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

The Tai-Ex opened up 134-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,376 on turnover of 7.5-billion N-T.

The market closed sharply higher on Tuesday on the back of investor optimism

over ongoing trade talks between the United States and China.

The bellwether electronics sector led the rally, boosted by a surge in tech

stocks on Wall Street.

K-M-T lawmakers have passed an amendment to Article 5 of the Armed Forces Pay

Act raising volunteer soldiers' monthly allowance to 30,000 N-T.

That's an increase of over 15,000 N-T, along with other benefits.

The monthly allowance will be granted to all volunteer military personnel,

regardless of rank, effective January 1 next year.

The amended article introduces new types of designated (指定的) allowances

for volunteer military personnel, with specific amounts to be determined by

the Cabinet.

And it requires all allowances to be adjusted accordingly whenever the

cumulative consumer price index reaches 3-per cent.

The Centers for Disease Control says the number of patients seeking treatment

for COVID stood at 70,182 last week - a sign that the case numbers are

slowing.

According to the C-D-C, the number of COVID related medical visits rose by

9.3-per cent between June 1 and 7 - which is much lower than the previous

week's rise of 49-per cent.

C-D-C spokesperson Philip Luo says the peak has passed earlier than the

originally predicted end of June or early July timeframe - which suggests the

epidemic may also end a couple of weeks earlier than the projected (預計的)

date of August 9.

An Omaha plant was raided (查抄，突然搜查) in what U.S. Immigration and

Customs Enforcement officials say was likely the largest ”worksite

enforcement operation" in Nebraska since the start of President Trump's

second term.

Jennifer King reports

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time

since 2009 as the country rebuilds after over a decade of conflict.

The IMF says Syria cannot afford hundreds of billions of dollars of damages

and losses from the conflict that first started as protests in 2011 against

Bashar Assad’s totalitarian government.

During its five-day visit this month, the IMF met with officials from Syria's

public and private sectors, notably (尤其) the finance minister and central

bank governor, and said Syria was willing to reform its economy and make its

outdated state institutions viable again.

In 2017, the United Nations estimated that rebuilding Syria would cost about

$250 billion.

Since Assad was overthrown, some experts say that number could be as high as

$400 billion.

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

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