全通翻譯/翻譯社

◎孫宇青

"Miyako Taxi" in Kyoto unveiled the new idea in March without much fanfare－operating five "Silence Taxis" across the city as part of a trial.

3月時，京都的「都計程車」低調地推出一個新點子——在全市試營運5輛「無聲計程車」服務。

◎魏國金

The first pictures of a huge coral reef system discovered in the Amazon last year have been released by environmental campaigners. The Amazon Reef is a 9,500 sq km system of corals, sponges and rhodoliths, Greenpeace says.

環保團體公布去年在亞馬遜發現的巨大珊瑚礁生態系的首批照片。該亞馬遜珊瑚礁是面積廣達9500平方公里，由珊瑚、海綿與紅藻球等形成的生態系，「綠色和平組織」說。

◎陳正健

A mystic who allegedly predicted the presidency of Donald Trump has claimed to know the date World War 3 will break out. Mystic Horacio Villegas, who claims to be a messenger of God, believes a deadly international war will be triggered.

◎劉宜庭

Scientists in Canada have documented how an immense river that flowed across the country’s Yukon Territory for centuries, vanished in a matter of days last spring.

科學家在加拿大記錄到一條幾世紀以來流經境內育空地區的大河，在去年春天幾天內便憑空消失的情況。

◎周虹汶

◎孫宇青

The secret to cutting calories could be to plan your meals in advance and order lunch immediately after breakfast, a new study has revealed.

◎魏國金

Uruguay will become the world’s first country to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in pharmacies starting in July, the president’s office said.

烏拉圭將於7月成為全球第一個允許藥局販售消遣性大麻的國家，烏國總統辦公室說。

◎陳正健

South Korean students outperformed on mathematics and science tests conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development （OECD） in recent years, but still lack interest in the subjects due to the cramming method of teaching, a report said Thursday.