韩国说，朝鲜计划星期三恢复双方的边界交流渠道。South Korea says North Korea is planning to restore a cross-border communications channel Wednesday.
伊朗国家电视台星期二说，在彻夜的反政府示威中，又有9人被打死。自从上星期伊朗开始发生抗议经济状况的示威以来，丧生人数已超过20人。Iranian state television said Tuesday another nine people were killed overnight during anti-government protests, raising the overall death toll to more than 20 killed since the demonstrations against economic conditions in the country began late last week.
纽约数以千计的人不畏严寒在时报广场庆祝2018年的来临。纽约一年一度的迎接新年庆典活动可追溯到1904年。Thousands braved a frigid New York night to celebrate the start of 2018 in Times Square, an annual celebration that dates back to 1904.
寒冷的天气笼罩了美国中部和东部地区，并将一直维持到新年。Bitter cold weather has blanketed the Central and Eastern United States and it will stay in place for days into the new year.
俄罗斯总统普京说，圣彼得堡星期三的爆炸事件是恐怖主义行为。Russian President Vladimir Putin says an explosion in St. Petersburg Wednesday was an act of terrorism.
一位被指控犯有数以千计罪行而被通缉的前哥伦比亚武装头目星期二从美国引渡会哥伦比亚。A former Colombian paramilitary chief who is wanted for thousands of crimes was extradited back to Colombia from the United States Tuesday.
星期二，利比里亚人参加总统选举决选投票。两位候选人一个是前世界足球先生、民主变革大会候选人乔治·维阿，另一个是团结党候选人、现任副总统约瑟夫·博阿凯。Polls are open in Liberia Tuesday, as voters choose between former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai to replace President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
秘鲁总统库琴斯基批准秘鲁前威权领导人藤森保外就医。藤森因践踏人权和腐败被判刑25年。Peru's president has granted a medical pardon to jailed former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption.
主张独立的政党在西班牙加泰罗尼亚地区的选举中赢得占绝对多数的席位，给拉霍伊首相的政府一个重大打击。Pro-Independence Parties Win Majority in Catalonia Elections, Dealing Blow to Madrid
星期四韩国南部城市堤川的一栋内设健身房的大楼起火，造成约20人死亡。About 20 people died Thursday when a fire broke out in a building that houses a fitness center in the South Korean city of Jecheon.
越南媒体说，警方12月初逮捕了前越南共产党中央政治局委员丁罗升，罪名是他在越南国家油气集团担任党委书记期间涉嫌犯罪。
美国参议院星期二晚上投票通过了全面改革美国税务系统的议案...The U.S. Senate voted late Tuesday to overhaul America’s tax system...
保守派富豪皮涅拉星期天在智利总统决选中轻松获胜，再次当选智利总统。智利选举机构说，在对98%的选票统计后，皮涅拉的得票率为55%。皮涅拉曾在2010年至2014年担任智利总统。
乌克兰外交部长感谢加拿大和欧盟本星期宣布的决定，称之为国际社会团结一致，站在乌克兰一边，向俄罗斯发送明确信息的“重要”行动。The Ukraine’s foreign minister applauded decisions announced this week by Canada and the European Union (EU) as “important” in demonstrating the international community’s solidarity with Ukraine and sending a clear message to Russia.
美国国务卿蒂勒森星期五和联合国安理会成员国一起讨论如何向朝鲜施加“最大压力”，迫使其放弃核计划。蒂勒森几天前表示愿意与平壤开始对话，不预设任何条件。U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will join members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to discuss putting "maximum pressure" on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program just days after expressed a willingness to begin talks with Pyongyang, without preconditions.
一个监督地雷使用的国际组织说，地雷使用情况极为罕见，但是阿富汗、利比亚、乌克兰和也门的冲突中地雷连续第二年造成大量人员伤亡。An international landmine watchdog says new uses of the weapon are "extremely rare" but that fighting in Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine and Yemen has led to a second consecutive year of high casualties.
民主党人琼斯赢得了阿拉巴马州的特别选举，将代表阿拉巴马州进入联邦参议院。Democrat Doug Jones has won the special election to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat representing the southern state of Alabama.
美国一位联邦法院法官星期一做出不利于川普行政当局的裁决，说改变了性别的人将能够从明年1月1日起开始在美军服役。A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration on Monday, saying transgender men and women can join the U.S. military starting January 1.
朝鲜和联合国同意定期沟通。North Korea and the United Nations have agreed to communicate regularly.
美国海军派遣一个深潜打捞小组，寻找11月坠落在西太平洋的运输机。The U.S. Navy is sending a team of deep water salvage experts to search for the transport plane that crashed into the western Pacific Ocean in November.
韩国通讯社援引不具名的军方消息来源报道，美国B1-B战略轰炸机星期三在美韩联合空军演习中将飞过朝鲜半岛。American B-1B Lancer bombers will fly over the Korean Peninsula Wednesday in the combined air force exercise with South Korea, South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday citing an unidentified military source.
俄罗斯司法部星期二将包括美国之音在内的驻俄罗斯美国媒体定为“外国代理人”。Russia's justice ministry on Tuesday designated nine U.S. media outlets, including the Voice of America, as "foreign agents."
美国五角大楼无限期推迟停用一种集束炸弹的计划。这种炸弹曾造成平民伤亡。The Pentagon is indefinitely postponing plans to stop using a certain type of cluster bomb -- a battlefield weapon that has killed or seriously wounded civilians.
总部设在华盛顿的皮尤研究中心星期三发布的一份报告说，即使欧洲国家对所有移民和难民关闭边界，欧洲大陆人口中穆斯林的比例今后30年仍将持续上升。Even if European countries closed their borders to all migrants and refugees, the percentage of Muslims on the continent would continue to rise over the next three decades, according to a report released Wednesday by the Washington-based Pew Research Center.
美国华盛顿一位地区法官裁决，支持川普总统让白宫预算局长米克.马瓦尼担任消费者金融保护局代理局长的决定。A U.S. District Court judge in Washington has ruled in favor of President Donald Trump in his bid to install White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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