About 700 US Marines being activated to respond to protests in Los Angeles
约700名美国海军陆战队士兵将部署至洛杉矶地区
2025-06-10
| About 700 US Marines have been activated to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the country, US Northern Command confirmed on Monday.
The Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, based at US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, will join the National Guard troops who were activated by US President Donald Trump over the weekend to protect "federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area," according to a statement released by US Northern Command. US Northern Command said the Marine infantry battalion has been placed in an alert status over the weekend. CNN was the first to report the news. The news outlet noted that the deployment of the full Marine battalion marks a significant escalation in Trump's use of the military as a show of force against protesters. Like the National Guard troops, the Marines are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity such as making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, which permits the president to use the military to end an insurrection or rebellion of federal power, said the report. Twentynine Palms is around 220 kilometers east of downtown Los Angeles. ABC News reported that those Marines are expected to arrive over the next 24 hours. California Governor Gavin Newsom responded in a post on X, saying the Marines "shouldn't be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President." "This is un-American," he added. Newsom's press office said in a post on X, "From our understanding, this is moving Marines from one base to another base." "At this time, the information we have is that Marines are not being deployed," said Newsom's press office, adding that "there is a difference between that and being mobilized." "The level of escalation is completely unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented - mobilizing the best in class branch of the US military against its own citizens," the office noted. Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by calling up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in the Los Angeles region, making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of Newsom. About 300 National Guard troops arrived early Sunday morning in downtown Los Angeles. More than 1,000 protesters clashed and faced off with National Guard troops in the city on Sunday during the demonstrations against immigration raids that swept across California over the weekend. |
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RFK Jr ousts entire US vaccine panel over alleged conflicts
小肯尼迪因所谓的利益冲突解职整个美国疫苗委员会
2025-06-10
| US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced he was dismissing all members of a key federal vaccine advisory panel, accusing them of conflicts of interest — his latest salvo against the nation's immunization policies.
The removal of all 17 experts of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was revealed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed and an official press release. Kennedy, who has spent two decades promoting vaccine misinformation, cast the move as essential to restoring public trust, claiming the committee had been compromised by financial ties to pharmaceutical companies. "Today we are prioritizing the restoration of public trust above any specific pro- or anti-vaccine agenda," he said in a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services. "The public must know that unbiased science — evaluated through a transparent process and insulated from conflicts of interest - guides the recommendations of our health agencies." In his op-ed, Kennedy claimed the panel was "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest" and had become "little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine." He added that new members were being considered to replace those ousted — all of whom were appointed under former president Joe Biden. ACIP members are typically chosen for their recognized expertise and are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest. The decision was met with alarm by Paul Offit, a pediatrician and leading expert on virology and immunology who served on the panel from 1998 to 2003. "He believes that anybody who speaks well of vaccines, or recommends vaccines, must be deeply in the pocket of industry," Offit told AFP. "He's fixing a problem that doesn't exist." Once a celebrated environmental lawyer, Kennedy pivoted from the mid-2000s to public health — chairing a nonprofit that discouraged routine childhood immunizations and amplified false claims, including the long-debunked theory that the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism. Since taking office, he has curtailed access to COVID-19 shots and continued to raise fears around the MMR vaccine — even as the United States faces its worst measles outbreak in years, with three reported deaths and more than 1,100 confirmed cases. Experts warn the true case count is likely far higher. "How can this country have confidence that the people RFK Jr. wants on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices are people we can trust?" Offit asked. He recalled that during US President Donald Trump's first term, several states formed independent vaccine advisory panels after the administration pressured federal health agencies to prematurely approve COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the 2020 election. That kind of fragmentation, Offit warned, could happen again. ACIP is scheduled to hold its next meeting at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta from June 25 to June 27. Vaccines for anthrax, COVID-19, human papillomavirus, influenza, Lyme disease, respiratory syncytial virus, and more are on the agenda. |
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Harvard files lawsuit against Trump's ban on US entry for foreign students
哈佛起诉特朗普的禁止招收国际学生的法令
2025-06-06
| Harvard University filed a legal challenge in federal court on Thursday against Trump administration's ban on international students from entering the United States on visas to attend Harvard.
The filing came less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry for foreign nationals intending to study at Harvard. The university alleged the administration's action was designed to circumvent an earlier court order that had blocked the Department of Homeland Security from banning international enrollment at Harvard. "The President's actions thus are not undertaken to protect the 'interests of the United States', but instead to pursue a government vendetta against Harvard," the university wrote in the filing. President of Harvard Alan M. Garber issued a statement shortly after the court filing, saying that "singling out our institution for its enrollment of international students and its collaboration with other educational institutions around the world is yet another illegal step taken by the Administration to retaliate against Harvard." He added that the university was developing "contingency plans" to ensure that international students and scholars could continue to pursue their work at Harvard this summer and through the coming academic year. The latest filing is an amended lawsuit. Since April, the university had taken a string of court actions against the administration, as it refused to comply with a list of demands by the administration. |
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Chinese mainland police pursue 20 suspects involved in cyber attacks initiated by Taiwan organization
中国大陆警方追捕台湾集团黑客攻击20名涉案嫌疑人
2025-06-05
| The police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou put 20 suspects on a wanted list on Thursday, accusing them of participating in cyber attacks launched by an organization of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities.
The notice issued by the public security bureau of Guangzhou's Tianhe District also provided details of cyber attacks carried out by Taiwan's "Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command (ICEFCOM)." |
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Trump signs travel ban on 12 countries after Colorado attack
科罗拉多州事件后，特朗普签署禁止12个国家的旅行禁令
2025-06-05
| US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Wednesday targeting 12 countries, saying it was spurred by an attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado that authorities blamed on a man they said was in the country illegally.
The ban, which strongly resembles a similar measure taken in his first presidency, targets nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It will go into effect on June 9, the White House said. Trump also imposed a partial ban on travelers from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela, the White House said. "The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, has underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted," Trump said in a video message from the Oval Office posted on X. "We don't want them." Trump compared the new measures to the "powerful" ban he imposed on a number of mainly Muslim countries in his first term, which he said had stopped the United States from suffering attacks that happened in Europe. "We will not let what happened in Europe happen in America," Trump said. "We cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen. That is why today I am signing a new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya, and numerous others." Rumors of a new Trump travel ban had circulated following the attack in Colorado, with his administration vowing to pursue "terrorists" living in the US on visas. Suspect Mohammed Sabry Soliman is alleged to have thrown fire bombs and sprayed burning gasoline at a group of people who had gathered on Sunday in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. US Homeland Security officials said Soliman was in the country illegally, having overstayed a tourist visa, but that he had applied for asylum in September 2022. "President Trump is fulfilling his promise to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors that want to come to our country and cause us harm," White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said on X. "These commonsense restrictions are country-specific and include places that lack proper vetting, exhibit high visa overstay rates, or fail to share identity and threat information." |
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Hong Kong bank robbery suspect arrested in Shenzhen
抢劫香港银行嫌疑人在深圳被捕
2025-06-04
| A 49-year-old man suspected of robbing a Hang Seng Bank branch in Hong Kong at knifepoint on Monday was arrested in Shenzhen, the southern Guangdong Province, on Tuesday and handed over to authorities in the Chinese special administrative region.
The robbery occurred at the Hang Seng Bank branch in Fortune City One, Sha Tin, where the assailant brandished a knife, threatened staff, and escaped with approximately HK$380,000 (US$48,433). During the incident, a female employee sustained minor neck injuries. Hong Kong police confirmed the suspect, an unemployed local resident, fled to Shenzhen through the Heung Yuen Wai Control Point immediately after the robbery. Mainland authorities apprehended him on Tuesday and transferred him back to Hong Kong that evening. Investigators also linked the suspect to an attempted burglary earlier on Monday in Tseung Kwan O, where he allegedly tried to break into a villa but fled after being spotted by a domestic helper. His 34-year-old girlfriend was also detained on suspicion of assisting the offender. She is alleged to have helped the man escape after the crime. The investigation is ongoing. |
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Trump says Putin is 'playing with fire' as conflict in Ukraine continues
乌克兰冲突扔在进行，特朗普称普京正在玩火
2025-05-28
| US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is "playing with fire" as the Russia-Ukraine conflict shows no immediate signs of ending.
"What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning. Trump on Sunday made harsh remarks on both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "I'm not happy with what Putin's doing," Trump told reporters before he took Air Force One from Morristown, New Jersey back to Washington, DC. "I don't know what the hell happened to Putin," he said. Later on Sunday evening, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that Putin "has gone absolutely CRAZY!" He then turned to Zelensky, saying he was doing his country "no favors by talking the way he does," a reference to statements Zelensky made earlier on Sunday criticizing US silence on the latest Russian attacks. The Trump administration has warned in recent months that it could walk away from the frustrating negotiations for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine. In response to Trump's escalating criticism, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev wrote in a social media post on Tuesday that "Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this." |
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Cyberattacks against mainland tech company launched by DPP-backed hackers: police
警方公布：大陆一家科技公司被台湾黑客攻击
2025-05-27
| Local police said Tuesday that cyberattacks against a tech company in Guangzhou was conducted by a hacker organization backed by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities.
Police in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, said in a report that the conclusion was drawn from technical analysis and trace of the extracted attack programs and system logs related to the cyberattack. |
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'Just joking': Macron denies dispute with wife, blames disinformation
只是玩笑：马克龙否认存在“家庭纠纷”
2025-05-27
| French President Emmanuel Macron denied Monday having a domestic dispute with his wife Brigitte after a video appeared to show her shoving his face away when they touched down for a visit to Vietnam, blaming disinformation campaigns for trying to put false meaning on the footage.
The Elysee had been hoping that the visit to Vietnam would showcase France's reach into the Indo-Pacific, but it has been shadowed by the incident which occurred as the doors of the presidential plane swung open after landing in Hanoi Sunday. In Hanoi, Brigitte sticks out both her hands and gives her husband's face a shove, according to footage shot by the Associated Press news agency. The French president appears startled but quickly recovers and turns to wave through the open door. But with most of her body hidden by the aircraft, it is impossible to see his wife's facial expression or body language. "My wife and I were squabbling, we were rather joking, and I was taken by surprise," he said. Now it's "become a kind of planetary catastrophe, and some are even coming up with theories," Macron told reporters. Macron testily referred to the other incidents, including the images shot on the train to Kiev where some accounts falsely claimed he shared cocaine. But the object Macron removed from the table when the media entered was a tissue. Erdogan, meanwhile, was filmed holding the president's finger at a summit. "None of these are true," Macron said of the videos. "Everyone needs to calm down," he added. After the incident in Hanoi, the couple proceeded down the staircase for the official welcome by Vietnamese officials, though Brigitte Macron did not take her husband's arm when he offered it. The video circulated online, promoted particularly by accounts that are habitually hostile to the French leader. Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, evoking the possible use of artificial intelligence, before they were confirmed as genuine and Macron responded. "In these three videos I took a tissue, shook someone's hand and just joked with my wife, as we do quite often. Nothing more," Macron said. He blamed manipulations on "networks that are quite well-traceable." He emphasised that all three videos were "completely authentic" but the meanings attached to them were not. |
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Trump confronts Ramaphosa with false genocide claims
特朗普在白宫与南非总统就种族灭绝问题发生争执
2025-05-22
| US President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with allegations of mass killings and land seizures from white people, in a scene reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
South Africa rejects the allegation that white people are disproportionately targeted by crime. Murder rates are high in the country, but the overwhelming majority of victims are Black. Ramaphosa arrived saying he wanted to discuss trade and critical minerals, and the meeting got off to a cordial start as he and Trump exchanged remarks about golf. Champion South African golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen were present as part of Ramaphosa's delegation. But the televised Oval Office meeting soon took a different course, with Trump showing a video and printed articles purporting to show evidence to back up his unfounded claims that white South Africans are being persecuted. "People are fleeing South Africa for their own safety. Their land is being confiscated, and in many cases, they're being killed," said Trump in one of a series of accusations. South Africa, which endured centuries of draconian discrimination against Black people during colonialism and apartheid before becoming a multi-party democracy in 1994 under Nelson Mandela, rejects Trump's allegations. A new land reform law, aimed at redressing the injustices of apartheid, allows for expropriations without compensation when in the public interest, for example if land is lying fallow. No such expropriation has taken place, and any order can be challenged in court. The video shown by Trump showed white crosses which Trump said were the graves of thousands of white people, and opposition leaders making incendiary speeches. Trump suggested that one of them, Julius Malema, should be arrested. Land reform and Israel Ramaphosa mostly sat expressionless while the video was played, occasionally craning his neck to look at it. He said he had not seen it before, and that he would like to find out what the location was. Trump then displayed printed copies of articles that he said showed white South Africans who had been killed, saying "death, death" as he flipped through them. Ramaphosa said there was crime in South Africa, and the majority of victims were Black. Trump cut him off and said: "The farmers are not Black." Ramaphosa responded: "These are concerns we are willing to talk to you about." The South African leader remained composed throughout the scene. In recent months, Trump has criticized the land reform law and South Africa's genocide court case against Israel. He has canceled aid, expelled South Africa's ambassador and offered refuge to white minority Afrikaners based on racial discrimination claims Pretoria says are baseless. The United States is South Africa's second-biggest bilateral trading partner after China. But the country is facing a 30 percent tariff under Trump's currently suspended "Liberation Day" regime, and Ramaphosa was keen to discuss a trade deal and business opportunities. Later in the meeting, South African business tycoon Johann Rupert, who was part of Ramaphosa's delegation, stepped in to back up Ramaphosa, saying that crime was a problem across the board and many Black people were dying too. He nodded to Elon Musk, Trump's South Africa-born billionaire ally who was also present in the Oval Office, by saying that his Starlink telecoms systems were needed in every South African police station to combat crime. |
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