en: The chances of Libya staging its first presidential elections on the long planned date of 24 December appeared close to collapse on Sunday after the body overseeing the vote said it was unable to announce the the approved candidates because of continued legal doubts.

zh: 周日，利比亚计划了很久的 12 月 24 日举行首次总统选举的可能性似乎接近破灭，此前，监督投票的机构表示，由于法律方面仍存在疑问，无法宣布批准的候选人。

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en: It said in a statement on Saturday it said could not announce the names of the approved candidates out of the nearly who 100 have applied because it was "keen to exhaust all means of litigation to ensure its decisions comply with issued judgements."

zh: 该委员会在周六发表的一份声明中表示，不会公布近 100 名申请者中已经获得批准的候选人的名字，因为它“愿意用尽所有诉讼手段，以确保其决定符合已发布的判决”。


en: In a sign of the tensions over foreign forces, France is pressing the EU to agree on Monday to impose sanctions on the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, which it says operates in Libya and the Sahel.

zh: 法国正在向欧盟施压，要求欧盟周一同意对俄罗斯私人军事承包商瓦格纳集团 (Wagner Group) 实施制裁，法国表示，该集团在利比亚和萨赫勒地区开展业务。


en: South Africa on Sunday paid an official tribute to FW de Klerk, the final president of white rule, who freed Nelson Mandela from prison and steered the country from apartheid to democracy.

zh: 南非周日正式向白人统治下的最后一任总统德克勒克 (FW de Klerk) 致敬，德克勒克将纳尔逊·曼德拉 (Nelson Mandela) 从监狱中释放出来，带领南非从种族隔离制度走向民主。


en: De Klerk died on November 11 aged 85 following a battle with cancer.

zh: 11 月 11 日，德克勒克在与癌症抗争后去世，享年 85 岁。


en: President Cyril Ramaphosa attended Cape Town's Protestant Groote Kerk - one of South Africa's oldest churches - on Sunday morning to deliver a eulogy in De Klerk's honor.

zh: 南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨 (Cyril Ramaphosa) 周日上午现身于开普敦的新教格鲁特教堂（南非最古老的教堂之一），为德克勒克致悼词。


en: An avalanche swept through part of a Washington state ski resort used to access backcountry skiing on Saturday, killing a 60-year-old man and temporarily trapping five others.

zh: 周六，华盛顿州一处滑雪胜地发生雪崩，造成一名 60 岁男子死亡，另有 5 人暂时被困。


en: The area is under a winter storm warning until Sunday morning, with the National Weather Service saying 12 to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of snow is possible for areas above 2,000 feet (610 meters).

zh: 该地区的冬季风暴预警将持续到周日上午，美国国家气象局表示，在 2000 英尺（610 米）以上的地区可能会 有12 至 15 英寸（38 厘米）的降雪。


en: Sunday Best: Enter 1880s New York in HBO's "The Gilded Age"

zh: 华美盛装：HBO 的《镀金时代》带你进入 19 世纪 80 年代的纽约


en: Yahya Sharif was found seriously injured in Coventry Road, Small Heath, just before 5.30pm on Friday, West Midlands Police said.

zh: 西米德兰兹郡警方称，周五下午 5 点半之前，叶海亚·谢里夫 (Yahya Sharif) 在小希斯的考文垂路被发现受了重伤。


en: Anyone with any information should call 101, quoting reference number 3643 10/12/21.

zh: 有任何信息请拨打 101，并说明编号 3643 10/12/21。


en: It follows discussions among G7 foreign ministers in Liverpool on Saturday about what co-ordinated action can be taken in Afghanistan, along with how to engage with the Taliban rulers.

zh: 此前，七国集团 (G7) 外长周六在利物浦讨论了在阿富汗可以采取何种协同行动，以及如何与塔利班统治者接触。


en: The WFP will receive £34 million of the funding announced on Sunday.

zh: 世界粮食计划署将于周日收到宣布的 3400 万英镑资金。


en: At the Museum of Liverpool on Sunday, Ms Truss will have discussions with foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, who are attending the G7 gathering for the first time - most of them virtually.

zh: 周日，特拉斯将在利物浦博物馆 (Museum of Liverpool) 与东南亚国家联盟 (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 的外交部长们进行讨论，这些国家是首次参加 G7 峰会，而且大部分通过网络参加会谈。


en: Germany's new chancellor, Olaf Scholz came to Warsaw Sunday for talks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki about migration, energy, European Union matters and tensions east of the bloc's border.

zh: 德国新任总理奥拉夫•肖尔茨星期天抵达华沙，与波兰总理马泰乌什·莫拉维茨基 (Mateusz Morawiecki) 就移民、能源、欧盟事务以及欧盟东部边境的紧张局势举行会谈。


en: It was one of Scholz's early visits after he was sworn in with his coalition Cabinet on Wednesday.

zh: 这是肖尔茨周三宣誓就职联合内阁后首批访问目的地之一。


en: Germany's new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, was in Warsaw on Friday.

zh: 德国新任外交部长贝尔博克 (Annalena Baerbock) 周五在华沙。


en: On Friday, Scholz met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and later with EU and NATO officials in Brussels.

zh: 星期五，肖尔茨在巴黎会见了法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙 (Emmanuel Macron)，随后在布鲁塞尔会见了欧盟和北约官员。


en: The threat was made on Saturday a few hours after Britain agreed to issue another 23 licenses to French fishermen to alleviate tensions between the two neighbors who have been at loggerheads over the fishing row for the past six months.

zh: 这一威胁是在周六发出的，就在几个小时前，英国同意向法国渔民另外发放 23 张捕鱼许可证，以缓解这两个邻国之间的紧张关系，过去 6 个月来，这两个国家一直因该捕鱼区而不和。


en: The European Union had specified a December 10 deadline for London to grant licenses to French fishing boats under Brexit, with Paris threatening European legal action in case of no breakthrough.

zh: 欧盟曾明确规定，在英国退欧期间，英国必须在 12 月 10 日之前向法国渔船发放许可证，法国威胁称，如果没有突破，欧洲将采取法律行动。


en: Underlining that France is entitled to around 80 more UK licenses, a group representing fishermen in the key port of Boulogne-sur-Mer and others along the northern coast threatened late on Saturday to launch protests.

zh: 代表主要港口布洛涅 (Boulogne-sur-Mer) 和北部海岸其他地区渔民的一个组织上周六晚间威胁要发起抗议，指称法国还有资格获得约 80 个英国许可证。


en: The CRPMEM said the protests would be "in line with blockades of ports in Brittany, Normandy and the north of France which took place on November 26."

zh: CRPMEM 表示，抗议活动将“与 11 月 26 日发生的对布列塔尼、诺曼底和法国北部港口的封锁一致”。


en: Please note: Our office opening times are: Monday-Friday from 09:00 - 17:30.

zh: 请注意：我们的办公时间为：周一到周五，09:00 - 17:30。


en: Germany's foreign minister warned on Saturday that time was running out to find a way to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, speaking after meetings with her counterparts from G7 countries.

zh: 德国外长周六警告称，可用于重启 2015 年世界大国与伊朗之间核协议的时间已经所剩无几，德国外长在与七国集团 (G7) 外长会晤后发表讲话。


en: Earlier, U.S. officials said Secretary of State Antony Blinken had held a "productive" meeting with counterparts from Britain, Germany and France on Friday, discussing the way forward for the Iran talks.

zh: 早些时候，美国官员说，美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯 (Antony Blinken) 星期五与英国、德国和法国外长举行了富有成效的会谈，讨论了伊朗谈判的未来方向。


en: Raisi said on Saturday that Tehran was serious in its nuclear talks in Vienna, the official IRNA news agency reported.

zh: 据伊朗伊斯兰共和国通讯社 (IRNA) 报道，莱希周六表示，德黑兰对在维也纳举行的核谈判是认真的。


en: Sunday's training session at Bodymoor Heath was cancelled as a result, a session that was designed for just a small number of players' recovery after the loss to Liverpool on Saturday.

zh: 因此，周日在 Bodymoor Heath 的训练被取消了，这是一项为少数球员在周六输给利物浦后的恢复而设计的训练。


en: Villa face an away game at Norwich City on Tuesday night in the Premier League and there is no suggestion that it will be cancelled, with training also expected to go ahead as normal on Monday.

zh: 维拉将在周二晚上对阵诺维奇，没有迹象表明比赛会被取消，训练也将在周一正常进行。


en: Manchester United have also suffered a Covid outbreak on Sunday and there seems to be more concern about that situation, with the Red Devil's trip to Brentford on Tuesday now reportedly under threat.

zh: 曼联周日也出现了新冠肺炎疫情，据报道，周二红魔对阵布伦特福德之旅受到了威胁，这似乎更令人担忧。


en: Tottenham Hotspur have already been struggling with the virus, with their match against Brighton on Sunday postponed after eight players and five members of staff returned positive results.

zh: 托特纳姆热刺队有 8 名球员和 5 名工作人员检测结果呈阳性，因此周日与布莱顿队的比赛被推迟。


en: Championship sides West Brom and Queens Park Rangers have also suffered outbreaks and QPR's clash with Sheffield United on Monday has been postponed.

zh: 英冠球队西布朗和女王公园巡游者也遭遇了疫情，女王公园巡游者周一与谢菲尔德联队的对战也被推迟。


en: He said Friday morning that in the 12 hours since the bug's existence was disclosed that it had been "fully weaponised," meaning malefactors had developed and distributed tools to exploit it.

zh: 他在周五上午表示，自该漏洞被披露以来的 12 个小时内，它已被“完全武器化”，这意味着不法分子已经开发并分发了利用该漏洞的工具。


en: New Zealand's computer emergency response team was among the first to report that the flaw was being "actively exploited in the wild" just hours after it was publicly reported Thursday and a patch released.

zh: 新西兰的计算机应急响应小组是首批报告该漏洞“被积极利用”的机构之一，几小时后（周四），该漏洞被公开报告，并发布了一个补丁。


en: The vulnerability, located in open-source Apache software used to run websites and other web services, was reported to the foundation on November 24 by the Chinese tech giant Alibaba, it said.

zh: 报告称，该漏洞在用于运行网站和其他网络服务的开源 Apache 软件中，中国科技巨头阿里巴巴于 11 月 24 日向该基金会报告了该漏洞。


en: According to Press TV, the Ministry announced on Saturday that 58 Iranians died from the disease, noting that out of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 286 patients were admitted to hospital.

zh: 据 Press TV 报道，伊朗卫生部周六宣布，58 名伊朗人死于该病，并指出在过去 24 小时发现的新病例中，有 286 名患者入院治疗。


en: Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber said on Wednesday that the country is fully prepared to roll out coronavirus booster vaccinations.

zh: 伊朗第一副总统穆罕默德·莫赫贝尔 (Mohammad Mokhber) 周三表示，该国已全面做好推行新冠病毒增强疫苗的准备。


en: I've ordered a replacement item for you, this is scheduled to dispatch on February 19.

zh: 我已经为您订购了一个更换件，预计 2 月 19 日发货。


en: Saturday.

zh: 那是星期六。


en: When an image was published on Sunday showing Johnson on a screen hosting a Christmas quiz for staffers tuning in from No 10 and at home, it was not quite the smoking gun some thought would finally skewer him, however.

zh: 周日发布的一张照片显示，约翰逊正在屏幕上为在唐宁街 10 号和在家里收看的工作人员主持一个圣诞问答会，然而，有些人认为这张照片并不是能够刺痛他的铁证。


en: The Sunday Mirror image shows Johnson with two aides who were dressed up with tinsel and a Santa hat - not socially distanced from one another, and clearly engaged in a social occasion while mixing households.

zh: 在《星期日镜报》的照片中，约翰逊和两名助手穿着金光闪闪的衣服，戴着圣诞老人的帽子，他们彼此之间并没有社交距离，显然是在参加一个有多个家庭出席的社交场合。


en: On Sunday Nadhim Zahawi insisted the picture was just an example of Johnson "thanking his staff" and used it to play down the party scandal as "hype."

zh: 周日，纳齐姆·扎哈维 (Nadhim Zahawi) 坚称，这张照片只是约翰逊“感谢他的工作人员”的一个例子，并用它来把保守党的丑闻淡化为“炒作”。


en: Praised by some for leaving money to various charitable causes after his death, the controversial trader's statue was attacked in June 2020, when a protest supporting the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was happening in the city.

zh: 贸易商爱德华·科尔斯顿饱受争议，有些人称赞他死后为各种慈善事业留下了资金，他的雕像在 2020 年 6 月遭到毁坏，当时该市正在举行一场支持“黑人的命也是命”(BLM) 运动的抗议活动。


en: President Joe Biden lamented the world's failure to stop global warming on Saturday after addressing the deadly tornadoes that swept through several states.

zh: 周六，美国总统乔·拜登 (Joe Biden) 就席卷了美国几个州的致命龙卷风发表讲话，对未能阻止全球变暖表示遗憾。


en: Republican Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers on Sunday called New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern "Lenin with Hair" and warned against communism in the United States.

zh: 亚利桑那州共和党参议员温迪·罗杰斯周日称呼新西兰总理杰辛达·阿德恩 (Jacinda Ardern) 为“留着头发的列宁”，并警告美国警惕共产主义。


en: "More bold Christians are needed in office to counter the satanic Communists in both parties," the Arizona Senator wrote in another tweet on Sunday.

zh: 周日，这位亚利桑那州参议员在另一条推文中写道:“政府需要更多大胆的基督徒来对抗两党中邪恶的共产党人。”


en: Several organisations in Assam on Sunday paid tributes to the five agitators who were killed in the anti-CAA stir two years ago, and resolved to resume the movement against the Act.

zh: 周日，阿萨姆邦的几个组织对两年前在反 CAA 运动中被杀的五名示威者表示哀悼，并决心恢复反对该法案的运动。


en: It had lost its intensity due to the commencement of examinations (in January 2020) and then the pandemic and lockdowns.

zh: 由于开始检查（2020 年 1 月），然后是疫情和封锁，运动不再那么激烈。


en: Several organisations, including AASU, North East Students' Organisation (NESO) and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), had observed "black day" on December 11 to mark two years of the passage of CAA in Parliament.

zh: 一些组织，包括 AASU、东北学生组织 (NESO) 和阿萨姆 Jatiya Parishad (AJP)，在 12 月 11 日庆祝“黑色日”，以纪念 CAA 在议会通过两周年。


en: France's Ministry of Armed Forces stated on Saturday that a defense contract with Athens had already been "initialled a few days ago," before the US State Department announced its approval of a potential sale of American frigates.

zh: 法国武装部队周六表示，在美国国务院宣布批准出售美国护卫舰之前，法国与希腊的防务合同已经“草签了几天”。


en: The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Friday it had approved the sale for $6.9 billion of four Lockheed Martin combat frigates, and a separate $2.5 billion program to upgrade Greece's MEKO class frigates.

zh: 美国国防安全合作局周五表示，它已经批准以 69 亿美元的价格出售四艘洛克希德·马丁公司的战斗护卫舰，以及另一项价值 25 亿美元的计划来升级希腊的 MEKO 级护卫舰。


en: Heavy snowfall wreaked havoc in much of the Balkans on Sunday, disrupting public transportation.

zh: 周日，大雪在巴尔干半岛大部分地区造成严重破坏，扰乱了公共交通。


en: Flights were cancelled at Serbia's main airport in Belgrade on Sunday and many areas reported power cuts and damage to buildings.

zh: 周日，位于贝尔格莱德的塞尔维亚主要机场的航班被取消，许多地区断电，建筑物受损。


en: "We are working with the Russian side to increase trade turnover to $20 billion over the next five years and to continue investing in other areas [of economic cooperation]," Al Zeyoudi told RIA news agency on Saturday during a plenary session of the Expo-2020 international forum in the UAE, which had been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

zh: “我们正在与俄方加强贸易合作，计划在未来五年将贸易额提高到 200 亿美元，并在其他领域（经济合作）继续展开投资合作，”阿尔·泽尤迪于周六在由于新冠疫情而推迟的 2020 年阿联酋国际论坛上对 RIA 通讯社如是说。


en: When they arrived at the stadium Sunday, they were already decked out in Cowboys logos and wordmarks.

zh: 当他们周日到达体育场时，长凳上已经加上了牛仔队的标志和文字。


en: The Cowboys heard from the Seahawks, who recently played against Washington on a Monday night and had complaints that the heated benches were malfunctioning.

zh: 牛仔队收到了海鹰队的投诉，海鹰队最近在周一晚上对阵华盛顿队，他们抱怨说加热的板凳出现了故障。


en: The northwest, Shetland and Orkney will face gusts of up to 85mph overnight on Sunday into Monday morning.

zh: 从周日到周一早上，西北部的设得兰群岛和奥克尼群岛将遭遇时速 85 英里的大风。


en: More than 100,000 homes had their power cut off by the extreme damage wrought by Storm Arwen on November 26 and 27.

zh: 11 月 26 日和 27 日，飓风“亚玟”造成的巨大破坏导致超过 10 万户家庭断电。


en: Storm Barra disrupted supplies to around 10,000 just 11 days later on December 7.

zh: 11 天 后的 12 月 7 日，飓风“芭拉”中断了约 1 万人的物资供应。


en: The Met Office were keeping an eye on a low pressure system that is skirting along northwestern areas overnight on Sunday bringing with it very strong winds and squally, heavy showers.

zh: 英国气象局 (Met Office) 一直在密切关注周日夜间沿西北地区移动的低压系统，该系统带来了强风和狂风暴雨。


en: The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for wind with the first coming into force from 9pm on Sunday covering the Western Isles, and parts of the Highlands and Argyll and Bute.

zh: 英国气象局发布了大风黄色天气预警，第一次预警将于周日晚上 9 点开始生效，覆盖西群岛、高地、阿盖尔和比特的部分地区。


en: A further warning comes into effect at midnight on Sunday covering Orkney and Shetland.

zh: 下一个预警将于周日午夜开始生效，覆盖奥克尼和设得兰群岛。


en: "This warning lasts until midday Monday as the centre of the low pressure system moves close to the Northern Isles, again bringing gusts of 80-85mph along coasts and locally in excess of 90mph in some areas," Philip said.

zh: 菲利普说:“随着低压系统中心靠近北岛，这一预警将持续到周一中午，沿海地区再次迎来时速 80-85 英里的阵风，局部地区的风速超过 90 英里每小时。”


en: "It is very fast moving though, so will clear away by Monday afternoon, with things beginning to ease and calm by lunchtime.

zh: “飓风移动速度极快，所以周一下午就会消失，午饭前天气会开始缓和、平静。