Politics this week
本周政治新闻
Hillary Clinton announced that she is running for the White House in 2016. She vowed to get “unaccountable money” out of politics “once and for all, even if that takes a constitutional amendment”. Her campaign is expected to raise at least 1 billion. On the Republican side Marco Rubio, a Florida senator, joined a field that is fast becoming crowded.
希拉里·克林顿宣布将参加2016年的总统大选。她郑重宣告:在其政治生涯中将彻底地清除“来路不明的资金”,即使这会需要建立宪法修正案。她的竞选团队有望筹到至少10亿美元的资金。佛罗里达州参议员马尔科·卢比奥表示,共和党加入了一场飞快变得激烈的战斗。
A Florida doctor, Salomon Melgen, was indicted for defrauding Medicare, the government health scheme for the old, which he had billed for 105m over six years. Earlier this month Mr Melgen and Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, were indicted for trading gifts for favours. Both men denied.
福罗里达州的医生所罗门·梅尔根因涉嫌诈骗美国国家老年人医疗保险机构被指控,他在6年里获利高达1.05亿美元。本月早些时候,梅尔根与新泽西州民主党参议员鲍勃·梅内德斯一道被指控权钱交易,但是他们对此予以否认。
Sudan held a presidential election and, though the results will not be announced until April 27th, most believe President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is sure of another term in office. Opposition groups boycotted the poll. Sudan is war-ravaged and its economy is struggling. But Mr Bashir, indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court, has never looked stronger.
苏丹举行了总统大选。虽然选举结果要等到本月27日才会公布,.但是大多数人认为现任总统奥马尔·哈桑·艾哈迈德·阿尔-巴希尔一定会再次当选。反对党派抵制此次选举投票。苏丹目前饱受战火摧残,本国经济也陷入泥潭。但是,尽管被国际刑事法院指控进行种族屠杀,巴希尔却比以往任何时候都更强势。
Russia has lifted a self-imposed ban on the sale to Iran of an advanced air-defence system, a move criticised by the countries involved in talks to limit Tehran's nuclear programme. America and Israel opposed selling the S-300 system to Iran on the grounds that it would make any air strikes on its nuclear facilities harder and upset the region's balance of military power.
俄罗斯已经撤销对伊朗的禁令。这个昔日俄方自主发布的禁令规定:禁止向伊朗出售高端防空导弹。有关国家正在就限制伊朗发展核项目问题进行对话,因而此举受到它们的指责。美国与以色列都反对向伊朗出售S-300导弹,因为这将会使得任何针对伊朗核设施的打击行动变得更加困难,同时还打破了该区域的军事力量的平衡局面。
The Shabab, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, exploded a car bomb outside the Ministry of Higher Education in Mogadishu, the capital. At least 19 people were killed, including seven attackers. It comes on the heels of the Shabab's massacre at a university in Garissa, Kenya, in which gunmen killed 148 people.
隶属于基地组织的索马里青年党在该国首都摩加迪沙的教育部大楼外制造了一起汽车爆炸案,造成至少19人遇难,包括7名袭击者。此前,青年党在肯尼亚加里萨市的一所大学制造袭击事件,造成148人死亡。
Three weeks of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition have done little to halt the advance of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Pakistan has affirmed that it will not send in ground troops. Muhammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, has laid out a four-point plan to resolve the crisis.
沙特联军的系列空袭行动已经过去3个周了,但对阻止也门国内伊朗支持的胡塞武装的进攻却无济于事。巴基斯坦已经确定不会派出陆战部队。伊朗外长穆罕默德·贾瓦德·扎里夫已经拟定了4点计划以解决此次危机。
Yemen's civil war has benefited al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group's most dangerous branch, which has taken over Mukalla, a Yemeni port. But an American drone strike killed Ibrahim al-Rubeish, a top figure in the outfit.
也门内战给阿拉伯半岛最危险的分支—阿拉伯半岛基地组织暗中“助力”。该组织已经占领了也门的穆卡拉港口。但是美国无人机的空袭干掉了该组织的一个重要头目—易卜拉欣·鲁贝什。
A court in Japan blocked the reopening of a nuclear power plant in Fukui on the main island's west coast. The Takahama plant had already obtained approval from Japan's nuclear regulator. It is a blow to Shinzo Abe, the prime minister. Nuclear power generated 30% of Japan's electricity before the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, after which the country's nuclear power stations were shut down.
日本一家法院暂不批准重启本州岛西海岸福井核电站。高滨核电站已经获得了日本核能监管机构的批准,因而在法院受阻对于日本首相安倍晋三是个不小的打击。在福岛核电站灾难发生之前,核电站的发电量占到了全日本的30%;此后,该国的核电站都被关停。
The government in China released five feminist activists detained for planning protests against sexual harassment on public transport on March 8th, International Women's Day. They may still be prosecuted for supposedly creating a disturbance.
中国政府释放了被拘禁的5名女权主义人士,她们曾计划于妇女节当日就公共交通工具上的性骚扰问题举行抗议活动。据悉,她们仍有可能因制造骚乱而被起诉。
In response to protests in Hong Kong against mainland Chinese who buy goods in bulk to resell, China limited residents of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, to visiting the territory just once a week. Goods in Hong Kong are cheaper and more trusted, but a surge of mainland Chinese visitors has bred resentments.
港人抗议陆客抢购商品回内地倒卖,为此中国限制深圳(海关的另一侧)居民每周只能过境一次。香港的东西便宜又放心,招来大量陆客,引发港人不满。
India relaxed the last of the restrictions on the production of goods, including pickles and chutneys, that are “reserved” exclusively for small businesses. At the peak of industrial policy in the 1970s some 800 goods were similarly reserved.
印度放宽了包括泡菜、酸辣酱等商品在内的生产限定,专门为小型企业“保留”下来。在1970年代的产业政策高峰期,也同样保留了约有800样商品。
The British election creaked into third gear with the launch of the parties'manifestos. With the polls still too tight to call, the Conservatives promised more free child care and subsidies for social-housing tenants. Labour vowed to avoid further borrowing and keep cutting the deficit.
随着两党先后发出宣言,英国大选即将进入第三轮。民意调查显示两方不相上下,保守党承诺将有更多的儿童享受免费保健,并为租户提供社会住房补贴。工党发誓要避免继续举债并努力削减财政赤字。
Good weather encouraged more boatloads of would-be migrants across the Mediterranean. The Italian coastguard rescued hundreds, but as many as 400 were feared drowned after one boat capsized off Libya. The UN said not enough was being done to save lives
好天气使得一批又一批的准移民横跨地中海。从利比亚出发的一艘船发生倾覆,虽然意大利海岸警卫队解救了数百人,但恐怕还是有多达400人葬身大海。联合国表示他们并没有尽最大努力来拯救生命
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