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

The Tai-Ex opened up 90-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 41,880

on turnover of 18.5-billion N-T.

The market closed higher once again on Monday, but the gains were muted after

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing saw losses following a the Wall Street

Journal report that Apple could shift its orders to Intel.

The Ministry of Health has announced draft amendments to Sexual Assault Crime

Prevention Act and the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act.

According to the ministry, the planned revisions seek to change the starting

point for the statute of limitations in sexual assault cases involving minors

to when a victim turns 20.

The head of the ministry's Department of Protective Services says the

proposed amendments are aimed at ensuring victims can seek justice after

gaining a better understanding of their victimization (受害) and having

greater resources to speak out.

Under current regulations, the statute of limitations begins from the date

the offense was committed, making it difficult for victims abused as minors

to pursue legal action after reaching adulthood.

The Taipei City government is continuing a cleaning and sanitation (衛生)

drive across all 12 administrative districts this week, as it seeks to combat

concerns about recent increases in rat sightings.

According to the city government, the cleaning drive that began last Friday

in Zhongshan District is is now being expanded to other city districts

through Thursday.

City officials say sanitation work will focus on Nangang, Wenshan and Neihu

districts today.

It will continue tomorrow in Songshan, Daan and Xinyi districts, before

concluding on Thursday in Shilin and Beitou districts.

US health officials say eighteen passengers from a cruise ship linked to a

hantavirus outbreak have now been flown back to the US and placed under

monitoring.

One passenger who tested positive for the rare virus strain is being treated

in a biocontainment (生物隔離) unit.

Ira Spitzer has more.

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a

letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including

illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is driving violence and

environmental destruction in Indigenous territories.

The groups urged governments to avoid heavily militarized responses and

instead strengthen Indigenous-led protections.

Leaders from Peru’s Amazon warned criminal networks are increasingly

recruiting Indigenous youth, exploiting girls and expanding influence in

remote communities where state presence is weak.

Signatories say the expansion of organized crime is undermining Indigenous

governance systems and threatening communities that have long acted as

stewards (管理員) of some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems.

The letter calls on the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to conduct

a dedicated study on organized crime and illicit economies in Indigenous

territories and urged U.N. agencies to include Indigenous perspectives in

anti-crime and anti-corruption policies.

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

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