二十世纪全球洪灾（巴基斯坦特大洪灾致千逾人死亡）
Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people
巴基斯坦特大洪灾致千逾人衰亡
As of 31 August local time, abnormal heavy monsoon① rains and melting glaciers triggered floods that have submerged a third of Pakistan and killed at least 1,191 people, including 399 children. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the flooding “the worst in the history of Pakistan”. Around a half million of those displaced are living in organised camps, while others have had to find their own shelter. Pakistan has received nearly 190% more rain than the past 30-year average in the quarter through August this year, totalling 390.7 mm (15.38 inches). The United Nations has appealed for $160 million to help with what it calls an “unprecedented② climate catastrophe”. Global aid are set to arrive, carrying planeloads of tents, food and medicine from China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates as the scale of the devastation unfolded. (Reuters)
制止内地时刻8月31日，巴基斯坦变态的强季风降雨和冰川融化激发的大水已经沉没了该国三分之一的疆域，造成至少1191人衰亡，个中包罗399名儿童。巴基斯坦总理夏巴兹·谢里夫称这次洪灾是巴基斯坦汗青上最严峻的一次。落难失所的人中约莫50万今朝住在有组织的接济营地里，其他人不得不本身探求遁迹所。本年6月到8月，巴基斯坦的降水量比已往30年均匀降水量多出近190%，累计390.7毫米（15.38英寸）。连系国号令国际社会捐助1.6亿美元，以应对“亘古未有的天气劫难”。跟着受灾范畴进一步扩大，来自中国、土耳其和阿拉伯连系酋长国的帐篷、食物和药品等环球救助物资将延续空运抵达。
【注释】
① monsoon: [mnsu:n] n. the rain that falls during this period 雨季的降雨
② unprecedented: [npresdentd] adj. that has never happened, been done or been known before 亘古未有的；空前的；没有先例的
(Credit: The Guardian)
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Germany rejects Poland’ s claim it owes 1.3tn in war reparations①
德国拒绝波兰索要1.3万亿欧元战役赔款
Germany has rejected a Polish parliamentary report claiming it owes its eastern neighbour 1.3tn for damages caused during the Second World War, saying the question of wartime reparations is “closed”. “The federal government’s position is unchanged,” a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said on Friday. “In the view of the government this matter is closed”. Jarosaw Kaczyński, the leader of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, on Thursday presented a report assessing the financial damages caused by Nazi Germany’s invasion and occupation of the country during the Second World War. Speaking on the 83rd anniversary of the invasion in 1939, Kaczyński said a parliamentary committee had calculated the total losses amounted to② 6.2tn zotys, roughly 1.32tn. The German government argues Poland waived③ its right to war reparations in 1953, as part of an agreement in which its eastern bloc④ ally East Germany ceded⑤ territories beyond the Oder-Neisse border to Poland and Russia. According to the foreign ministry, Germany has paid about 74bn in reparations since the end of the war, mostly to Israel and western European states or individuals living in those countries. (The Guardian)
波兰议会宣布了一份陈诉，称德国应向波兰付出1.3万亿欧元的赔款，以补充二战时代给这个东部邻国造成的丧失；德国对此予以拒绝，称战役赔款题目已“处理赏罚完毕”。“德国当局的态度没有改变，”德海社交部讲话人于内地时刻9月2日暗示，“在德国看来，这件事已经竣事。”波兰守旧派执政党法令与合理党率领人雅罗斯瓦夫·卡钦斯基于9月1日颁发了一份陈诉，该陈诉评估了二战时代纳粹德国入侵和霸占波兰造成的经济丧失。本年9月1日是1939年纳粹德国入侵波兰83周年眷念日，卡钦斯基颁发谈话称，波兰议会委员管帐算出总丧失为6.2万亿兹罗提，约合1.32万亿欧元。德国当局辩称，1953年波兰就在一份协议中明晰放弃了其战役索赔权，按照该份协议，波兰其时的东部团体盟友民主德国将奥得-尼斯河界线以外的河山割让给了波兰和俄罗斯。德海社交部称，自二战竣事以来，德国已付出了约740亿欧元的赔款，大多给了以色列和欧美国度以及栖身在这些国度的小我私人。
【注释】
① reparation: [repren] n. money that is paid by a country that has lost a war, for the damage, injuries, etc. that it has caused（败北国的）赔款
② amount to: to add up to sth; to make sth as a total 总计；共计
③ waive: [wev] v. to choose not to demand sth in a particular case, even though you have a legal or official right to do so 放弃（权力、要求等）
④ bloc: [blk] n. a group of countries that work closely together because they have similar political interests（政治好处同等的）国度团体
⑤ cede: [sid] v. to give sb control of sth or give them power, a right, etc., especially unwillingly 割让；让给；转让
(Credit: CGTN)
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Mexico restores large mural “War and Peace” to be displayed at celebration
墨西哥修复大型壁画《战役与僻静》并将在庆贺勾当展出
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