美联社新闻一分钟 AP 白宫前首席战略师班农因欺诈被捕(在线收听

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President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on fraud charges. Prosecutors allege he and three others pocketed money from donations made to a group planning to build a southern border wall. The arrest makes Bannon the latest addition to a stunningly long line of Trump associates to have been prosecuted.

特朗普总统的前首席策略师史蒂夫·班农因欺诈指控于周四被捕。检察官称,他与另外三名被告私吞了捐赠给一个计划在南部边境修建隔离墙的组织的资金。班农成为特朗普被起诉的亲信中的最新一员。

The number of U.S. workers applying for unemployment benefits climbed back to over a million last week after two steady weeks of declines. Figures released Thursday suggest employers are still slashing jobs even as businesses reopen and sectors like housing and manufacturing are on the mend.

美国上周申请失业救济人数在连续两周下降后回升至100多万。周四公布的数据显示,尽管企业重新营业,住房和制造业等行业正在好转,但雇主仍在大幅裁员。

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is currently at a Siberian hospital in a coma after falling ill from suspected poisoning. The 44-year-old fell ill on a flight back to Moscow Thursday. He is considered one of President Putin's fiercest critics.

俄罗斯反对派领导人阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼(Alexei Navalny)疑似中毒,目前正在西伯利亚一家医院处于昏迷状态。44岁的他周四在返回莫斯科的航班上病倒。他被认为是普京总统最严厉的批评者之一。

Firefighters in northern California are currently battling more than two dozen major fires, largely the result of unprecedented lightning over the last few days. The fires dstroyed dozens of structures and are threatening at least 50,000 more.

加州北部的消防队员目前正在与20多处大火战斗,这些大火主要是过去几天里前所未有的闪电造成的。大火吞噬了几十座建筑,并威胁到至少5万多座建筑。

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