2024/03/21 05:30
◎孫宇青

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted to tweak the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower which in the local culture symbolizes fickleness and servility.

吉爾吉斯國會表決通過調整國旗設計,此前包含總統薩德爾‧賈帕洛夫在內的批評者表示,國旗的中心元素看起來像向日葵,在當地文化中象徵善變和奴性。

The Central Asian nation’s flag, adopted in 1992 after it gained independence from the Soviet Union, depicts a yellow sun, with 40 rays on a red background.

這個中亞國家在1992年脫離蘇聯獨立後所採用的國旗,描繪出一個紅色背景上的黃色太陽,並散發40道光芒。

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2024/03/20 05:30
◎ 管淑平

China’s embassy in Seoul has warned citizens against the dangers of having plastic surgery done in South Korea.

中國駐首爾大使館警告其公民,在南韓做整形手術的危險。

South Korea is one of the world’s most popular destinations for medical tourism, canvassing foreign patients in the past decade, the bulk of whom come from China and the United States, data provider Statista says.

數據提供網站Statista指出,南韓是全球最熱門醫療旅遊目的地之一,過去10年吸引外國患者,其中大部分來自中國和美國。

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2024/03/19 05:30
◎ 魏國金

Sam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison after being convicted for stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, prosecutors said.

檢察官說,山姆‧班克曼—弗里德在被判竊取如今已破產的FTX加密貨幣交易所客戶80億美元有罪後,應入獄服刑40至50年。

In November, a jury found Bankman-Fried, 32, guilty on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said "thousands of everyday people" including residents of war-torn and unstable countries had entrusted their nest eggs to FTX.

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2024/03/13 05:30
◎管淑平

Argentina is preparing to offer larger denomination peso bills in an attempt to simplify daily transactions that require some in the country to carry backpacks stuffed with cash.

阿根廷正準備提供較大面額披索紙幣,以圖簡化日常交易;有些民眾得背著塞了現金的背包,來進行這些日常交易。

The central bank said it approved the production of 10,000-peso and 20,000-peso notes and would make them available by June.

中央銀行說該署已經批准印製面額1萬披索和2萬披索的紙鈔,會在6月發行流通。

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2024/03/12 05:30
◎盧永山

Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian sculpture, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature.

在遭到大自然的襲擊後,緬因州當地地標斯科希根印第安人雕像被犯罪現場膠帶圈起來。

The towering wooden sculpture is missing part of its face and arm, as well as a spear. The damage is believed to have been caused by wild weather and a windstorm.

這座高聳的木雕失去部分臉部和手臂,以及1支長矛。據信,損壞是由惡劣天氣和風暴造成的。

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