{"podcast":{"title":"EZ News","slug":"ez-news-1063909","podcast_index_feed_id":1063909,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundon.fm/podcasts/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71.xml","website_url":"https://www.icrt.com.tw","image_url":"https://files.soundon.fm/1590400671701-499db714-348f-4ac0-ba9c-b5cf92e6d327.jpg","author":"ICRT News Team","episode_count":1511,"summary":"ICRT 主播用簡單緩慢的英文，幫助你了解台灣每日重點新聞！ 讓你學習英文、接收新知，一舉兩得🎉 EZ News is designed to help learners improve their English. It is a production of ICRT News, and is posted on our web site and app weekdays. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T14:20:09.814912+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909"},"episode":{"title":"EZ News 04/30/26","slug":"ez-news-04-30-26","published_at":"2026-04-30T02:37:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-04-30-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909","url":"https://player.soundon.fm/p/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/episodes/0149660d-2773-45c1-82a8-0dd0068822c3","audio_url":"https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/feedurl/0149660d-2773-45c1-82a8-0dd0068822c3/rssFileVip.mp3?timestamp=1779267847466","summary":"Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 267-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 39,571 on turnover of 16.8-billion N-T. The market bucked rises registered in other neighboring markets and lost ground on Wednesday, as investors reacted to a slump in A-I related stocks on Wall Street. Premier guarantees minimum wage to exceed NT$30,000 next year Premier Cho Jung-tai is guaranteeing that the monthly minimum wage will exceed 30,000 N-T next year. Cho made the pledge (保證) during an award ceremony honoring model workers. According to Cho, he's guaranteeing the monthly minimum wage will exceed 30,000 N-T in 2027 based on the rapid development of the island's economy and markets across the country showing strong momentum. The current monthly minimum wage is 29,500 N-T, while the current hourly minimum wage to 196 N-T. Baristas to compete as 'Chinese Taipei' The Taiwan Coffee Association says competitors will be competing under the name \"Chinese Taipei\" in events organized by the World Coffee Championships. Competitors in the event have participated under the name \"Taiwan\" since 2007. According to the association, the change is an unavoidable (不可避免的) condition to safeguard participation rights and the new rules must be followed to ensure continuing participation in international events. Baristas from Taiwan regularly takes part in six major World Coffee Championship events. Two Jewish men stabbed in London Two Jewish men have been stabbed in North London in what police are describing as a terrorist incident. Counterterrorism police are investigating possible links to recent arson attacks on synagogues (猶太教堂). Lara Bentley reports from London SAfrica Protests Against Illegal Immigration Hundreds of South Africans…","meta_description":"Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 267-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 39,571 o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":337,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ez-news-1063909/episodes/ez-news-04-30-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-04-30-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}