EZ News 10/17/22

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened down 139-points this morning from Friday's close, at 12,988 on turnover of 2.7-billion N-T. The market closed up over 300-points on Friday, as it followed other global indexes and gained ground after Wall Street rebounded from a slump caused by higher-than-forecast inflation numbers. **Government Reaffirms Sovereignty in response to Xi Speech ** The Presidential Office is reiterating that it represents a "sovereign (統一) and democratic country." The statement comes in response to comments by Xi Jinping in a major speech at the opening of the 20th congress of the Communist Party of China. Xi said Beijing will continue to strive for peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan, but will never promise to renounce the use of force and the "one country, two systems" model remains "the best means" of achieving "reunification." The Presidential Office says President Tsai Ing-wen's national security team is closely monitoring the Party Congress and stressed that mainstream public opinion here in Taiwan has clearly rejected the "one country, two systems" idea. **CEOC Reports 268 Incidents as Rain Batter Island ** The Central Emergency Operation Center reported a total of 268 incidents, mostly concerning flooding and roadside trees, as the periphery of Tropical Storm Nesat batter (重擊) the island with heavy rains on Sunday. According to the center, 208 of those incidents were reported in the north and in Yilan. The Ministry of Transport says landslides required the closure of sections of the Northern Cross-Island Highway, the Central Cross-Island Highway and the Southern Cross-Island Highway. While the Council of Agriculture issued mud and landslide warnings for 69 areas in Taipei, New Taipei City, Yilan, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu and Hualien counties. **Salvadoran Judge Orders Arrest for Dutch Journalists Killings ** A Salvadoran judge has ordered the provisional arrest of several retired high-ranking members of the armed forces accused of having participated in the killings of four Dutch journalists in 1982. According to the Associated Press, those facing arrest orders include a former a defense minister and former director of the now-defunct treasury police. The killings took place during the height of El Salvador's civil war between the government and rebel guerrillas. The Dutch TV journalists had linked up with leftist rebels and planned to spend several days behind rebel lines reporting. But Salvadoran soldiers armed with assault rifles and machine guns ambushed (伏擊) them and the guerrillas. In March, relatives of the victims, and representatives of the Dutch government and the European Union demanded that El Salvador bring to justice those responsible for the murders. **Gates Foundation Pledges 1.2Billion to Eradicate Polio ** The Gates Foundation wants to end polio worldwide. AP correspondent Shelley Adler reports. 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