◎張沛元
Parts of the central U.S. grappled Saturday with a second day of road-glazing ice and braced for more of the treacherous, below-freezing wintry weather expected to close out the holiday weekend.
美國中部部分地區週六設法對付道路結冰的第二天，並準備在週末假期結束前面對更難逆料與零度以下的冬季天氣。
◎孫宇青
Every citizen in France has automatically become an organ donor unless they decide to opt out, due to a significant change in the law.
◎魏國金
Russian biathletes decided to sing their national anthem without any instrumental accompaniment after organizers played an outdated version in an embarrassing medal ceremony at the biathlon world championships.
俄羅斯滑雪射擊運動員在冬季兩項世界錦標賽中一場令人難堪的頒獎典禮上，因主辦單位播放舊版俄國國歌，而決定在沒有任何樂器伴奏下清唱自己的國歌。
◎陳正健
Younger people are lonelier than older people because most of their friends are made online. They have many more online friends - which doesn’t stop them feeling lonely, research has found.
研究發現，年輕人比老一輩寂寞，因為他們的朋友多數是在線上認識。他們擁有更多的線上朋友，但無法阻止他們感到孤獨。
◎ 周虹汶
Doctors and nurses are among 94 hospital workers from Naples who have been placed under investigation on suspicion of repeatedly skipping work, police said on Friday.
警方週五說，拿坡里市94名被調查的醫院員工，當中不乏醫生與護士，涉嫌反覆蹺班。
Santa Claus’ Facebook account has been reinstated after the social media company suspended his access and demanded proof of identity on Christmas Day.
在社交媒體公司「臉書」於耶誕節當天暫停他存取以及要求他提供身分證明後，聖塔．克勞斯（耶誕老人）的臉書帳號得以恢復使用。
◎孫宇青
Pope Francis has said it is better to be an atheist than a catholic who leads a hypocritical double life. It is a scandal to say one thing and do another, he said.
天主教教宗方濟各表示，當一名無神論者，好過當一名過著虛偽雙面人生活的教徒。他認為，說一套、做一套是很丟臉的事。
◎魏國金
Senator John McCain warned that suppressing the free press was "how dictators get started". The Arizona Republican, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, was responding to a tweet in which Trump accused the media of being "the enemy of the American people".
參議員麥肯警告，打壓新聞自由是「獨裁者動手的起點」。這位時常批評總統川普的亞利桑納州共和黨人，針對川普指控媒體是「美國人民公敵」的推文做出回應。
