Y F Chemical Corporation, Taiwan's largest saline producer, has resumed full

production after addressing violations that halted operations last year.

The Health Ministry announced that saline supplies are now sufficient

(充足的) to meet hospital needs through the Lunar New Year.

Other manufacturers have increased output, and imported saline stocks remain

high, with hundreds of thousands of bags in reserve.

While a global shortage of soft-bag saline packaging caused recent delays,

officials expect supply to stabilize next week.

The FDA has coordinated with manufacturers to prioritize deliveries for any

reported shortages.

Hospitals have also increased their inventories ahead of the holiday season

to ensure uninterrupted care.

Taiwan Lottery announced a record $1.05 billion NT in bonus prizes for this

year's Lunar New Year lottery.

The prizes will be drawn daily over 20 days from January 24th to February

12th, covering popular games like Lotto 6/49, Daily Cash, and Bingo Bingo.

The Lotto 6/49 top prize will be $100 million NT, while the Big Red Envelope

game offers up to $1 million NT per winner from a prize pool of $480 million

NT.

Smaller prizes are also available through additional (額外的) draws,

including the Small Red Envelope game.

For Bingo Bingo, prize amounts will increase during the holiday lottery

period.

This year's Lunar New Year bonus prizes are the largest ever.

The United Nations is warning more than 125,000 Syrian refugees are facing

"desperate conditions" as they return to their home country.

The UN's refugee agency U.N.H.C.R says many people have arrived back in Syria

following last month's fall of the Assad regime.

But families find themselves with little shelter and few economic prospects

(前途).

Sally Patterson reports from New York.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd

Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press the incoming Trump

administration not to give up on Kyiv’s fight.

Austin warned that to cease military support now “will only invite more

aggression, chaos and war.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s pronouncements about pushing for a quick end

to the war and his kinship (親切感) with Putin have triggered (觸發) concern

among allies.

But Austin said "no responsible leader will let Putin have his way.”

And while Austin acknowledged he has no idea what Trump will do, he said the

international leaders gathered Thursday in Germany talked about the need to

continue the mission.

The United Nations says the world economy resisted battering by conflicts and

inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025.

The U.N. projected last January that global economic growth would be 2.4% in

2024.

It said Thursday that the rate was estimated to have been slightly higher, at

2.8%.

Both remain below the 3% rate the world saw before the COVID-19 pandemic

started in 2020.

In their 'World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025, U.N. economists wrote

that their positive prediction was driven by the strong but slowing growth

forecast for China and the United States and by robust (旺盛的) performance

anticipated for India and Indonesia.

The European Union, Japan, and United Kingdom are expected to experience

modest recovery.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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