The Taipei City Government has signed a 12.2-billion N-T agreement with

Nvidia for the T-17 and T-18 plots of land at the Beitou-Shilin Technology

Park.

Mayor Chiang Wan-an says construction on the U-S technology company's new

Taiwan headquarters could now begin as early as June.

The deal grants Nvidia 50-year land surface rights, extendable by up to 20

years and Chiang is describing the agreement as a major milestone and is also

pledging (保證) full municipal support.

Under Nvidia's investment plan, more than 40-billion N-T will be spent during

construction, and operations are expected to create over 10,000 jobs.

Nvidia C-E-O Jensen Huang is scheduled to visit Taiwan from June 2 to 5 for

Computex Taipei.

Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing soared almost 69-per cent in the

Year of the Snake.

T-S-M-C shares closed at a record high of 1,915 N-T on Wednesday - the final

trading day of the Year of the Snake - despite coming off

off a historic intraday high of 1,925 N-T early in the session.

The chipmaker's share price jumped 780 N-T during the Year of the Snake and

contributed about 6,262 points to the Tai-Ex's overall rise for the year.

The strong showing raised T-S-M-C's market capitalization by more than

20-trillion N-T during the year.

And,

The Taipei City Zoo has announced plans to renovate its tropical rainforest

area.

According to the zoo,the renovations will improve animal welfare, update some

of its aging facilities and are in line with (與…一致,符合,按照)

international trends in professional zoo development.

The Asian tropical rainforest area opened in 1997.

The zoo will be relocating its Asian elephants Yu-Hsin and Yu-Kai to the

African animal area later this year during the renovation period.

The zoo will also be transfering other animals, such as the Malayan tiger,

sun bear, and leopard, following the elephants' move.

US lawmakers have voted to terminate President Donald Trump's tariffs on

Canada - with six Republicans joining Democrats in the House of

Representatives.

The resolution passed 219 to 211 - sending the bill to the Senate where a

similar (相似的) measure passed last year.

Toni Waterman has more.

A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important

impact on the recent wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s

Patagonia region.

That's according to a report released Wednesday by World Weather Attribution,

a scientific initiative that investigates extreme weather events.

The report says the hot, dry and gusty weather that fed last month’s deadly

wildfires in central and southern Chile was made around 200% more likely by

human-made greenhouse gas emissions.

Ande the high-fire-risk conditions that fueled (激起，助長) the blazes still

racing through southern Argentina were made 150% more likely.

World Weather Attribution says “These trends are projected to continue in

the future as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.”

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

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