{"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 06/23/26","slug":"ez-news-06-23-26","published_at":"2026-06-23T02:57:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-06-23-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909","url":"https://player.soundon.fm/p/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/episodes/169a8d42-8540-4b9a-8f5f-037d842cbe51","audio_url":"https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/feedurl/169a8d42-8540-4b9a-8f5f-037d842cbe51/rssFileVip.mp3?timestamp=1784578173043","summary":"Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 53 -points this morning from yesterday's close, at 47,795 on turnover of 21.5-billion N-T. The market closed at yet another record high on Monday after surging more than 1,200 points, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing smashed previous closing levels amid ongoing optimism over global AI development. Cancer remains No. 1 cause of death in Taiwan for 44th straight year The Ministry of Health and Welfare says cancer remained the leading cause of death here in Taiwan in 2025 - maintaining that trend for the 44th consecutive (連續的) year. According to the ministry, data shows cancer, heart disease, and pneumonia remained the top three causes of death last year. That was followed by cerebrovascular disease and diabetes. Cancer claimed 54,838 lives in 2025 accounting for 27.5-per cent of all deaths and the cancer mortality rate was 234.9 deaths per 100,000 people. The average annual increase of cancer deaths over the past decade has been 1.5-per cent. Lung, liver and colorectal malignancies remained the main causes of cancer deaths in 2025 for the 22nd consecutive year. Suspect in Taipei knife attack on cheerleader detained A man suspected of carrying out a knife attack on C-T-B-C Brothers' Passion Sisters cheerleading team member, Wang Ching-wen has been ordered detained. The 52 year old man was detained after the Shilin District Court approved a request for a detention order submitted by the Shihlin District Prosecutors' Office. The court says it accepted the request based on strong evidence of attempted murder and assault (突擊), as well as the risk that he could reoffend. Wang, who is known by her stage name Wen Wen, was taking part in a private photo shoot at a photo studio in T…","meta_description":"Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 53 -points this morning from yesterday's close, at 47,795 o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":377,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ez-news-1063909/episodes/ez-news-06-23-26/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-06-23-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}