Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 10-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 30,370
on turnover of $6.5-billion N-T.
FDA announces recall of Nestle formula powder over potential contamination
The Food and Drug Administration says Nestle has preemptively recalled 83,496
cans of baby formula powder over potential contamination (污染) of the toxin
cereulide.
The move comes amid a global recall of the food company's baby formula
products earlier this week.
According to the F-D-A, Nestle Taiwan self-reported that two batches of its
products sold in Taiwan may have used potentially contaminated ingredients.
Those products are batches (批次) of it Illuma Infant Growth Formula and
Illuma Toddler Growth Formula.
Nestle Taiwan says it initiated voluntary recalls as a precaution to
safeguard consumer health and safety.
The company says it has lso set up a dedicated hotline to handle returns and
exchanges.
The F-D-A is urged consumers who have purchased the products to stop
consumption and return the product.
MOEA updates guidelines for foreign students interning in Taiwan
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has updated guidelines to protect the rights
of foreign students interning in Taiwan.
The updated Guidelines Governing the Application of Foreign Students to the
ROC in the Capacity of Interns in Enterprises and Organizations includes
clearer rules on student eligibility, internship stipends and working hours.
Under the revised rules, students must be enrolled (已註冊) at overseas
universities officially listed by the Ministry of Education, the and the
economic ministry's Department of Investment Review.
Students must have completed at least one semester of study before coming to
Taiwan and be of an age appropriate for their program.
They must also be studying a field related to their internship and have basic
Chinese or English communication skills to ensure the quality and
effectiveness of the internship.
US Withdraws from dozens of international bodies and organisations
The United States is withdrawing from dozens of international organizations
and bodies, many of which are associated with the United Nations, in the
latest sign of Washington stepping back from multilateralism (多邊主義).
Mitch McCann reports:
Philippines Garbage Mound Collapse Leaves Dead and Missing
A huge mound of garbage has collapsed in a waste segregation facility in a
central Philippine city, killing one person and leaving at least 27 others
missing.
Police say that firefighters and disaster-mitigation personnel retrieved
eight people, including workers at the facility, who were trapped (被困)
Thursday afternoon in the avalanche of trash and debris in the village of
Binaliw in Cebu city.
Local officials say one of those rescued, a female worker at the landfill,
died while being brought to a hospital.
Authorities and officials at the waste management facility, which has 110
employees, are to hold an emergency meeting today
UN Forecasts Global Growth Slightly Lower This Year
The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will grow by 2.7%
this year.
That's slightly lower than last year’s estimate, citing the impact of higher
U.S. tariffs, economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions.
U.N. economists predict that growth will edge up to 2.9% in 2027.
That’s still well below the average 3.2% growth between 2010 and 2019,
before the COVID-19 pandemic hurt economies around the globe.
The U.N. economists say there was “unexpected resilience" to sharp increases
in U.S. tariffs last year.
They are pointing to solid consumer spending and easing inflation, which
helped sustain (維持) growth..
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