◎周虹汶
Two zebras broke free from a circus in Philadelphia on Sunday, bringing traffic to a crawl as they roamed city streets for about an hour and strolled past customers inside a fitness center, authorities said.
當局說，兩隻斑馬週日從費城一家馬戲團逃跑，牠們在市區街道上閒晃了約1小時，交通為之癱瘓，還漫步行經一處健身中心裡的顧客們身旁。
◎李信漢
Flying people to deep space -- like Mars or an asteroid -- is high on NASA’s wish list, but research on mice suggested that extended radiation exposure permanently harms the brain.
讓人類航行到太空深處——像是火星或是小行星——是美國航太總署渴求的願望，但在老鼠身上的研究顯示，長時間暴露於輻射線會對大腦造成永久傷害。
◎周虹汶
A German shop assistant in a late-night convenience store chased away two armed robbers demanding money with the hose of a vacuum cleaner she was using to clean her shop in Berlin’s Neukölln district, police said on Wednesday.
警方週三說，德國柏林新克爾恩區一家便利商店的店員，深夜憑著她正用來打掃店舖的吸塵器之軟管，把兩名持械要錢的強盜趕跑。
◎張沛元
Feline stationmaster Tama celebrated her 16th birthday at Kishi Station surrounded by about 300 fans from across the country and abroad.
在來自全日本與海外約300名粉絲的包圍下，日本貴志站貓站長小玉歡度16歲生日。
For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter’s Hero Dog award has gone to a cat.
這是頭一遭，洛杉磯一個動物庇護機構的「英雄犬」獎項頒給一隻貓。
In May 2014, Tara the cat fought off a dog that attacked her 6-year-old owner as he rode his bicycle in the driveway of the family’s Bakersfield home.
◎李信漢
Spanish police said they had dismantled a trafficking ring they said used voodoo rituals -- including animal sacrifice -- to force Nigerian women into prostitution in Spain.
西班牙警方說，他們破獲一個自稱利用巫毒儀式的人口販運集團——包括牲畜獻祭——用巫術強迫奈及利亞女性在西班牙境內賣淫。
◎ 顧佳欣
China’s world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang turned in another amazing performance on Saturday in his first race at a major meet since it was revealed he secretly served a doping ban last year.
自從被爆使用禁藥而在去年接受秘密禁賽後，中國的世界與奧林匹克游泳冠軍孫楊週六首次現身重要賽事，交出另一場精彩表演。
