The Tai-Ex opened up 21-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 20,582

on turnover of $3-billion N-T.

A national scientific report on climate change is warning that if global

warming continues without effective control measures, Taiwan could face

seven-month long summers and fewer, but more severe typhoons.

According to the Ministry of Environment, without effective efforts to curb

(抑制) greenhouse gas emissions that could happen by the end of the century,

under the worst-case scenario.

The Climate Change Scientific Report 2024 has been published by the National

Science and Technology Council.

The report says the number of typhoons affecting Taiwan is projected to

decrease from four to five a year to three to four a year by mid-century and

reach one to two a year by the end of the century.

However, is also warns that under the worst greenhouse gas emissions

scenario, severe typhoons would intensify, move closer to the west, and pose

greater risks to the region.

The United Nations says no humanitarian aid or fuel is currently entering the

Gaza strip, which could have "catastrophic" consequences (結果) for the

people there.

In its latest daily update, the world body says there have been ongoing and

"significant amounts of bombardment (轟擊)" in eastern Rafah early Thursday

"and all through the night".

Jody Jacobs reports from the UN headquarters in New York…

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling to fin

whales, a larger species than the three allowed now.

The proposal comes five years after Japan resumed commercial whaling along

the country’s coast after withdrawing from the International Whaling

Commission.

The agency decided to propose adding fin whales to the allowable catch list

after stock (供應物,) surveys confirmed sufficient recovery of the fin whale

population in the North Pacific.

It hopes to get the proposal formally approved in mid-June.

Japan's chief cabinet secretary says whales are an important food resource

and that his government will support sustainable whaling.

A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu has

apologized after she made comments that were seen as glorifying a culture of

overwork.

Baidu’s head of communications Qu Jing implied in the videos that she was

not concerned about her employees as she was “not their mom” and said she

only cared about results.

Many on social media platforms like Weibo criticizing Qu for her lack of

empathy (同理、同情).

Qu posted an apology Thursday on her private WeChat account, where she

“sincerely apologized to all netizens."

Qu said her short videos did not represent Baidu’s stance.

The videos, which have since be taken down, came at a time when many young

people in China are pushing back against a culture of competition and

grueling (使人精疲力盡的) hours in the workplace.

That was the I.C.R.T. news,

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