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◎張沛元

Lola is barely old enough to write the letters N-A-A-C-P yet bears a striking resemblance to its founder and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells.

There was a time between the 1990s and mid-2000s when dressing head-to-toe in designer clothing emblazoned with logos was a sign of wealth and success. Now, people are using scalpels to slice logos off.

1990至2000年代中期，從頭到腳穿著帶有商標的設計師款服飾，是財富與成功的標誌。如今，人們卻用刀摘除商標。

◎魏國金

An overweight dog has shed 37kg after its owner was told she was "killing it with kindness". Tyko, a cross-breed Corgi, was so fat he could only take a couple of steps before becoming breathless and slumping to the ground. The dog was taken into care by the Scottish SPCA after the owner was prosecuted. Tyko is now a healthy 12kg. He was 49kg at his fattest.

◎陳正健

Young HIV-positive patients receiving the latest treatments can now expect a "near-normal" life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests.

◎劉宜庭

The temperature of our home planet Earth could notch up by 1.5 degree Celsius （which is a significant amount）than what it used to be in the late 1800s in a span of merely 9 years, a new research suggests.

◎ 張沛元

About five years ago, Chicago resident Paul Nickerson turned to a trio of cats to deal with a rodent infestation after higher-tech pest-control methods failed. He figured he had nothing to lose.

◎孫宇青

Feeling nervous before your flight? Travelers at Stuttgart airport can now receive spiritual solace by entering a booth and listening to a prayer of their choice before boarding the plane.

登機前覺得緊張嗎？旅客現在來到德國斯圖加特機場，可以在登機前進入一間小房間，自行選擇想聆聽的祈禱文，以獲得精神上的慰藉。

◎魏國金

A 12-year-old girl was barred from a Malaysian chess tournament over her "seductive" dress, her coach has claimed, igniting public outrage against the organisers of the competition in the Muslim-majority nation.

一名12歲女孩因「撩人的」穿著而被禁止參加馬來西亞一場棋弈比賽，她的教練指稱。此事在這個穆斯林佔多數的國家引發公眾對主辦單位的激憤。

◎陳正健

Want to become a better person? Then you might want to consider picking up a book because according to a new study, reading regularly could make you kinder and more empathetic.

◎ 劉宜庭

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been extremely busy these last few months during its mission to document the sights and sounds of Saturn.

◎張沛元

This was no laughing matter for a major newspaper in the Dominican Republic.

◎孫宇青

Unpredictable weather patterns - frosty springs, mild winters and wet summers - are posing a new challenge for fashion designers.

春天霜凍、冬天溫暖、夏天潮濕等無法預測的氣候模式，帶給時尚設計師一項新挑戰。

◎魏國金

A moth caterpillar commonly bred to provide fish bait feasts on a resistant plastic, scientists reported, raising hopes the creature can help manage the global problem of plastic-bag pollution.

一種通常飼養來供應魚餌的蛾幼蟲，可對耐分解的塑膠大快朵頤，科學家報告指出，燃起該生物可能有助於控制全球塑膠袋污染問題的希望。

◎陳正健

Are you staying up late to finish "important" emails? Do you take work home on the weekends? You might want to re-examine why you are working so hard, because according to Norwegian research, workaholics often have a number of psychiatric disorders.

你正在熬夜結束「重要」的電子郵件嗎？你週末帶工作回家嗎？你可能要重新檢視為何工作如此認真，因為根據挪威研究，工作狂往往罹患若干精神疾病。

張沛元

Opposition party leaders blasted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his performance in the United States, saying he shamelessly kowtowed to U.S. President Donald Trump in front of a global audience.

（日本）反對派政黨領袖痛批首相安倍晉三在美國的表現，認為他（安倍）恬不知恥地在全球矚目下對美國總統川普卑躬屈膝。

◎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