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

Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 69-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
34,279 on turnover of 8.2-billion N-T.

The market rose by more than 500 points on Wednesday, as buying was triggered
by lingering enthusiasm toward global A-I development, which pushed up tech
stocks higher.

KMT and TPP approve cooperation pact for local elections
The K-M-T and the Taiwan People's Party have approved a cooperation agreement
for November's local elections.

The agreement was separately passed by the K-M-T Central Standing Committee
and the T-P-P's Central Committee and means that two party's will jointly
field (選派…上場) candidates.

Under the pact's "nominate first, coordinate later" model, the two parties
will prioritize incumbent mayors or county magistrates seeking re-election.

A joint KMT-TPP campaign group will also be established to support candidates
nationwide.

CPC absorbs NT$3.3 billion in fuel costs amid Middle East tensions
The Ministry of Economic Affairs says C-P-C has absorbed about 3.3-billion
N-T in fuel costs over the past two weeks to help stabilize domestic prices
due to the US-Isreal war with Iran.

According to Vice Economics Minister, Lai Jien-hsin, the government has been
prioritizing price stability as global energy supplies face disruptions
(破壞) from the conflict.

Under a price-stabilization mechanism, C-P-C absorbs at least 60-per cent of
cost increases while keeping domestic fuel prices among the lowest in
neighboring markets.

Saudi Arabia Criticizes Iran After Overnight Attacks
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister offered harsh criticism Thursday of Iran
following overnight attacks on his country, saying: “What little trust there
was before has completely been shattered.”

Prince Faisal bin Farhan offered the comments after a meeting between foreign
ministers of the Gulf Arab states and others over the Iranian attacks
targeting the wider Middle East.

He criticized Iran’s attacks on Riyadh, the capital hosting the meeting.

Iran also attacked Saudi Arabia's vast Eastern Province, home to many of its
oil fields, as well as Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

The minister says Saudi Arabia will use "every lever (手段，把柄)",
"political, economic, diplomatic and otherwise, to get these attacks to
stop”.

US Lawmakers Demand Answers from Attorney General Over Epstein Files
A US congressional committee is demanding that the US Attorney General face
questions over her handling of the Epstein files, a move the Justice
Department is pushing back (反對) on.

Mitch McCann reports:

World Happiness Report: Decline in Happiness Due to Social Media
The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has
contributed to a stark (嚴重的 ) decline in well-being among young people,
with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking
countries and Western Europe.

The annual report, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the
University of Oxford, also found that Finland is the happiest land in the
world for the ninth year in a row.

Other Nordic countries such as Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway ranked
among the top 10 countries.

But it highlighted how life evaluations among under 25-year-olds in the
United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have dropped over the past
decade.

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