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Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News.

Tai-Ex opening

The Tai-Ex opened down 120-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

45,512 on turnover of $9.1 billion N-T.


Shares in Taiwan bounced back Wednesday from a slump a session earlier, with

buying sparked by a rally in the United States overnight after

slower-than-expected June inflation.


Contract chipmaker TSMC gained only 0.83 percent. Its consolidation capped

the Taiex's upturn and limited turnover.


Nontech stocks also attracted buying in line with the broader market.


Petrochemical stocks continued to move higher, led by the four major entities

of the conglomerate Formosa Plastics Corp.




National Forest pet bans extended to 2028'

The Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency has announced that it will

continue prohibiting visitors from bringing cats, dogs, and other mammals

into 19 forest recreation areas.


That's in an effort to prevent the spread of rabies.


The government says that it's extending (延長) the ban beyond its original

expiration date at the end of the month, citing a lack of reduction in the

geographic range where rabies has been detected in wildlife.


The restriction covering 19 national forest areas will be extended for 2

years, through July 2028.


The agency first imposed the ban in August 2013 after several ferret-badgers

tested positive for rabies and has extended the measure several times since

then.'


But some pets will be allowed under certain conditions at Neidong, Chihnan,

and Jhihben, as well as three plains-level forest parks.





US Ends Overnight Iran Strikes


The US military says it has ended a wave of overnight airstrikes that rattled

(使慌亂、使緊張) parts of northern Iran for the first time.


Iranian state media reported explosions around Iran’s capital, Tehran, for

the first time of the latest attacks over control of the Strait of Hormuz.


It also reported American attacks targeted Iran’s Semnan province, home to

ballistic missile production and its space program.


There was no immediate word on casualties or damage from the attacks.




US FACES STATUTORY DE**ADLINE TO IMPOSE 25 PERCENT TARIFF ON THOUSANDS OF **BRAZILIAN GOODS


The United States Trade Representative faces a statutory deadline on

Wednesday to finalise, modify or abandon a proposed twenty-five per cent

tariff on thousands of Brazilian goods, after months of negotiations that

officials in Brasília have described as largely unproductive (沒有成效的).


The tariff, imposed under Section 301 of US trade law, would target more than

four thousand products worth some fifteen billion dollars a year, though key

Brazilian exports including beef, coffee and aircraft parts are expected to

be exempt.


Brazil's government says it is bracing for the tariff to land, but has not

ruled out a last-minute diplomatic push.


Nick Harper reports from Washington.





UK Gov Announces Social Media** Curfew Plans**


The British government has announced plans for a six-hour social media curf