1. America is proposing to sell **arms **to Israel worth $8bn. The State Department notified Congress on Friday of the planned consignment, which requires approval by committees in both the House and the Senate. It includes air-to-air missiles and artillery shells among other materiel. With President Joe Biden due to leave office before the end of the month, the move constitutes something of a late show of support.
美國提議向以色列出售價值 80 億美元的武器。國務院於週五通知國會這項計劃中的軍備供應案，該提案需經眾議院和參議院的相關委員會批准。此武器供應案包含空對空飛彈、炮彈等軍事物資。在美國總統喬·拜登於本月底前即將卸任之際，此舉可被視為一種遲來的支持表態。
2. Russia vowed retaliation after claiming to have shot down eight American-supplied ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine at the border region of Belgorod. It also claimed to have taken control of Nadiya, one of the few villages in the Ukrainian region of Luhansk it had not captured. Joe Biden only recently gave Ukraine permission to fire the ATACMS into Russia. Donald Trump says he is vehemently opposed.
俄羅斯聲稱擊落了烏克蘭向邊境地區別爾哥羅德發射的八枚美國提供的 ATACMS 飛彈，並誓言將採取報復行動。此外，俄羅斯還聲稱已控制盧甘斯克地區少數尚未被佔領的村莊之一——納迪亞（Nadiya）。喬·拜登最近才允許烏克蘭將 ATACMS 飛彈發射至俄羅斯境內。而唐納德·川普則表示他強烈反對這項行動。
3. The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush-money case said he would sentence the president-elect on January 10th, but added that Mr Trump would probably not face prison time. Mr Trump had argued that his conviction, on 34 felony counts, should be dismissed, because the proceedings would** impede** his presidential transition. The judge wrote that tossing the jury verdict would “undermine the Rule of Law in** immeasurable** ways”.
負責審理唐納德·川普「封口費」案件的法官表示，將於 1 月 10 日對這位當選總統進行宣判，但補充說，川普可能不會面臨監禁。川普曾辯稱，他因 34 項重罪 被定罪的判決應被駁回，因為此程序將妨礙他的總統過渡期。然而，該法官在判詞中寫道，推翻陪審團的裁決將「以難以估量的方式破壞法治」。
4. As part of an amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of Myanmar’s independence, the country’s military junta released some 6,000 prisoners. Other inmates had their sentences reduced. It is unclear if those released include some of the reportedly more than 28,000 people locked up for opposing the junta. It overthrew the democratically elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.
為紀念緬甸獨立 77 周年的大赦行動，該國軍政府釋放了約 6,000 名囚犯，其他部分囚犯的刑期也獲得減少。目前尚不清楚被釋放者是否包括據報超過 28,000 名因反對軍政府而被監禁的人士。緬甸軍政府於 2021 年推翻了翁山蘇姬領導的民選政府。
5. Gabriel Boric, Chile’s president, travelled to the South Pole, becoming the first leader from the Americas to visit the landmark. Mr Boric’s office said the trip reaffirmed Chile’s claim to sovereignty over part of Antarctica. Seven countries, including Britain and Norway, have made territorial claims in the Antarctic, and more are racing to establish their presence on the continent.
智利總統 加布里埃爾·博里奇（Gabriel Boric） 前往南極，成為首位造訪該地標的美洲領導人。博里奇的辦公室表示，此次訪問重申了智利對南極部分區域的主權主張。目前已有包括英國和挪威在內的 7 個國家對南極提出領土要求，且越來越多國家正競相在該大陸建立存在。
6. Itooka Tomiko, the world’s oldest person, died recently at the age of 116. A statement released today by the** mayor** of Ashiya, outside Osaka, confirmed that she passed away last weekend. Ms Itooka, who was born in May 1908, became the world’s oldest person in September on the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera of Spain.
世界最長壽者 伊藤加‧富子（Itooka Tomiko） 最近逝世，享嵩壽 116 歲。今天，大阪附近的 芦屋市 市長發表聲明，證實她於上週末去世。伊藤加女士於 1908 年 5 月出生，並於 9 月接替西班牙 117 歲的 瑪麗亞·布拉尼亞斯·莫雷拉（Maria Branyas Morera） 逝世後，成為全球最年長的人士。
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