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Tai-Ex opening
發布於 2024-11-13 10:29:14
The Tai-Ex opened down 86.9-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,894 on turnover of $8.4-billion N-T.
Shares in Taiwan took a beating Tuesday as the bellwether electronics sector came under heavy pressure amid growing angst over United States-China trade ties after Donald Trump becomes U.S. president in January.
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. led the downturn as investors feared Trump will impose more restrictions on chip shipments to China, sending the Taiex below the 23,000-point mark by the end of the trading session.
Celebrity anti-fraud ambassador questioned in fraud investigation
發布於 2024-11-13 10:29:14
A Taiwanese singer who served as an anti-fraud ambassador for the Criminal Investigation Bureau was recently questioned in a fraud investigation, though police have said she is not a suspect.
Singer Shara Lin revealed in a video on social media that she had been summoned (被召喚) for questioning by the Chiayi City Police Department, where the alleged fraud victim lived.
Chiayi police say Lin was summoned because illicit cash flows from the alleged fraud were connected to her bank account.
Lin says the case involved a suspect who had defrauded a victim of tens of thousands of dollars, and then transferred the illicit money into several different accounts, one of which belonged to her friend.
Lin did not explain why her friend had received money from the alleged fraudster, but she urged viewers to be aware of potential scams and to use the government's 165 hotline if they have any questions.
US Prohibits Airlines from Flying to Haiti
發布於 2024-11-13 10:29:14
The Federal Aviation Administration is prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot two planes.
The United Nations also said Tuesday that it temporarily (暫時地) suspended flights to the capital, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country.
Bullets hit a Spirit plane when it was about to land Monday in the country’s capital, injuring a flight attendant and forcing the airport to shut down.
JetBlue and American Airlines said that their planes had also been shot while leaving the airport.
The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted in Haiti as the country swore in its new prime minister after a politically tumultuous (混亂的) process.
US Northeast Fire Warnings
發布於 2024-11-13 10:29:14
A fire warning for much of America's northeast is back in effect, as a major wildfire burns across the border of New York state, and New Jersey.
Rainfall has brought little relief (緩和) amid drought-like conditions and high winds.
Mitch McCann reports:
British Writer Samantha Harvey Wins Booker Prize
發布於 2024-11-13 10:29:14
British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short novel set aboard the International Space Station.
Harvey was awarded the $64-thousand US dollar prize for what she has called a “space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.
Harvey has written four previous novels and a memoir about insomnia.
She is the first British writer since 2020 to win the Booker.
Harvey beat five other finalists (入圍者) from Canada, the United States, Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by publishers.