Hurricane Lala downgraded after skirting Big Island as one person dies and over 130,000 households are without powerHurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn’t done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. Total rainfall of nearly 3ft (1 meter) was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging torrents and threatening mudslides.The Hawaii governor, Josh Green, said at least one person died in a car accident in the South Point area of the Big Island, where more than 100 homes were destroyed. More than 200,000 homes and businesses were without power on Sunday afternoon across Hawaii’s three largest islands, according to the utility tracker PowerOutage.us. At least three hospitals were operating on generator power, and 19 roofs were lost, Green said. Continue reading...飓风“拉拉”掠过夏威夷而未登陆后，于周日减弱为热带风暴，但仍以飓风级阵风、暴雨、洪水和泥石流威胁大岛。风暴已造成至少一人死亡，逾20万户家庭和企业停电。
Ghana has become Africa's leading voice in telling the world that Western nations owe reparations加纳已成为非洲要求西方国家为跨大西洋奴隶贸易作出赔偿的主要声音。该国既推动国际社会追究奴隶贸易责任，也反思非洲自身在其中的复杂角色，并强调修复创伤不能仅依靠金钱。
Recent shootings have highlighted the country's troubled relationship with guns, with laws doing little to curb the violence.近期多起枪击事件再度凸显泰国与枪支之间长期而棘手的关系。尽管该国表面上实施严格枪支管制，但监管漏洞、执法松弛和枪支文化令暴力难以遏制。
Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefireDonald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map.The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war. Continue reading...特朗普的女婿兼特使贾里德·库什纳在埃及罕见会见哈马斯政治局领导人，试图推动陷入停滞的加沙停火取得进展。他将与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡会面，后者因拒绝美国支持的15点路线图而承受压力。
Lula and Bolsonaro appeal to Brazil’s women voters with promises to combat rising femicide and gender violence.巴西总统卢拉和右翼挑战者弗拉维奥·博索纳罗分别在各自政治大本营启动竞选活动，10月总统选举预计竞争激烈。两人均承诺打击不断上升的女性杀害和性别暴力，以争取女性选民支持。
