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“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.”– Orville Wright, Inventor

「如果我們假設，被接受的事實真是事實的話，那進步就沒什麼希望了。」

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”– Sigmund Freud, Psychotherapist

「對自己完全誠實是很好的練習。」

◎蔡子岳

President Rodrigo Duterte met with a businessman he accused of being one of the Philippines’ top drug lords and threatened to kill him to his face.

總統杜特蒂會見一名被指為菲國大咖毒梟之一的商人，當面威脅要處決他。

◎鄭寺音

A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from her boyfriend.

中國一名年輕女性與男友激吻之後，聽力部分喪失。

◎張沛元

A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate： their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago.

一對加州情侶近日與一名老屋友意外重逢：他們走失超過13年的寵物貓咪。

◎張沛元

Police say three armed thieves stormed into a Long Island home to steal a water jug full of loose change. Suffolk County police said the masked suspects descended on the East Patchogue home around 2 a.m. Saturday.

警方表示，衝入長島一棟民宅的3名武裝搶匪，盜走了一個裝滿零錢的水瓶。薩福克郡警方表示，這些蒙面嫌犯在週六凌晨2點左右突然進入這棟位於東派奇歐格的民宅。

◎管淑平

A hen-pecked husband has been granted a divorce in Italy because his mother-in-law keeps nagging him.

義大利一名「妻管嚴」丈夫獲准離婚，理由是他的岳母一直對他嘮叨不停。

◎陳成良

Spending hours sat on your sofa playing console games isn’t just bad for your health--it’s bad for the environment and bad for your bank balance too.

花幾小時坐在沙發上玩電玩不僅不利自己健康，對環境以及對銀行存款餘額都不好。

◎胡立宗

Lithuania’s newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel.

剛就任的立陶宛國會（議員）選出新任議長，這位議長是電視熱門才藝節目主持人，曾因在惡作劇電話中指旅館有炸彈而遭判刑。

◎魏國金

Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi brushed aside international outrage from earlier this month on Sunday to make reference once again to US president-elect Barack Obama’s "suntan."

義大利總理席維歐．貝魯斯孔尼無視本月初的國際譁然，週日再度提及美國總統當選人巴拉克．歐巴馬「曬黑的膚色」。

◎管淑平

India’s government has faced mockery on social media for tweeting an apparently doctored photo of its image-conscious prime minister surveying the flood-hit southern state of Tamil Nadu.

印度政府在「推特」上發出一張該國很重視形象的總理勘察塔米爾納德邦水患災情的照片，但照片顯然經過修改，因而在社群媒體上受到嘲弄。

◎李信漢

Three-time world champion Mao Asada won the Cup of China on Saturday, completing a successful return to the Grand Prix series after taking a year off.

三次「世界花式滑冰錦標賽」冠軍淺田真央週六贏得中國站冠軍，在休息1年後，於大獎賽系列完成一次成功的復出。

◎魏國金

Britain’s spy agency MI6 is hoping to recruit a new generation of female spies - by advertising for intelligence officers on parenting website Mumsnet.

英國情報機構「軍情6處」（MI6）希望吸收新一代的女特務—透過在育兒網站「媽媽網」刊登廣告招募情報員。

◎魏國金

Guenther Schabowski, the former senior East German Communist official who accidentally announced the opening of the Berlin Wall, has died aged 86, German media reported on Sunday.

意外宣布開放柏林圍牆的前東德共黨高階官員君特．夏波夫斯基辭世，享壽86歲，德國媒體週日報導。

◎張沛元

When internationally renowned singer Kyu Sakamoto died in a JAL crash 30 years ago, he left behind a trove of beloved songs and a cache of Yamanashi wines that he never got to enjoy.

當舉世聞名的歌手坂本九30年前死於一場日本航空公司（JAL）空難時，他留下許多膾炙人口的歌曲，與擺滿一整個儲藏室、他無緣享用的山梨葡萄酒。

◎顧佳欣

Vodka is set for a likely sales boost after receiving the endorsement of hard-drinking high priest of cool James Bond, according to a study published Tuesday.

根據週二出版的研究，在受到酗酒大神、酷酷的詹姆斯．龐德背書後，伏特加的銷售量可能開始直線上升。

◎周虹汶

A 2-year-old cancer survivor with an amputated arm is getting a special gift：A kitten that also suffered an amputation.

一名手臂截肢的2歲癌症存活者，得到一件特別的禮物：一隻也經歷截肢手術的小貓。

◎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

Authorities say a fire that broke out about halfway up the John Hancock Center, one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers, has been put out. Five people were injured.

當局表示，芝加哥最高摩天大樓之一—「約翰．漢考克中心」約莫中段樓層發生的火警已經撲滅，5人受傷。

◎周虹汶

A 2-year-old cancer survivor with an amputated arm is getting a special gift：A kitten that also suffered an amputation.

一名手臂截肢的2歲癌症存活者，得到一件特別的禮物：一隻也經歷截肢手術的小貓。