EZ News 10/06/22

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened up 64-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 13,865 on turnover of 2.1-billion N-T. The market extended gains from a session earlier on Wednesday, rising more than 200 points, as investors took cues from another surge on Wall Street overnight. Buying focused on top stocks in terms of market capitalization, in particular those in the bellwether electronics sector, which pushed up share prices across the board, as sentiment improved amid eased fears over aggressive U-S Federal Reserve rate hikes. **Over 50,000 New Coronavirus Cases Reported for the First Time Since June ** The Central Epidemic Command Center is reporting 54,874 new domestic coronavirus infections. That's the first time the daily number has exceeded (超過) 50,000 since late June. The daily tally has now risen week-on-week for 10 consecutive days. Epidemic command center head Victor Wang says the increase shows that the current wave of infections is peaking and could rise further. However, Wang is insisting the rise in new cases will not affect the government's plans to lift mandatory quarantine for arriving travelers from next Thursday. **Three Allies Call for Taiwan's Inclusion in ICAO ** The representatives of three of Taiwan's allies are calling for the island's participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization. Representatives from Belize, Eswatini and Tuvalu spoke up in support of Taiwan during a plenary (全體出席的) session of agency's triennial assembly, which is on-going in Montreal. Belize's representative called for Taiwan to "be given the opportunity to have meaningful participation" - arguing that "no country should be left behind." Eswatini's representative told delegates that his country believes that "all international civil aviation stakeholders that administer any political airspace should be part of such an organization." While Tuvalu's representative said his country fully supports "the full inclusion of all nations in assemblies as we need to advocate a joint community for the betterment of our world." **US Russia China Faceoff Over NKorea ** North Korea has launched another ballistic missile just days after sending one over Japan for the first time in five years. It came as members of the United Nations Security Council clashed over North Korea's recent military activity. The UN Secretary-General has called this week's missile launch reckless (魯莽) and a violation of UN resolutions. William Denselow has more from UN headquarters in New York. **Nobel Prize Chemistry Announced ** This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless, and Danish scientist Morten Meldal for developing a way of ``snapping molecules together`` that can be used to design better medicines. They were cited for their work on click chemistry, which has been used to make cancer drugs, map DNA and create materials that are tailored (量身定制) to a specific purpose. A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off Monday, and will continue today with literature. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday and the economics award on Monday. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn