its population of over 100 million. Ethiopia disputes these concerns and plans to officially inaugurate (發動) the dam soon. On Thursday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia's growth would not come at the expense of Egypt and Sudan. The dam, on the Blue Nile near the Sudan border, already generates power and ultimately (最終) is expected to double Ethiopia's electricity output. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn