EZ News 10/20/23

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened down 18-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,434 on turnover of $2.46-billion N-T. The market closed slightly higher on Thursday as tech heavyweights staged a technical rebound from a the previous session, as investors opted to shrug off a plunge on Wall Street overnight. However, turnover remained capped, as investors remained cautious about escalating tensions in the Middle East after the U-S vetoed a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council urging a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip. Lithuanian Officials to visit Taiwan to Talk Fintech Exchanges The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says a delegation of officials and business representatives from Lithuania will visit Taiwan next week. The visit will be focusing on discussions aimed at advancing bilateral exchanges in financial technology and other fields. According to the foreign ministry, the delegation will also meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and other senior government officials during its four-day stay. The delegation will be led by the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, and will include her foreign policy advisor and the country's deputy finance minister. The foreign ministry says members of the delegation will participate in a financial technology forum and visit the Ultrafast Laser Technology Research and Innovation Center in Tainan. While the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament is scheduled to address the Legislative Yuan. Canada Recalls Diplomats from India Canada's foreign minister says the country has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, escalating ( 惡化、 加劇) a spat over the slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada. The moves come after Canadian allegations that India may have been involved in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in suburban Vancouver. India has accused Canada of harboring separatists and “terrorists." But it has dismissed the allegation of its involvement in the killing as “absurd” and has taken diplomatic steps to express its anger over the accusation. Indonesia ExGovernors Kick of Presidential Race Two prominent ex-governors are first to put their hats in the ring (宣佈參選) for the race to become Indonesia's next president. The southeast Asian nation goes to the polls in February next year in the world's largest direct presidential vote. Patrick Fok reports. EU Demands Meta TikTok Curb Disinformation The European Union has demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war. The 27-nation bloc’s executive branch on Thursday formally requested that the social media companies provide information on how they’re complying (遵守) with pioneering new digital rules aimed at cleaning up online platforms. Meta and TikTok were asked to explain what they've done to reduce the risk of spreading and amplifying terrorist and violent content, hate speech and disinformation. The Israel-Hamas war is putting the new digital rules to the test. Elon Musk’s social media platform X faced the EU's first formal request under the rules last week. 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