政治: 戰爭局勢還有美國對拜登的民意調查

經濟: 美國的墮胎藥市場有了轉機
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1. America’s air force dropped almost 40,000 meals in Gaza, where the UN estimates that over 500,000 people are on the brink of famine. On Thursday violence erupted when thousands of hungry civilians surrounded an aid convoy. Gaza’s health ministry said more than 112 people died. Local authorities say Israeli soldiers shot them dead. Israel says they fired warning shots and most died in a stampede. The UN later said that many people treated at a nearby hospital had gunshot wounds.

美國空軍在加薩地區投放了近40,000份糧食，聯合國估計該地區有超過50萬人處於饑荒的邊緣。上週四，當數千名飢餓的平民包圍一輛救援車隊時，暴力爆發。加薩地區的衛生部表示，有超過112人死亡。當地當局聲稱是以色列士兵擊斃了他們。以色列表示他們發出了警告射擊，大多數人是在踩踏事件中死亡。聯合國後來表示，許多在附近醫院接受治療的人有槍傷。
2. General Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, suggested that he would consider replacing some commanders on the eastern front, where fighting with Russia appears to have intensified. General Syrsky made the comments in a post on Telegram, a messaging app. On February 17th Ukrainian forces withdrew from the town of Avdiivka, the first movement on the front in months. Two nearby villages fell to Russia this week.

烏克蘭武裝部隊總司令奧列克桑德爾·斯爾斯基將軍表示，他正在考慮在東線部署一些指揮官的更換，該地區與俄羅斯的戰鬥似乎正在加劇。斯爾斯基將軍是在一篇發佈在電報（Telegram）消息應用程序上的文章中提出這些評論的。2月17日，烏克蘭軍隊從阿夫迪夫卡鎮撤出，這是數月來前線上的首次行動。附近的兩個村莊在本周被俄羅斯攻佔。

3. A cargo ship carrying 37,000 tonnes of fertiliser sank in the Red Sea after it was attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen last month. Yemen’s government, which reported the sinking, called it an “environmental catastrophe”. The Houthis’ strikes on ships are in retaliation for Israel’s war in Gaza. American and British air strikes have failed to deter the rebels.

上個月，在葉門胡塞叛軍的襲擊下，一艘載有37,000噸肥料的貨船在紅海沉沒。葉門政府報告了這次沉船事件，將其稱為一場「環境災難」。胡塞叛軍對船隻的襲擊是對以色列在加薩地區的戰爭的報復。美國和英國的空襲未能嚇阻這些叛軍。

4. The proportion of Americans who think Joe Biden is doing a poor job rose to 47%, the highest of his presidency, according to a new poll. The survey, by Siena College and the New York Times, also found that Democrats are split over whether Mr Biden should be the party’s nominee for the election in November. According to our poll tracker the race between Mr Biden and Donald Trump is too close to call.

根據一項新的民意調查，認為喬·拜登表現不佳的美國人比例升至47％，達到他的總統任期中的最高水平。這項由希耶納學院和《紐約時報》進行的調查還發現，民主黨內部對於拜登是否應該成為該黨11月選舉的提名人存在分歧。根據我們的民意追蹤器，拜登和唐納德·川普之間的競爭難以預測。

5. Walgreens and CVS, two major pharmacy chains, announced they would start selling mifepristone, an abortion drug, in some states this month, including New York and Pennsylvania. It marks the first time the medication will be accessible at retail pharmacies in America. The Supreme Court will hear a case this month that could prevent patients from receiving mifepristone by post or obtaining a prescription remotely.

兩家主要的藥品連鎖店沃爾格林和CVS宣布，它們將在本月開始在一些州出售米非司酮，一種墮胎藥，包括紐約和賓夕法尼亞。這標誌著這種藥物首次在美國的零售藥店中可以獲得。最高法院本月將審理一案，該案可能阻止患者通過郵寄方式或遠程獲得處方來使用米非司酮。
6. California shut down a 160km stretch of Interstate-80, a motorway, after a blizzard made the road too dangerous to use. The storm hit the region on Thursday and is expected to continue to cause havok through Sunday. As much as 3m of snow is predicted in the area around Lake Tahoe, which** straddles** the California-Nevada border. Some 24,000 houses and businesses are without power.

由於暴風雪使得交通變得極為危險，加利福尼亞州關閉了一條長達160公里的I-80州際高速公路。這場風暴在星期四襲擊了該地區，預計將持續造成混亂直至星期日。預測在橫跨加利福尼亞和內華達邊界的塔霍湖周圍地區可能積雪高達3米。目前，有2.4萬戶居民和企業停電。

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