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◎魏國金

Faced with cold weather and a troubled economic situation, Iranians are organizing spontaneous outdoor charity drives.

面對嚴寒的天氣以及不振的經濟狀況，伊朗人正組織自發性的戶外慈善行動。

◎張沛元

Jeanette Paras is known in her neighborhood for carving pop-culture icons and political figures into her pumpkins, but this year she stepped up her game. Paras transformed a 374-pound pumpkin into Donald Trump’s head, complete with the trademark blond hair.

珍妮特．帕拉斯在鄰里間以把南瓜雕刻成流行偶像與政治人物聞名，但今年她更上一層樓，把一顆重達374磅的南瓜，改造成唐納．川普的頭，包括川普的招牌金髮。

◎周虹汶

An Austrian radio station has punished one of its moderators after he locked himself in the studio only to play the song ’Last Christmas’, a cult hit from the 1980s by British band Wham!, 24 times in a row.

奧地利一家廣播電台處罰其旗下一名節目主持人，在他把自己鎖在廣播室裡頭，只為了連續播放24次英國Wham樂團1980年代走紅的流行歌曲「最後的耶誕節」。

◎顧佳欣

Teen idol Justin Bieber’s latest album, "Purpose," may be garnering big sales, but San Francisco’s city attorney is on the hunt for those responsible for what he calls a "guerilla marketing" campaign of sidewalk graffiti promoting the album.

青少年偶像小賈斯汀的最新專輯「我的決心」也許正累積驚人銷量，但舊金山市檢方正在追捕於街道牆上塗鴉推銷專輯，其所謂「游擊行銷」的幕後主使。

◎李信漢

Americans spent more on items like furniture during the holidays this year, with online shopping in particular seeing a big spike, according to a report released Monday.

美國人在今年的假期花更多的錢在像是家具類的商品上，而線上購物成長尤其突出，根據一份週一發佈的報告。

◎魏國金

Animal activists have called on an animal park in Russia to separate a goat from a tiger that befriended it instead of eating it.

動物權益倡議人士要求俄羅斯一所動物園，將一隻山羊與一頭與其為友而非吃掉牠的老虎分開。

◎國際新聞中心

Are you older and wiser than your brother or sister - or younger and more rebellious? There has long been a fascination with how our position amongst siblings affects character traits, but new research has revealed that these stereotypes do not stand up to scrutiny. However, there may be other reasons to be envious of your sibling’s birth position.

你比弟弟或妹妹聰明，比哥哥或姊姊反叛？總是有迷思認為，我們在手足間的排行影響個性，但新研究顯示，這些刻板印象禁不起檢驗。不過，或許還有其他理由，讓你羨慕兄弟姊妹的排行。

◎張沛元

A hunter asleep in the remote Idaho wilderness woke up when he felt something tugging on his hair. Then he heard the black bear breathing.

一名在愛達荷州偏遠荒野睡覺的獵人，因為覺得頭髮被什麼東西用力拉扯而醒來。然後他聽到黑熊的呼吸聲。