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太平洋岛国瑙鲁（Nauru）已将其国名改为瑙埃罗共和国（Republic of Naoero），该国总统表示，这一改动使其与国语的拼写和发音相一致。该国的国际代码将从 NRU 变为 NRO，其人民将被称为 dei-Naoero 而非 Nauruan。该国在国外通常被发音为 Now-roo，而新国名的发音为 Now-ero。
周四发布在政府 Facebook 账号上的一份声明称，此举将使这个遥远的南太平洋岛国恢复其传统名称。根据政府早前的一份声明，该国在国际上被称为 Nauru 仅仅是因为其当地名称对于外国人来说难以发音，这更多是为了方便而非出于选择。
“这一拟议的变更旨在更忠实地致敬我们国家的遗产、我们的语言和我们的身份，”总统大卫·阿登格在 1 月份向议会提出该建议时表示。建议的宪法修正案已在必要的两轮投票中获得立法者认可，不过目前尚不清楚该文件是否已正式修订。
瑙鲁拥有 12,000 名居民，在人口规模上是世界上第三小的国家，仅次于图瓦卢和梵蒂冈。这个微小的珊瑚石灰岩环礁曾被德国殖民，后来由澳大利亚管理，直到 1968 年成为一个独立的共和国。
该国经历过动荡的时期，磷酸盐开采在 20 世纪 70 年代为岛上带来了巨大财富，但随后该产业崩盘，导致瑙鲁在 20 世纪 90 年代陷入经济崩溃的边缘。
此举使该国成为最新一个通过更改国名来标志脱离殖民过去的国家。非洲小王国埃斯瓦蒂尼在 2018. 将其名称从斯威士兰恢复为历史名称。其他国家也将此类变更视为一种品牌重塑，例如土耳其在 2022 年请求联合国开始将该国称为 Türkiye（这也是其在国内长期使用的名称）。
如今，由于气候变化导致的海平面上升，该国成为全球风险最高的国家之一，这促使政府通过一项付费公民计划寻求海外投资，旨在为将人口和基础设施从不断侵蚀的海洋边转移而筹集资金。
阿登格先生在最新的公告中表示，更名标志着“民族自豪感的重新开始”。当他的政府在 5 月份最后一次就此投票时，总统宣布将举行全民公投以予以确认。瑙鲁的决定将促使其国家飞机和船舶重新命名。声明称，政府已经在寻求让其他国家和国际机构承认这一转变。
政府在上周的声明中表示，经过“广泛讨论”，立法者决定无需进行公开投票。联合国的网站已以新名称记录该国，并指出政府已在 6 月请求更改。澳大利亚和新西兰的外交部，以及美国和中国在该地区的使馆，在其网站上也将该国标为瑙埃罗。
声明称：“虽然全民公投旨在确定人民的意愿，但‘瑙埃罗’这个名字从未丢失，而是在等待被完全接纳。”声明补充道，这一名称“已经是人民的身份标识，出现在国徽上，并在社区中被口头使用；而且重要的是，它是符合宪法规定的”。
瑙埃罗共和国总统大卫·阿登格 2024. 在中国海南省举行的博鳌亚洲论坛上发表讲话。TIAN MacLEOD JI / AP
杰夫·沃尔，《逮捕》，1989年，灯箱透明底片，3件中的第2件，136.05 × 163.04 × 28.26 厘米，奥丹艺术博物馆藏。由奥丹基金会资金购买。1996-98 ACCUSOFT INC.。奥丹艺术博物馆位于不列颠哥伦比亚省的惠斯putting（Whistler），是由迈克尔·奥丹和吉子·唐泽的慈善捐赠而创立。作为加拿大较新的博物馆之一，它于2016年向公众开放。该博物馆的永久馆藏拥有300多件代表不列颠哥伦比亚省艺术水平的作品。全年举行的特别展览展出具有国家和国际影响力的艺术家作品。www.audainartmuseum.com
在过去的50年里，杰夫·沃尔赢得了国际关注，他继续在基于摄影的艺术中探索令人印象深刻的广泛创意可能。这件作品代表了他专注于使用安装在灯箱中的透明底片创作类似场景画图像的时期。这种单帧叙事也突显了温哥华电影业的影响。演员们（其中两人身穿警服）在搜查一名据称是罪犯的牛仔装男子口袋中的违禁品或其他违法活动证据时，占据了主导地位。
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[图注] 作者从他的度假屋看到邻居的水上飞机。根据安大略省自然资源部的说法，千湖湖（Lac des Mille Lacs）的山火“尚未得到控制”。ERIC REGULY / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
在我的人生中，从未如此强烈地祈求下雨。随着山火——根据省自然资源部（MNR）的说法，其中大多数“尚未得到控制”——吞噬掉我们纯净湖泊周围大片壮丽的荒野，安大略省西北部的度假屋主们正极度渴望雨水的到来。在巨大的千湖湖（Lac des Mille Lacs）北部和西部延伸区域燃烧的火灾，被自然资源部命名为“Fort Francis 14”，其覆盖面积近 52,000 公顷，已经吞噬了至少三家钓鱼度假村和数十栋度假屋（当地俚语称之为“营地”）。据我们所知——进入我们湖区的通道自 7 月中旬起就已关闭——在我们所在的 Pine Point 区域（这条狭窄的南北走向半岛将湖泊一分为二）的 20 或左右的度假屋目前依然完好。
我的父亲出生在桑德贝（Thunder Bay），当时那里还是 Fort William 和 Port Arthur 两个双子城。他在 20 世纪 30 年代后期少年时期就在湖中捕鱼，并对其美景与粗犷之风赞叹不已。但这样的景象还能维持多久？只要北面刮来一阵强风——且不下雨——这些房产就可能陷入绝境。自然资源部每日更新的地图显示，火线距离道路上方四五公里处。电线早在几周前就已熔断。
1968, 皇家政府出售了湖边的一部分土地。我和父亲从当时居住的华盛顿特区乘坐维克斯 Viscount 螺旋桨飞机飞往桑德贝。他在 Pine Point 半岛东侧唯一的沙滩上买了一块一英亩的土地。价格为：$400.
有一件事我敢肯定：如果我已故的父亲鲍勃·雷古利（Bob Reguly）现在在度假屋里，他一定会无视撤离命令。不仅因为他亲手建造并热爱这座小屋，会用他最后一丝精力去守护它，更因为他懂得如何灭火。我记得坐在沙滩上看着潜鸟和老鹰，觉得自己身在天堂。当时，湖上只有一座度假屋。
在 20 世纪 50 年代中期的大学期间，他夏天在萨斯喀彻温省的烟跳伞员（Smoke Jumpers）队中度过，从 Norseman 水上飞机跳伞进入火区，然后与他的硬汉团队一起步行走到最近的河流或湖泊，在那里等待接机。那是加拿大最危险的工作之一。
随后是劳作。我父亲买不起电锯，在我的母亲艾达（Ada）刮削、打磨、刷漆、种花园和烹饪时，他用一把弓锯清理了大部分土地。一座雪松木板小屋拔地而起，后来又建了谷仓和桑拿房。当我们进入青少年时期，我的两个妹妹苏珊（Susan）和贝基（Becky）以及我也被强行拉来帮忙。我的工装靴是（而且现在依然是）我父亲在越南战争期间穿的作战靴，1967 他为《多伦多星报》（Toronto Star）报道了那场战争。
坦白说，我们的度假屋以及一些邻居的房子几乎没有多少物质价值。它们大多是简单的木造建筑，按照安大略省南部的标准来看，简直就是简陋的小棚屋。我们度假屋的真正价值在于，在我们将这些小屋用简单的工具和双手从加拿大地盾（Canadian Shield）中开凿出来的几十年里，它们所承载的回忆和美好时光。这种倾注心血的劳动团结了我们的家人和度假屋的朋友们，而且就我们而言，这是我们漂泊生活中唯一不变的东西（我曾在四个国家的十几个城市生活过）。
在前 15 年左右的时间里，我们没有电，生活随着一天的节奏而律动——黎明起床，黄昏就寝，在油灯的陪伴下阅读直到入睡。路边的一家捕鱼和狩猎小屋设有冰窖，我们在那里购买用锯末绝缘的冰块。晚餐通常是新鲜捕获的梭鱼（pickerel），美国人将其称为 walleye。我们划着独木舟，在溪流和沼泽边采集蕨菜芽（fiddleheads），并戴上潜水面罩和脚蹼，在湖泊浅水区采集淡水蚌类。几个年轻人拥有小型本田（Honda）越野摩托车，我们会沿着一条旧伐木路，去参观一个 1940 年代的战俘营遗址。
千湖湖（Lac des Mille Lacs）位于桑德贝（Thunder Bay）以西约 100 公里处。从 19 世纪初起，这里就处于皮毛贸易路线上。1870, 在由梅蒂斯（Métis）领导人路易·里尔（Louis Riel）发起的红河起义期间，加拿大政府派遣了沃尔斯利远征队（Wolseley Expedition），旨在加强联邦在加里堡（Fort Garry）红河定居点的权威。加内特·沃尔斯利（Garnet Wolseley）上校及其一千多名士兵在前往马尼托巴省的途中经过了我们所在的地区。其中一些士兵在湖边偏远的南端一块巨石上刻下了自己的名字。
和我们一样，邻居们都没有富裕，所有的一切都是出于对房产和湖泊的热爱而手工搭建的。大家互帮互助，我们经常在完成一项艰巨工作后，用一个下午的水上滑雪来庆祝，随后是海滩篝火和炸鱼餐。
这里的人物群像十分有趣。我们的邻居、巴士司机伦（Len）教他的狗在他们和客人们弹吉他时发出约德尔唱法（yodel）的声音。来自堪萨斯州、嫁给墨西哥人的伊芙琳（Evelyn）和她的母亲马马·薇娃（Mama Viva），向我们讲述她们在德克萨斯州的青春往事。她们烟酒不离手——伊芙琳经常叼着一支烟玩水上滑雪——且把枪支像玩具一样随意丢弃。（我曾经不小心触发了一把放在厨房台面上的 22 口径步枪，将一颗子弹射入了屋顶梁中。）罗德尼（Rodney）年轻时是湖上的钓鱼向导，他曾乘船带我参观废弃的伐木营地，那里有巨大的、锈迹斑斑的蒸汽机。
我们始终意识到，野火可能会摧毁我们艰苦奋斗而成的创造。大约 35 年前的一个夏天，火势一度逼近。包括我在内的每个成年男子都抓起铲子和手动水泵。当火焰抵达距离我们房产一公里处时，那些没有参与灭火的度假屋主将贵重物品装进船中，并将船锚定在离岸处。
就在我们即将放弃希望时，一架橙红相间的 Canadair CL-215 水上灭火机在双 18 缸发动机的轰鸣声中突然出现，进行了三四次投水，化解了火灾威胁。在巨大的轰鸣声中，我在飞机头顶飞过时欢呼起来，几秒钟后就被一道水墙击中。
目前还没有关于 Canadair 尝试扑灭我们湖区火灾的报告；保护该地区数十起野火威胁下的城镇、村庄和原住民保留地才是优先事项，而不是几个度假小屋。这就是为什么我们都在祈祷下雨。我们害怕看到这个带来如此多冒险、幸福与自由的源头在浓烟中化为乌有。我希望我那身为烟跳伞员（smokejumper）的父亲还在世，来守护他留给家人的这份礼物。
[图注] 作者 2024 年在位于安大略省西北部千湖湖（Lac des Mille Lacs）的家庭度假小屋绘制的桑拿房。
DEREK GATOPOULOS SYLVIE CORBET 雅典
周一，打破纪录的炎热干燥夏季继续笼罩欧洲。在希腊，洒水飞机飞越一场大规模山火；在法国，消防员试图稳定普罗旺斯地区的一场大火；而英国大部分地区则记录到了近两个世纪以来最干燥的七月。在两架直升机相撞导致两名机组人员死亡的一天后，雅典西部的山火突破了封锁线。周日的这次相撞导致一名希腊人和一名丹麦人死亡，另有两人住院。这四人均为希腊消防部门租用的私人运营商。
在法国，波尔多周边地区的消防员在警惕一场规模为巴黎四倍且仍在燃烧的火灾遗迹中可能再次燃起火苗。英国气象局周一表示，根据初步统计数据，长期的热浪和降雨匮乏导致英格兰和威尔士经历了近 200 年记录以来最干燥的七月。英国气象局（Met Office）称，整个威尔士和超过一半的英格兰地区已正式进入干旱状态。在五月和六月遭遇热浪之后，英国大部分地区在这次干旱期间伴随着酷暑。威尔士创下了七月平均气温最高记录的并列第一，而英格兰和英国整体则记录到了第二暖的七月。
周一晚间，强风再次袭击希腊南部，将火焰推向山区的住宅群，摧毁了农场和财产，并导致一条公路关闭。希腊首都周边地区在本周内仍处于高风险状态，气温预计将进一步上升。已有 1,000 多人从海滨度假胜地波尔托·格梅诺（Porto Germeno）及首都西部的其他地区撤离，其中包括 250 多人通过船只从该地区海滩获救。
“这是一场令我们困扰的顽固火灾，”消防局发言人 Yiannis Artopios 表示，并补充说周一共有 12 架洒水飞机和 11 架直升机在该地区作业。此次火灾被归咎于一个风力发电场故障的电线，并导致两名承包商因涉嫌过失纵火被捕。
尽管探测方法有所改进，且欧盟成员国之间的合作有所扩大，但随着热浪持续时间延长，希腊及欧洲地中海沿岸的其他国家在每年夏天仍遭受毁灭性的山火袭击。根据欧盟哥白尼气候服务局的数据，欧洲是地球上变暖最快的大陆，自 20 世纪 80 年代以来，其升温速度超过全球平均水平的两倍。气温升高和长期干旱使植被更加干燥且易燃，导致火势蔓延更快、燃烧更剧烈。
周一，在法国一场大规模山火得到控制后，数千名撤离者获准返回家中或度假住所。官员表示，此次共有 224,000 多人撤离，这是该国在战争时期之外规模最大的平民撤离行动。这场山火燃烧了约 420 平方公里，成为法国有记录以来最大规模的山火。
[图注] 周一，在雅典西部的普萨萨（Psatha）附近基塞罗纳斯山（Mount Kitheronas）发生山火时，一架 Erickson 消防直升机正在进行战略性洒水。LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / REUTERS
不列颠哥伦比亚省 弗农，加拿大新闻社
阿特琳·贝克尔（Atlyn Becker）记得周六时，当她的卡车向北缓慢驶向安全地带以逃离不列颠哥伦比亚省奥卡那根湖（Okanagan Lake）周边的火灾时，周围的山丘闪烁着橙色的光芒。随着强风将火焰推向干旱的土地，她和家人是周末数千名携带随身财物逃离家园的人员之一。她估计当时有大约 200 辆车与她一起在路上缓慢行驶。
“你能感觉到火的炙热，能听到树木碎裂的声音。火势非常猛烈，”她在周一安全抵达基洛那（Kelowna）后说道。贝克尔女士表示，她透过卡车窗户看到消防员用电锯砍断倒下的树木，以便人们通行。“ [火] 已经烧到了路边，一直延伸到山坡上，这真的很恐怖，因为你不知道是否会有树木掉在你身上，”她说。
由于奥卡那根湖周边地区发生的火灾，过去几天内已发布了多项撤离令及警报。中奥卡那根应急管理部门表示，由于奎尔皮图克溪（Quilpituk Creek）野火，其管辖范围内的 2,200 多处房产已撤离。在湖区更北端，北奥卡那根区域区因布拉德利溪（Bradley Creek）野火，在周日扩大了撤离令及警报。
由于阵风时速高达 115 公里助长火势，许多居民在周末匆忙逃离，火灾在燃烧至水边时摧毁了房屋。贝克尔女士及其家人在被正式要求撤离之前，便决定离开他们所在的西岸庄园（Westshore Estates）社区，因为他们两侧燃烧的火势已导致包括奥卡那根印第安人带（Okanagan Indian Band）保留地在内的其他社区撤离。她说，她看到飞机和地面人员在竭尽全力灭火，但周六的强风实在太猛烈了。
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NANDITA BOSE ELWELY ELWELLY PARISA HAFEZI 路透社
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周一表示，与伊朗的谈判正在进行中，并警告称这是德黑兰签署一份良好协议以结束这场已持续五个月战争的“最后机会”，但伊朗否认正在进行或计划进行任何谈判。这些矛盾的声明表明，短期内通过外交手段解决战争的前景渺茫。“他们现在正在进行，”特朗普在椭圆形办公室的一次活动中回答记者关于谈判状态的提问时表示，他称双方是在伊朗、沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国和卡塔尔等国的请求下进行对话的。“这是他们（伊朗）签署一份良好文件的最后机会，”他说道。特朗普的这些言论是在他本周末决定取消此前授权对伊朗采取的所谓“大规模袭击”之后发表的，他称将举行谈判。这重复了一种他誓言发动重大打击但随后又将其取消的模式。
周一早些时候，伊朗外交部发言人埃斯梅尔·巴盖伊（Esmail Baghaei）表示，目前没有与美国的任何谈判在进行，也没有安排任何会议。他说，伊朗在未来几天内没有接待外国代表团或派遣谈判代表出访的计划。巴盖伊补充说，除了正在伊拉克进行宗教朝圣的外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格齐（Abbas Araghchi）之外，所有伊朗谈判代表目前都在国内。他说，唯一在进行的是与阿曼关于霍尔木兹海峡管理的讨论。一名伊朗高级消息人士也告诉路透社，没有计划进行谈判，且阿拉格齐至少在周末之前都无法接洽。
海湾地区官员和分析人士表示，伊朗正押注于通过将中东的贸易路线、航运通道和能源基础设施转化为压力点，从而稳步提高对抗成本，以此拖垮华盛顿，希望说服美国及其盟友：遏制这场危机比满足伊朗在霍尔木兹海峡问题上的要求成本更高。“他们的巨大优势在于他们可以损害地区国家和全球经济，”华盛顿研究所的迈克尔·奈茨（Michael Knights）表示。
在周一晚些时候发布的一篇 Truth Social 帖子中，特朗普称伊朗领导层“极其两面派”，称他们已经请求会面，且在“不久的将来”计划进行更多谈判。他还重复了他的断言，即美国海军完全控制着霍尔木兹海峡，在冲突发生前，全球五分之一的石油和液化天然气通过该海峡运输。“‘美国的钢铁之墙！’除非我们允许，否则没有任何东西能进入伊朗；除非达成协议或完全投降，否则任何东西都无法通过，”他写道。
周一的进展似乎符合一种模式，这种模式自特朗普在五个多月前与以色列共同启动“史诗愤怒行动”（Operation Epic Fury）以来就已出现。特朗普曾多次威胁采取军事行动，但随后又以外交接触为由退让。然而，自从旨在结束冲突的 6 月谅解备忘录在 7 月初崩溃以来，伊朗一直公开拒绝与华盛顿谈判。特朗普尚未实现他在战争之初设定的目标：拆除伊朗的核计划，遏制其攻击地区竞争对手的能力，并为伊朗人推翻其神权统治者创造条件。
[图注] 周日，在乌克兰扎波罗热，警察医护人员从一座被俄罗斯空袭击中的公寓楼中疏散一名受伤居民。路透社
地区负责人伊万·费多罗夫（Ivan Fedorov）周一表示，俄罗斯飞机在 90 分钟内向乌克兰南部城市扎波罗热的居民区投放了 8 枚威力巨大的滑翔炸弹，造成 1 人死亡，数十人受伤。与此同时，俄罗斯克拉斯诺达尔地区黑海沿岸小镇阿尔希波-奥西波夫卡（Arkhipo-Osipovka）有 6 人被乌克兰无人机碎片击毙，该地区州长韦尼亚明·康德拉季耶夫（Veniamin Kondratyev）表示，另有 40 人受伤。被非法吞并的克里米亚半岛由俄罗斯任命的负责人谢尔盖·阿克肖诺夫（Sergei Aksyonov）表示，乌克兰在夜间对该地的袭击造成 3 人死亡，2 人受伤。他未提供细节。泽连斯基先生在对乌克兰外交官的演讲中表示。双方的说法均无法独立核实。“我们将非常努力地在今年秋天实现这一点，”他说。这些苏联时代的炸弹经过引导系统改造，可携带高达 3,000 公斤的炸药，留下巨大的弹坑。乌克兰没有有效的应对措施。费多罗夫先生表示，周日晚上的扎波罗热袭击造成一名 71 岁女性死亡，31 人受伤（包括一名 16 岁女孩），滑翔炸弹损坏了该市四个区的 22 栋公寓楼。尽管莫斯科军队已经占领了扎波罗热核电站并控制该地区的其他部分，但与其同名的首府城市仍由乌克兰掌控。它是俄罗斯在 2022 年 9 月非法吞并的四个地区之一（另外三个是顿涅茨克、赫尔松和卢甘斯），尽管其军队并未完全控制这些地区。其他民用地区的规模性破坏是由俄罗斯弹道导弹造成的，周日晚些时候，泽连斯基先生再次紧急恳请各国向乌克兰派遣更多美国制造的“爱国者”防空系统。
乌克兰无人机还袭击了另一座属于 Wildberries（俄罗斯最大的在线购物公司）的大型仓库。此次袭击是一系列行动的一部分，该行动已击中了该零售商十几个配送中心，严重干扰了其业务。只有“爱国者”拦截弹能可靠地拦截弹道导弹，但由于伊朗战争，其供应短缺。该公司周一表示，在最新一次袭击中，位于莫斯科东部弗拉基米尔地区的一个 Wildberries 仓库起火。弗拉基米尔州长亚历山大·阿夫杰耶夫（Alexander Avdeyev）表示，有 3 人受伤。泽连斯基先生在社交媒体上表示：“美国知道我们需要什么。欧洲知道我们需要什么。反弹道导弹必须用来保护人们——而不是堆在仓库里。”泽连斯基先生表示，乌克兰无人机还袭击了俄罗斯西南部的萨拉托夫炼油厂。自去年以来，基辅多次针对该炼油厂及其他许多炼油厂，试图切断俄罗斯军队的燃料供应，并剥夺莫斯科通过石油出口获得的收入。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普上周似乎放弃了此前关于向乌克兰提供自行制造“爱国者”导弹许可的承诺。他周五表示，尚未做出最终决定。泽连斯基先生向特朗普先生提出了一个替代方案，即由埃隆·马斯克允许乌克兰使用星链（Starlink）卫星来瞄准俄罗斯境内的弹道导弹发射场。官员们尚未公开说明是否在考虑该方案。泽连斯基先生表示，萨拉托夫附近的恩格尔斯军事空军基地（俄罗斯具备核能力的战略轰炸机的主要基地）以及俄罗斯境内的其他地点，包括俄罗斯卡卢加地区柳金诺夫斯卡亚（Lyudinovskaya）油库的燃料储罐，均成为了袭击目标。据报道，从周日到周一的夜间，俄罗斯使用 181 架远程打击无人机袭击了乌克兰。
乌克兰空军表示，防空系统干扰并拦截了 163 架无人机，但其中 14 架在 13 个地点造成了破坏。俄罗斯国防部表示，其部队击中了四艘为乌克兰武装部队运送货物的散货船，其中包括三艘在黑海海域，一艘在尼古拉耶夫港，但未提供进一步信息。俄罗斯国防部周一报告称，其防空系统在夜间拦截了在多个俄罗斯地区以及克里米亚和黑海上空的 131 架乌克兰无人机。
[图注] 代理司法部长托德·布朗什（Todd Blanche）于7月在华盛顿国会山出席参议院司法委员会会议。MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / 美联社
两名关键的共和党参议员在周一表示，他们将支持托德·布朗什担任美国司法部长的提名。在达成一项协议以撤销一个被广泛批评为唐纳德·特朗普总统支持者“秘密资金”的“反武器化”方案后，其确认程序得以铺平道路。来自德克萨斯州的参议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn）和来自北卡罗来纳州的参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（Thom Tillis）此前一直搁置布朗什先生的提名，因为他们寻求书面确认，确保司法部不会推进这项 $1.8-billion 的基金。布朗什先生曾是特朗普先生的私人律师，现任代理司法部长，他在周日于社交媒体上发布声明称该基金已被撤销。科宁先生和蒂利斯先生在一份联合声明中表示：“我们想对布朗什先生及其工作人员在这一问题上与我们合作表示感谢，并期待很快投票将他的提名从参议院司法委员会推进。”
他们的支持可能使委员会能够在周二推进布朗什先生的提名。除非民主党同意提前投票，否则参议院全体会议的投票最早可能在周六进行。该协议似乎解决了由这两位立法者主导的、国会中针对特朗普先生最受瞩目的共和党挑战之一。蒂利斯先生将于1月退休，而科宁先生在特朗普先生在各自州内背书其他参议员候选人后，在共和党初选中落选。该基金是作为一项法律和解协议的一部分创建的，旨在解决特朗普先生对其政府提起的一项 $10-billion 诉讼，他指控美国国税局（IRS）处理他的税务记录不当。布朗什先生对此予以配合，明确指出该协议仅适用于特朗普先生、他的儿子及其家族企业，且他们未来的纳税申报表仍可被调查。
来自德克萨斯州的参议员约翰·科宁和来自北卡罗来纳州的参议员汤姆·蒂利斯此前一直搁置布朗什先生的提名，因为他们寻求书面澄清以缩小适用对象和方式，以确保特朗普先生不会永远获得概括性的税务豁免。布朗什先生的指令规定，该税务指令“根据其条款仅追溯适用”。布朗什先生指令的批评者表示，对特朗普先生过去纳税申报表的豁免仍可能为总统节省数百万美元，且和解协议要求包括特朗普先生私人律师在内的双方同意才能进行修改。特朗普先生的私人律师未在指令上签字，也未就该决定发表公开评论。支持者则称，该基金旨在补偿他们认为被联邦政府不公正针对的个人。包括蒂利斯先生和科宁先生在内的批评者表示，这可能会将纳税人的资金直接交给特朗普先生的盟友，包括那些在 6, 2021, 1月6日国会山骚乱期间袭击警察的人员。
特朗普先生周一表示，他已知晓两名共和党参议员称将投票推进布朗什先生的提名。“我知道已经达成了协议，但……我不知道他们商定了什么，”特朗普先生告诉记者。“我认为托德·布朗什同意重新确认他已经说过的话，而他说的话是没有问题的。”非党派机构税务法律中心（Tax Law Center）政策总监布兰登·德博特（Brandon DeBot）在声明中表示：“他们并没有撤回那些试图给予总统、其家人及其关联方未经授权的税务审计豁免的持续尝试。”“他们也没有采取任何新措施来阻止总统尝试恢复该基金，就像他本周末威胁的那样。”共和党参议员还反对一项相关的指令，该指令禁止国税局审计过去的税务情况。
特朗普先生及其亲属和公司的任何在 5 月 18 日前提交的纳税申报表。他们表示他们希望布兰奇先生自 4 月以来一直担任代理司法部长，当时特朗普先生解雇了帕姆·邦迪。
伊利亚·诺维科夫 基辅
LEONARDO BENASSATTO DAVID LATONA
周一，数百名移民在西班牙北非飞地休达（Ceuta）的一个海滩上扎营，而当地政府仍在努力应对上周大规模边境冲关后仍留在这一狭小领土上的数千名移民。西班牙估计，在过去四天里，约有 69,500 名移民返回摩洛哥，超过了最初对周四抵达休达人数约为 50,000 人的估计。边境西班牙一侧的官方死亡人数为 72 人，摩洛哥一侧有 11 人死亡。许多人表示，由于商店关闭导致他们没有食物，且遭遇了当地人的敌意，加上无法前往西班牙本土，因此选择离开。
休达和西班牙另一个北非飞地梅利利亚（Melilla）位于摩洛哥的地中海沿岸，定期面临试图进入欧洲的移民跨境冲击。路透社的视频显示，数十名移民（其中大多数来自撒哈拉以南非洲）躺在埃尔特兰波林（El Trampolin）海滩的沙滩上。许多人用毛巾包裹身体以抵御寒风，而军队和警察的车辆在他们身后的道路上巡逻。
此次事件在欧盟内部引发了关于边境政策的外交紧张局势，西班牙指责部分合作伙伴的反应毫无帮助且具有两极分化倾向。外交部长何塞·曼努埃尔·阿尔瓦雷斯（Jose Manuel Albares）周一表示，西班牙此前在移民危机期间支持过其他欧盟国家，现在希望获得同样的互惠支持。休达领导人胡安·赫苏斯·维瓦斯（Juan Jesus Vivas）告诉广播公司 Telecinco，仍有 3,000 至 5,000 名移民留在该飞地，并补充说，当地的两个移民接待中心（一个针对成年人，另一个针对未成年人）已经“崩溃”。
该组织已召集内政部长于周二举行紧急视频会议讨论此次危机。当地官员阿尔伯托·盖坦（Alberto Gaitan）表示，该市正在处理 862 名移民未成年人，这些人享有防止被遣返的特殊法律保护。阿尔瓦雷斯先生严厉批评了意大利政府，指责其助长了误导信息的传播。他表示，摩洛哥立即提供了警察支持，且在合作中未附加任何条件，使得大多数跨境人员能够迅速返回。
但休达的维瓦斯先生对拉巴特（Rabat）持有批评态度，称休达内部普遍认为摩洛哥允许——如果不是策划的话——了这次危机。维瓦斯先生告诉《国家报》（El Pais）：“摩洛哥向我们证明了它不可信。除了采取一切必要手段确保这种情况不再发生之外，没有其他选择。”摩洛哥内政部周日将此次激增归咎于社交媒体上的误导信息、人口贩卖网络以及对西班牙法院一项禁止立即遣返在海上拦截移民裁决的误读。
据《国家报》（El Pais）和 Cadena SER 广播电台引用知情官员的报道，西班牙情报部门已得出结论，认为摩洛哥并未策划此次大规模跨境活动，但对此予以了默许。西班牙内政部长费尔南多·格兰德-马拉斯卡（Fernando Grande-Marlaska）周六告诉记者，受国防部控制的外国情报局（CNI）并未就即将到来的激增情况向他发出警告。《国家报》周一表示，这导致了两个部门之间产生紧张关系。报道称，摩洛哥的边境管控在 7 月期间逐渐放宽，据称在摩洛哥“王位日”假期期间，当人群向 Tarajal 过境点涌入时，管控措施已被撤除。国防部长玛格丽塔·罗布莱斯（Margarita Robles）拒绝透露 CNI 是否事先掌握过此次大规模跨境的情报，并补充称该机构的工作是秘密的，同时赞扬了西班牙安全部门人员“卓越”的工作。摩洛哥内政部未立即回应置评请求。在其周日的声明中，该部表示摩洛哥“致力于加强国际合作与协调，以打击非法移民和人口贩卖”。这与马德里的官方观点一致。
[图注] 周一，在摩洛哥移民通过陆路和海路大规模进入西班牙领土后，移民在西班牙休达（Ceuta）排队领取红十字会的食物和饮料。PEDRO NUNES / 路透社
山口真理 东京
在日本受地震影响的西南省熊本县，居民们将堆积如山的碎片清理出来等待收集，而该地区正处于酷暑之中。酷热和水资源短缺增加了受灾严重地区的挑战。周二，一场 7.1 级地震袭击了日本南部九州岛的熊本县，首相高市早苗在震后首次短暂访问该地。由于该地区正遭受酷暑煎熬，超过 46,000 户家庭依然没有用水，许多家庭还面临燃料短缺，这引发了人们对中暑等相关疾病的担忧。日本气象厅预测，周一的气温将升至接近 40 摄氏度。
超过 8,500 人仍留在拥挤的紧急避难所中，例如临时改造的社区中心、学校体育馆和教室，其中许多场所缺乏空调。其他人则在市政厅停车场、公园或家门外的车内睡觉。县政府官员周一表示，地震期间共有 38 人死亡，其中包括一名在炎热天气下躲在车内显然死于中暑的人，以及另一名死因仍在调查中的人员。
专家长期以来一直警告称，避难设施供应不足会导致环境拥挤，且在灾难后被迫离家的人们缺乏卫生条件和隐私。高市女士周一乘坐陆军直升机飞越受灾地区，并访问了当地设施最完善的一个避难所，那里设有纸板床、隔断和空调，这在社交媒体上引发了批评，认为她的访问扭曲了现实。熊本县知事木村拓志在与高市女士会面时强调，“异常的高温”进一步打击了本就艰苦的居民生活。他寻求政府进一步支持以改善避难中心的居住条件，称其中许多中心缺乏清洁用水和医疗护理。
“在考虑知事请求的同时，我们将迅速研究政府能为受灾地区和受影响人群做些什么，并积极采取行动，”高市女士说。居民们将堆积的碎片、破损家具和损坏电器搬出等待收集，与此同时，在宇城市和日川町，临时住房的建设已经开始。一些酒店和旅馆正为避难者提供房间。
与此同时，一家在坍塌购物中心内拥有综合商店的公司承认，它曾指示两名在随后爆炸中丧生的员工返回建筑物内将销售收入放入保险箱。商场运营商表示，它认为爆炸是由燃气泄漏引起的，发生在约 3,000 名购物者在地震后被疏散到停车场之后，但仍有部分员工留在内部。救援人员在商场内救出 5 人，并寻获 7 具遗体。在鹿岛町坍塌的永旺购物中心（Aeon Mall）内设有店铺的当地综合店运营商 Habita 的两名高管周日出席了两位遇难者之一、 22 岁的大竹胡桃的守灵仪式，并就其死亡向其父母道歉。“我希望有人能阻止她，”大竹的母亲流泪对他们说，“我的女儿再也回不来了。”
当局表示，此次地震导致熊本县全境 114 人受伤。据熊本县统计，约 700 栋房屋被毁，超过 11,300 栋建筑受损。公司销售经理 Yuse Goji 承认，该公司尚未收到关于她情况的独立确认。
周一，约 1,600 名丹麦军事新兵开始了该国新的延长兵役期，进入为期 11 个月的服役期。此前，在北极安全压力和乌克兰战争的驱动下，丹麦加速了其国防建设。
丹麦在 2024 年表示，将扩大征兵范围，首次将女性纳入其中，并将标准服役时间从 4 个月增加到 11 个月；同时，年度征兵人数将从 5,000 人增加到 2033 年的 7,500 人。新一批新兵入伍之际，丹麦准备在本月晚些时候首次向格陵兰岛部署征兵人员，一个由 100 多名士兵组成的连队将服役一个月，接替职业军队的作战任务。此次部署具有额外的政治权重，因为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普多次以国家安全为由，寻求吞并这个丹麦的半自治领土，而格陵兰岛和丹麦政府均对此要求予以坚决拒绝。
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缅甸军政府表示，被拘的前领导人昂山素季周一在首都与红十字国际委员会（ICRC）的代表会面。对于这位诺贝尔奖获得者来说，这是自军方在 2021. 夺权以来，罕见地与外界接触的一次机会。随公告发布的两张照片显示，素季女士与红十字国际委员会驻缅甸代表阿尔诺·德·巴克（Arnaud de Baecque）握手，并在一个铺有木板墙的房间内与其会面。照片中的素季女士显得很放松，面带微笑。她没有显示出明显的健康恶化迹象，尽管无法仅凭图片独立评估其身体状况。
此次消息发布之际，包括缅甸在东盟（Association of Southeast Asian Nations）中的成员国在内的其他国家，正日益呼吁获准接触或与素季女士接触，将其作为解决该国政治危机努力的一部分。她住在伦敦的小儿子金·阿里斯（Kim Aris）以及缅甸民主活动人士一直发起一项网络运动，要求提供其母亲生存且健康的证据。发布这些照片的总统新闻信息局表示，会面于周一上午举行，但未透露会面地点或讨论的具体细节。
在发给美联社的一份声明中，阿里斯先生对报道的红十字国际委员会访问表示欢迎，称这可能是五年多来关于其母亲的第一项积极进展。红十字国际委员会在周一的一份声明中确认，其一名代表根据访问被剥夺自由人员的标准和程序访问了素季女士，并与其进行了私人交谈，但未透露讨论细节。“这可能是第一步，但绝不能是最后一步，”阿里斯先生说。他感谢各国政府、国际社会及支持者与他的家人同在，并支持他寻求母亲健康证明的运动，同时强调他尚未收到关于其母亲状况的独立确认。
素季女士于 1, 2021, 2 月 1 日被拘，当时军方从其当选政府手中夺取了权力。自那时起，她一直没有公开露面，最后一张发布的官方照片是在 4 月，当时她从监狱被转至软禁，且作为佛教节日囚犯特赦的一部分，她的刑期被缩减。该国军事领导人在 2021, 夺权以来面临制裁和广泛的国际孤立，他们试图通过举行 2025 年选举并增加与地区邻国的接触来营造回归常态的形象。然而，批评者认为，向一个名义上由前将军和前军政府留任人员组成且经选举产生的政府过渡，在改变军方权力掌控方面几乎没有起到作用。反对派国民团结政府（National Unity Government）发言人内庞拉特（Nay Phone Latt）表示，红十字国际委员会与素季女士的会面不应被视为解决人权或民主问题的实质举措。该组织表示，将继续与所有相关方接触，以维持并扩大其进入缅甸拘留场所的渠道。
[图注] 其他两张照片显示素季女士在切一个写有“苏阿姨生日快乐”字样的粉色生日蛋糕，这表明照片可能是在 6 月庆祝她 81 岁生日期间拍摄的。
这场危机加剧了整个区域的反移民言论
“通常，这会让孩子愣住一秒，然后我突然注意到他们的眼睛亮了起来，真的开始思考这件事。他们的脸上通常会出现笑容，”他说。“最受欢迎的是油球队（Oilers）。”其他要求还包括佩奇（Peppa Pig）、兰博基尼、电影《冰雪奇缘》中的艾莎、家庭宠物、独角兽——名单不胜枚举。
木村女士在退休前从事视觉艺术工作，在读到一篇关于类似项目的英国报纸文章后，受到启发，决定将她的艺术天赋贡献给 Cross 中心。埃德蒙顿的这家诊所很快接受了她的帮助，并在 2019 年，她装饰了她的第一个口罩（蜘蛛侠）。现在，木村女士在 Cross 中心是一个熟面孔，她会在任何有空余的房间里安置自己。
“完成这些工作的周转时间通常非常短。有时可能短至两天。如果运气好，我有大约一周或 10 天的时间，”木村女士说。在规划好设计后，她的第一步是用亮白色底漆涂抹发黄的外壳，使每种颜色都能脱颖而出。接着是最困难的部分：将设计转移到口罩上，并确保图像不会因为无数微小的穿孔而变形。
随后，木村女士使用非金属丙烯颜料为口罩上色，然后勾勒图像，使艺术作品更加立体。“对我来说，这是一个非常令人愉悦的挑战，因为这与绘画完全不同，”她说。
由于口罩存储在现场，她每天很早就在 Cross 中心开始工作，并连续每天工作一整个班次，直到项目完成。她甚至将一些工作带回家，搜集材料以使口罩立体化——例如，她制作了狗耳朵和口鼻；一个带有金属丝支撑、可以晃动的纸蝴蝶发带；以及一个用来复制《我的世界》（Minecraft）中苦力怕（creeper）矩形头部的纸板裁剪件。
“这些附件让它看起来更真实，更刺激、戏剧化或甜美，”木木村女士说。在口罩交付时，她无法见到孩子们或他们的父母。但这并不困扰木村女士，她只要知道自己能带来改变就感到快乐。
“这当然无法与 Cross 中心的工作人员——医生、放射治疗师等人的工作相比。但以一种微小的方式，知道这能帮助让整个过程变得轻松一点，这种感觉很好。”
[图注] 上周在埃德蒙顿的一间治疗室里，可以看到一个儿童放射治疗口罩。在口罩交付时，木村女士无法见到孩子们或他们的父母，但这并不困扰她。MEGAN ALBU / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
[图注] 周日，尼科尔·弗雷泽（Nicole Fraser）在回忆她的六岁儿子卡特（Karter）。她说，戴上一个以他的偶像康纳·麦克戴维（Connor McDavid）为灵感的口罩，让这次经历对他来说没那么可怕。她开玩笑地称他为卡特·麦克戴维。MEGAN ALBU / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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在国际足联 (FIFA) 世界杯期间，联邦政府花费了 $4-million 投放电视广告，以推广其经济计划。其中一段广告中庄重的旁白称，现在是加拿大“建设更好、更强”的时刻 —— 这呼应了自由党“强盛加拿大” (Canada Strong) 选举政纲中的措辞。
此次宣传活动并非旨在告知加拿大人他们可以获得某项具体服务或计划，而这些广告之所以获准投放，是因为近期联邦规则有所放宽。这等同于用你们的税金来支付党派宣传。
联邦层面以及部分省份较为宽松的广告规则，导致旨在提升执政党运势的宣传信息泛滥。这是一种危险的权力滥用，如果不加以制止，将对民主产生负面影响。
去年，总理马克·卡尼 (Mark Carney) 的政府调整了广告方向，更加强调爱国主义和经济信息。一项悄然进行的政策变动取消了特鲁多时代对自我祝贺或自我赞美类广告的禁令。尽管选民代表仍不被允许出现在广告中，但如果政治口号被纳入政府计划或倡议，则现在可以使用。
结果，联邦政府在超级碗 (Super Bowl) 和冬季奥运会期间投放的广告，其信息与竞选期间所使用的相似。仅本财政年度第一季度的广告预算就达到了 $115-million。
自由党正在模糊其政党、联邦政府与加拿大本身之间的界限，以获取未来的选举优势。这是自由党长期以来傲慢心态的延续，该党将政党的观点等同于加拿大的价值观和爱国主义，这令其他政治立场的爱国加拿大人感到愤慨。
在放宽广告规则方面，联邦自由党效仿了安大略省同行。2004, 时任自由党省长道尔顿·麦圭廷 (Dalton McGuinty) 禁止自我推广广告，并将批准宣传活动的责任交给审计长，但其继任者凯瑟琳·温 (Kathleen Wynne) 放宽了这些规则。2018, 道格·福特 (Doug Ford) 的进步保守党承诺撤销这些变动，但作为省长，他反而增加了谄媚式的广告。
一份12月的审计长报告指出，安大略省政府在 2024-25 财政年度在电视、数字、广播、印刷和户外广告上的支出达到了创纪录的 $111.9-million。报告指出，政府广告支出通常与省选相关联。
审计长表示，像“它正发生在这里” (It’s Happening Here) 这样旨在提高对安大略省电动汽车供应链关注度的宣传活动，在之前的规则下是不被允许的。报告称：“这些活动没有包含关于服务和计划的信息，而似乎是为了改善安大略省居民对当前省情的印象，其潜台词是在为执政党做宣传。”
福特政府甚至将选举前一年的第三方政治广告支出上限设定为 $600,000；此前的时间跨度为六个月。这一举措打击了反对福特先生的工会支持团体，随后被法院推翻。
政府广告的升级不仅是浪费金钱。鉴于执政党可以在无需筹款或无需遵守竞选资金规则的情况下，向公众密集投放信息，这些广告在选举前可能会不公平地影响天平的倾斜。现任者通常知道何时可能宣布选举，因此他们可以在竞选开始前就传达自己的信息。
资金的滥用可能产生巨大影响。民主观察 (Democracy Watch) 的达夫·科纳彻 (Duff Conacher) 表示，大多数选举的胜负差距在 5 到 10 个百分点之间。一个能够改变其中一半票数差距的强有力广告宣传活动就能改变结果，从而使执政党凭借纳税人资助的宣传获胜。
安大略省应当恢复之前的广告法律，再次赋予审计长拦截党派广告的权力。在联邦层面，渥太华应当重新引入更严格的规定，并将其正式立法，以免这些规定仅仅是容易被更改的指导方针。
民选官员需要记住，执政党仅仅是政府的托管者，而非所有者。他们被暂时授予权力；试图利用这种特权获取党派利益的行为是对权力的滥用。
辛克莱·斯图尔特 (SINCLAIR STEWART) 副主编 詹姆斯·凯勒 (JAMES KELLER) 国家编辑 安吉拉·帕奇恩扎 (ANGELA PACIENZA) 执行主编 克里斯汀·布鲁索 (CHRISTINE BROUSSEAU) 优先事务管理编辑
不要指望平台 关于“如何应对‘糟糕但合法’的言论”（7月31日）：社交媒体平台的既定政策与其实际操作之间的差异显而易见。在过去的一年里，我举报了数十篇传播虚假信息、将人非人化并煽动暴力的帖子。其中的文字和迷因是极其恶劣的仇恨言论，即便在戈培尔看来也会感到自豪。事实上，其中一些是回收利用的纳粹宣传品，在社交网络上自由传播。
Derek Jansen 多伦多
改变可以是好事 除了一个例子外，平台均宣布这些仇恨言论“符合社区标准”。显然，他们自己的标准根本没有任何效力。
Elaine Bander 蒙特利尔
支持婚前协议 关于“婚前协议悖论”（7月30日）：加拿大已经有一套管理分居的默认法律框架。财产分割、配偶赡养和监护权都在省法和联邦法中有所概述。实际上，每对已婚夫妇都已经拥有了一份内置的婚前协议，无论他们是否签署了任何文件。
因此，我对“婚前协议是一种不寻常的保障”这一前提感到困惑。难道它们不简单是对法律已经提供之现有合同的一种替代方案吗？然而，值得注意的是，在处理同居而非婚姻时，法律保护存在显著差异。
Debra Dolan 温哥华
乐观主义者 对抗“婚前协议不浪漫且悲观”这种感觉的最佳方法，就是用一种相反的迷信：不签协议就结婚是在挑战命运。不过，我承认这个词本身并不吸引人，并且产生了一些不愉快的关联。也许，特别是考虑到婚前协议在保护父母财产方面发挥的作用日益增加，现在是时候重新启用那个具有《布里杰顿》风格且令人满意地称之为“婚姻结算” (marriage settlement) 的词汇了？
David Arthur 安大略省剑桥市
关于你的想法（镍矿讨论） 关于“渥太华批准建设大规模加拿大镍矿” (Canada Nickel mine)（7月31日）：这项投资有意义吗？这是蒂明斯附近一个低品位（尽管规模大）的镍矿床。镍并不短缺。印度尼西亚多年来一直在倾销镍，而电动汽车（以及所需的锂镍电池）的普及并未如期发生。该股票表现糟糕。资本支出巨大。那么，为什么选择 Canada Nickel 而不是其他许多更好的矿山或预期成果更好的项目？我想知道这是否与建设该矿山所需的人力资源和就业机会有关，而这可能仅仅是一次巨大的土方工程。
DENNIS CHOQUETTE
足够了 关于“不公平的税收”（读者来信，7月31日）：最近的一位写信者支持对出售主要住所征收资本利得税。但几十年来，房屋所有者已经在支付房产税以支持其社区基础设施，以及除雪和垃圾清理等个人服务。房屋税金还用于支持公园、娱乐、图书馆和治安。
官僚们不应该参与选择哪个矿山（或任何项目）比另一个更有价值。政府应该致力于创造一个让自由企业建设项目的环境，而不是参与决定哪些项目能获得批准。
为了维持房屋，每年通常要向服务人员支付数千美元，而这些人反过来要缴纳自己的所得税。所有这些房屋费用都是用税后资金支付的。
如果将这些成本在 40 年间累积起来，我认为它将远超出售房屋的资本利得。因此，不，房屋所有者不应在出售其主要住所时缴纳资本利得税。
关于“阿尔伯塔省通过自我转诊诊断测试将实现什么？”（7月31日）：我同意阿尔伯塔省省长正在秘密地引入一种公私合营体系。认为这并非最佳推进方式是可以接受的，但忽略我们这个失效的纯公共体系存在的问题同样是错误的。每当有人主张采取某种公私合营模式（这在其他国家显然有效）时，我们总被告知这在加拿大永远行不通，并且我们应该对现状心存感激。然而，争辩说我们拥有世界上最好的医疗保健体系，充其量是虚伪的。秘密变革虽不理想，但它可能会引发一场我们似乎不愿开始的对话。
Ken Stock，安大略省 普特霍普 (Port Hope)
记录在案 关于“前保守党内阁部长参加多伦多市长竞选”（7月30日）：克里斯·亚历山大 (Chris Alexander) 将其在担任保守党政府联邦移民部长期间，于2015年提出的建立“野蛮文化习俗”举报热线的建议描述为一次“错误”。
一个更为严重的错误是他为联邦政府2012年大幅削减难民申请者的医疗保健费用所做的辩护。2014, 安大略省卫生部介入并为申请者提供医疗覆盖。亚历山大宣称这将“迫使安大略省的纳税人及其家人在寻求护理时，排在失败的寻求庇护者之后”。但这从未发生。
考虑到超过一半的多伦多居民（包括难民）出生在加拿大以外，我怀疑他作为市长是否会受到欢迎。
Philip Berger，多伦多
点球大战 关于“FIFA的因凡蒂诺为成员接受库什纳支持的世界杯投资者计划设定截止日期”（体育版，7月30日）：我认为吉安尼·因凡蒂诺 (Gianni Infantino) 在与唐纳德·特朗普总统的交谈中，讨论的内容肯定不仅仅是红牌撤销。为什么要提到2031？因为国际能源署预计，到那时全球近一半的电力需求将由可再生能源（太阳能和风能）供应。以吉瓦为单位的公用事业级储能将平滑风能和太阳能资源的间歇性。
可惜因凡蒂诺没有采纳特朗普的营销建议。总统确实在命名方面有天赋，我敢肯定特朗普一直在推动让这次投资机会与将足球重新命名为“伟大美丽的比赛”同步进行。（这是一个“不容错过”的机会！）听起来像是一张伟大美丽的税单。
这些可再生资源也需要进入我们基础设施规划者的“长期战略思维”中。“光明前景确实充足”！
Chris Gates，安大略省 科堡 (Cobourg) Patrick Stewart，多伦多
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We should have a long-term goal of increasing tree cover for healthier forests
CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY WELLINGTON
The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its President said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language. The country’s international code will change from NRU to NRO, and its people will be known as dei-Naoero instead of Nauruan. Commonly known abroad by the pronunciation of Now-roo, the new name is spoken as Now-ero.
The move would return the remote South Pacific island nation to its traditional name, a statement posted Thursday to the government’s Facebook account said. The country became known internationally as Nauru only because its local name was difficult for foreigners to pronounce and was a matter of convenience rather than one of choice, according to an earlier government statement.
“This proposed change seeks to more faithfully honour our nation’s heritage, our language and our identity,” President David Adeang said when he proposed the move to Parliament in January. The suggested constitutional amendment has been endorsed by lawmakers in the requisite two rounds of voting, though it wasn’t immediately clear if the document had been formally amended.
With 12,000 residents, Nauru is the world’s third-smallest country by population size, after Tuvalu and Vatican City. The tiny coral limestone atoll was colonized by Germany and later administered by Australia before becoming an independent republic in 1968.
It has faced tumultuous circumstances, with phosphate mining creating huge wealth on the island in the 1970s before the industry collapsed, bringing Nauru to the brink of economic ruin in the 1990s.
The move makes the country the latest to signal a shift away from a colonial past by changing its name. The tiny African kingdom of Eswatini reverted to its historic name from Swaziland in 2018. Other countries have sought the switch as a sort of re-brand, as Turkey did when Ankara asked the United Nations in 2022 to begin calling the country Türkiye, which it had long gone by at home.
Now, the country is among the world’s most at risk from rising seas owing to climate change, prompting the government to seek overseas investment through a paid citizenship program intended to fund the movement of people and infrastructure away from the encroaching ocean.
The name change indicated “the beginning of renewed national pride,” Mr. Adeang said in his latest announcement. When his government last voted for the move in May, the President announced a referendum to confirm it. Nauru’s decision will prompt the renaming of its national aircraft and ships. The government was already seeking to have other countries and international institutions recognize the shift, its statement said.
The government said in last week’s statement that after “extensive discussions,” lawmakers had decided a public vote wasn’t needed. The website of the United Nations records the country by its new name, noting the government had requested it be changed in June. Australia and New Zealand’s foreign ministries, as well as the U.S. and Chinese embassies in the region, also designate the country as Naoero on their websites.
“While a referendum is intended to determine the will of the people, the name Naoero has never been lost, but rather waiting to be fully embraced,” the statement said. The designation “is already the identity of the people, is on the national coat of arms, and spoken in the community; and importantly is allowed by the Constitution,” it added.
[图注] Republic of Naoero President David Adeang speaks at the Boao Forum of Asia, in China's Hainan province, in 2024. TIAN MacLEOD JI/AP
JEFF WALL, THE ARREST, 1989, TRANSPARENCY IN LIGHTBOX, ED. 2 OF 3, 136.05 × 163.04 × 28.26 CM., AUDAIN ART MUSEUM COLLECTION. PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM THE AUDAIN FOUNDATION. 1996-98 ACCUSOFT INC. Located in Whistler, B.C., the Audain Art Museum was founded through a philanthropic gift from Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa. One of Canada’s newer museums, it opened to the public in 2016. The museum’s Permanent Collection features more than 300 works representing the art of British Columbia. Special exhibitions throughout the year feature artists of national and international significance. www.audainartmuseum.com
Jeff Wall has gained an international following over the past 50 years, and he continues to explore an impressive range of creative possibilities in photo-based art. This work represents a period when he focused on producing tableau-like images using transparencies mounted in lightboxes. Such single-frame narratives also underscore the influence of Vancouver’s film industry. The actors, two dressed as police officers, dominate a third figure – a supposed criminal clad in denim – as they check his pockets for contraband or other evidence of unlawful activity.
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[图注] The author’s neighbours’ float plane is seen from his cottage. Wildfires in Lac des Mille Lacs are ‘not under control’ according to Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources. ERIC REGULY/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Never in my life have I prayed harder for rain. We cottagers in Northwestern Ontario are desperate for rain as wildfires − most of them “not under control,” according to the province’s Ministry of Natural Resources − consume vast tracts of the gorgeous wilderness around our pristine lakes. “Fort Francis 14,” the MNR-designated name for the fire burning on the northern and western expanses of our enormous lake, Lac des Mille Lacs, covers almost 52,000 hectares and has already consumed at least three fishing resorts and dozens of cottages, known as “camps” in local argot. As far as we know – the access roads to our lake have been closed since mid-July – the 20 or so cottages on our stretch of Pine Point, the narrow north-south peninsula that bisects the lake, are still intact.
Dad was born in Thunder Bay when it was the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, fished on the lake when he was a youngster, in the late 1930s, and marvelled at its beauty and ruggedness. But for how much longer? One strong wind from the north – and no rain – could doom the properties. The MNR maps updated daily put the fire line four or five kilometres up the road. The power lines melted down weeks ago.
In 1968, the Crown sold off some of the lake’s land. Dad and I flew from Washington, D.C., where we were living, to Thunder Bay in a Vickers Viscount prop plane. He bought a one-acre plot on the sole sandy beach on the eastern side of Pine Point peninsula. The price: $400.
One thing I know for sure is this: Were he at the cottage, my late father, Bob Reguly, would have ignored the evacuation orders. Not just because he built and loved the cottage and would have protected it with his last watt of energy, but because he knew how to fight fires. I remember sitting on the beach watching the loons and eagles and thinking I was in heaven. At the time, there was only one cottage on the lake.
During his university years in the mid-1950s, he spent his summers with the Saskatchewan Smoke Jumpers, parachuting into fire zones from Norseman float planes and walking out with his team of hard men to the nearest river or lake, where they would be picked up. It was one of the most dangerous jobs in Canada.
Then to work. My father could not afford a chainsaw and cleared much of the land with a bucksaw while my mother, Ada, scraped, sanded, painted, planted a garden and cooked. A cedar-plank cottage went up, later a barn and a sauna. As we entered our teen years, my two younger sisters, Susan and Becky, and I were press-ganged into action. My work boots were (and still are) the combat boots my father wore in the Vietnam War, which he covered in 1967 for the Toronto Star.
To be honest, our cottage and some of our neighbours’ places have little material value. They are mostly simple wooden buildings that would be considered shacks by the standards of Southern Ontario. The true value of our cottages lives in the memories and good times they produced during the decades we carved them out of the Canadian Shield with simple tools and our bare hands. The labour of love united our family and cottage friends and, in our case, was the one constant in our peripatetic lives (I have lived in a dozen cities in four countries).
We had no electricity for the first 15 years or so and moved with the rhythms of the day – up at dawn, in bed by dusk and reading ourselves to sleep by oil lamp. The fishing and hunting lodge down the road kept an ice hut, where we bought chunks of ice insulated by sawdust. Dinner was often freshly caught pickerel, which the Americans called walleye. From our canoes, we collected fiddleheads from the sides of creeks and swamps and, wearing masks and flippers, freshwater clams from the lake shallows. A few of the lads had small Honda trail bikes, and we would visit the remains of a 1940s prisoner-of-war camp along an old logging road.
Lac des Mille Lacs lies about 100 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. From the early 1800s, it was on the fur-trade route. In 1870, during the Red River Rebellion led by Métis leader Louis Riel, the Canadian government sent the Wolseley Expedition to assert federal authority at the Red River Settlement at Fort Garry. Colonel Garnet Wolseley’s thousand or so men passed through our area on the way to Manitoba. Some of the men carved their names on a boulder on the remote south end of the lake.
Like us, none of the neighbours were rich and everything was built by hand for the love of the property and the lake. Everyone helped everyone else, and we would often celebrate a job well done with an afternoon of water skiing, followed by a beach bonfire and fish fry.
The cast of characters was amusing. Len, our bus driver neighbour, taught his dog to yodel when he and his guests played the guitar. Evelyn, a Kansas woman who married a Mexican, and her mother, Mama Viva, regaled us with stories of their youth in Texas, smoked and drank a lot – Evelyn routinely water-skied with a cigarette in her mouth – and left guns lying around like toys. (I once accidentally fired a .22-calibre rifle that was lying on the kitchen counter, sending a bullet into the roof beams.) Rodney, who was a fishing guide on the lake when he was young, would take me by boat to visit abandoned logging camps, with their hulking, rusting steam engines.
We were always aware that wildfires could destroy our hard-won creations. One summer, about 35 years ago, they came dangerously close. Every able-bodied man, me included, grabbed a shovel and manual water pumps. When the flames reached a kilometre from our properties, the cottagers who were not fighting the fires loaded valuable items into their boats, which were to be anchored offshore.
Just as we were about to give up hope, an orange-and-red Canadair CL-215 water bomber, its twin 18-cylinder engines roaring, came out of nowhere and did three or four drops, ending the fire threat. I cheered as the plane thundered overhead, seconds before getting hit by a wall of water.
There have been no reports of Canadairs trying to drown the fires on our lake; protecting the towns, villages and Indigenous reserves from the region’s dozens of wildfires is the priority, not a few cottages. That’s why we are all praying for rain. We dread seeing the source of so much adventure, happiness and freedom go up in smoke. I wish my smokejumper father were around to protect his gift to his family.
[图注] The author paints the sauna house at his family’s cottage on Lac des Mille Lacs in Northwestern Ontario in 2024.
DEREK GATOPOULOS SYLVIE CORBET ATHENS
A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe on Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of Britain recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries. Wildfires west of Athens jumped containment lines a day after a mid-air collision between two helicopters killed two crew members. A Greek and a Danish national died, and two others were hospitalized after the collision on Sunday. All four were private operators chartered by the Greek firefighting service.
In France, firefighters in the region around Bordeaux guarded against potential flare-ups inside a still-burning scar four times the size of Paris. A prolonged heat wave and lack of rainfall led to the driest July in England and Wales in nearly 200 years of recordkeeping, according to provisional statistics, Britain’s weather service said Monday. All of Wales and more than half of England are officially in drought, the Met Office said. The dry spell was accompanied by sweltering temperatures across much of the United Kingdom, after heat waves in May and June. Wales tied its record for the warmest mean temperature for July, while England and the U.K. recorded their second-warmest July.
Strong winds returned to southern Greece late on Monday, pushing flames into mountain home clusters, destroying farms and property and closing a highway. Areas surrounding the Greek capital remain at high risk through the week, with temperatures set to rise further. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from around the seaside resort of Porto Germeno and other areas west of the capital – including more than 250 rescued by boats from beaches in the area.
“This is a difficult fire that has troubled us,” Fire Service spokesman Yiannis Artopios said, adding that 12 water-dropping planes and 11 helicopters were operating in the area Monday. The blaze was blamed on a faulty power line from a wind farm and led to the arrests of two contractors on charges of negligent arson.
Despite improved detection methods and expanded cooperation among European Union members, Greece and other countries along Europe’s Mediterranean coast suffer devastating wildfires every summer as spells of heat-wave temperatures grow longer. Europe is Earth’s fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service. Rising temperatures and prolonged drought leave vegetation drier and more combustible, allowing fires to spread faster and burn more intensely.
Thousands of evacuees were allowed to return home or to their holiday accommodations in France on Monday after a massive wildfire remained contained. More than 224,000 people had fled in what officials said was the country’s largest civilian evacuation outside wartime. The wildfire burned about 420 square kilometres, making it France’s largest wildfire on record.
[图注] An Erickson firefighting helicopter makes strategic water drops as a wildfire burns in Mount Kitheronas, near Psatha, west of Athens, on Monday. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/REUTERS
VERNON, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Atlyn Becker remembers the hills glowing orange around her on Saturday as her truck edged north to safety from fires burning around British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake. She and her family were among thousands who fled their homes over the weekend with whatever they could pack, as high winds pushed flames over drought-parched land. She estimates there were about 200 vehicles moving slowly down the road with her.
“You could feel the heat of the fire. You could hear the crackling of the trees. The fire was just raging,” she said Monday, after safely arriving in Kelowna. Ms. Becker said she watched through the window of her truck as firefighters cut apart fallen trees with chainsaws so that people could drive through. “[Fire] was right down to the road, all the way up the side of the mountain, and it was actually terrifying because you don’t know if a tree is going to fall on you,” she said.
Multiple evacuation orders and alerts have been issued over the last several days because of fires burning in areas around Okanagan Lake. Central Okanagan Emergency Management said more than 2,200 properties under its jurisdiction have been evacuated due to the Quilpituk Creek wildfire. Further up the lake, the Regional District of North Okanagan expanded evacuation orders and alerts on Sunday because of the Bradley Creek wildfire.
Many residents rushed to escape over the weekend as winds gusting up to 115 kilometres an hour fanned the fire, destroying homes as it burned to the water line. Ms. Becker and her family chose to leave their Westshore Estates neighbourhood before they were officially ordered out as the fires burning on either side of them led to the evacuation of other communities, including the Okanagan Indian Band reserve land. She said she watched planes and crews on the ground do the best they could to fight the flames, but the heavy winds on Saturday were too much.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were under way, warning that it was a “last chance” for Tehran to sign a good deal to end the five-month-old war, but Iran denied that any negotiations were being held or planned. The contradictory statements suggest there is little prospect for a diplomatic resolution to the war any time soon. “They are going on right now,” Mr. Trump told reporters at an Oval Office event when asked about the state of negotiations, saying the sides were talking at the request of Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, among others. “This is a last chance for them (Iran) to sign a good document,” he said. Mr. Trump’s comments followed his decision this weekend to call off what he said would be “massive attacks” he had authorized on Iran, saying talks were to be held, repeating a pattern in which he has vowed major strikes only to cancel them. Earlier on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said no negotiations with the United States were taking place and no meetings were scheduled. Iran had no plans to host foreign delegations or send negotiators abroad in the coming days, he said. Mr. Baghaei added that all Iranian negotiators were currently in the country, apart from Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who was on a religious pilgrimage in Iraq. The only talks under way, he said, were discussions with Oman over management of the Strait of Hormuz. A senior Iranian source also told Reuters that no talks were planned and that Mr. Araghchi would be unavailable at least until the end of the week. Gulf officials and analysts say Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, hoping to convince the United States and its allies that containing the crisis is more costly than accommodating Iran’s demands over the Strait of Hormuz. “Their big advantage is that they can hurt the regional states and the global economy,” said Michael Knights of the Washington Institute. In a post on Truth Social later on Monday, Mr. Trump called Iran’s leadership “unbelievably duplicitous,” saying they had asked for a meeting and more talks were scheduled for the “immediate future.” He also repeated his assertion that the U.S. Navy had total control over the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flowed before the conflict. “‘The United States Wall of Steel!’ Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished,” he wrote. Monday’s developments appeared to fit a pattern that has emerged since Mr. Trump launched “Operation Epic Fury” alongside Israel more than five months ago. On several occasions, Mr. Trump has threatened military action only to later cite diplomatic contacts as a reason for stepping back. Iran, however, has publicly rejected negotiations with Washington since a June memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict collapsed in early July. Mr. Trump has yet to achieve the objectives he set out at the outset of the war: dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, curbing its ability to attack regional rivals and creating conditions for Iranians to overthrow their clerical rulers.
[图注] Police paramedics evacuate a wounded resident from an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sunday. REUTERS
Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday. Meanwhile, six people were killed by Ukrainian drone debris in Arkhipo-Osipovka, a small town on Russia’s Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar region, regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said, adding that 40 others were wounded. Three other people were killed and two were wounded in Ukraine’s overnight attack on the illegally annexed Crimea, said the peninsula’s Russian-installed head, Sergei Aksyonov. He gave no details. Mr. Zelensky said in a speech to Ukrainian diplomats. Neither side’s claims could be independently verified. “We will work very hard to make that happen this fall,” he said. The Soviet-era bombs are retrofitted with guidance systems and can carry up to 3,000 kilograms of explosives, leaving huge craters. Ukraine has no effective countermeasures. The Sunday evening onslaught on Zaporizhzhia killed a 71-year-old woman and wounded 31 people, including a 16-year-old girl, as the glide bombs damaged 22 apartment buildings in four districts of the city, Mr. Fedorov said. While Moscow’s forces have captured the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and hold other parts of the region, its capital city of the same name remains in Ukrainian hands. It is one of the four regions, along with Donetsk, Kherson and Luhansk, that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 even though its forces do not completely control them. Other large-scale damage of civilian areas has resulted from Russian ballistic missiles, and late Sunday, Mr. Zelensky made another urgent plea for countries to send Ukraine more U.S.-made Patriot air defence systems. Ukrainian drones also struck another major warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online shopping company. The strike was part of a campaign that has hit more than a dozen of the retailer’s distribution hubs and severely disrupted its business. Only Patriot interceptors can reliably stop ballistic missiles, but they are in short supply due to the Iran war. A Wildberries warehouse in the Vladimir region east of Moscow caught fire in the latest attack, the company said Monday. Three people were injured, Vladimir Gov. Alexander Avdeyev said. “The United States knows what we need. Europe knows what we need. Anti-ballistic missiles must protect people – not sit in stockpiles,” Mr. Zelensky said on social media. Ukrainian drones also struck the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia, Mr. Zelensky said. Kyiv has repeatedly targeted that refinery, and many others, since last year as it tries to choke fuel supplies to the Russian army and deny Moscow income from oil exports. U.S. President Donald Trump last week appeared to back off from his earlier commitment to give Ukraine a licence to make Patriots itself. He said Friday that he hasn’t made a final decision. Mr. Zelensky has suggested an alternative to Mr. Trump whereby Elon Musk allows Ukraine to use Starlink satellites to target ballistic missile launch sites inside Russia. Officials haven’t publicly said whether that is being considered. Mr. Zelensky said the Engels military air base near Saratov, the main base for Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, and other places inside Russia, including fuel storage tanks at the Lyudinovskaya oil depot in Russia’s Kaluga region, were targeted. Russia attacked Ukraine with 181 long-range strike drones overnight from Sunday to Monday, according to the Ukrainian air force. It said air defences jammed and intercepted 163 drones, but 14 caused damage at 13 locations. The Russian Defence Ministry said its forces struck four bulk carriers carrying cargo for the Ukrainian armed forces, including three in waters of the Black Sea and one in the port of Mykolaiv, but provided no further information. The Russian Defence Ministry on Monday reported that its air defences overnight intercepted 131 Ukrainian drones over a number of Russian regions, as well as Crimea and the Black Sea.
[图注] Acting Attorney-General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in July. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two key Republican senators said on Monday they would support Todd Blanche’s nomination for U.S. Attorney-General, paving the way for his confirmation after reaching a deal that would rescind an “anti-weaponization” package widely criticized as a slush fund for supporters of President Donald Trump. Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina had held up Mr. Blanche’s nomination as they sought written confirmation that the Justice Department would not move forward with the US$1.8-billion fund. Mr. Blanche, a former personal lawyer for Mr. Trump now serving as acting Attorney-General, posted a statement on social media on Sunday saying the fund had been rescinded. “We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon,” Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Tillis said in a joint statement. Their support likely enables the committee to advance Mr. Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday. A vote by the full Senate could come as early as Saturday, unless Democrats agree to an earlier vote. The agreement appears to resolve one of the highest-profile Republican challenges to Mr. Trump in Congress, led by the two lawmakers. Mr. Tillis is retiring in January and Mr. Cornyn lost his primary for the Republican nomination after Mr. Trump endorsed other Senate candidates in each of their states. The fund was created as part of a legal settlement to resolve a US$10-billion lawsuit Mr. Trump filed against his own government, alleging that the Internal Revenue Service had mishandled his tax records. Mr. Blanche obliged, specifying that it only applies to Mr. Trump, his sons and the family business, and that their future tax returns could still be investigated. Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina had held up Mr. Blanche’s nomination as they sought written clarifications to narrow to whom and how it applied to ensure that Mr. Trump did not receive blanket tax immunity forever. Mr. Blanche’s order stated that the tax order “applied by its terms only retroactively.” Critics of the Mr. Blanche order said immunity for Mr. Trump’s past tax returns could still save the president millions, and that the settlement agreement requires the approval of both sides, including Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers, to change it. Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers did not sign the order and have not publicly commented on the decision. Supporters say the fund was intended to compensate individuals they argue were unfairly targeted by the federal government. Critics, including Mr. Tillis and Mr. Cornyn, said it could direct taxpayer money to Mr. Trump allies, including those who assaulted police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Mr. Trump said Monday he was aware that the two Republican senators said they will vote to advance Mr. Blanche’s nomination. “I understand there’s been a sign-off, but … I don’t know what they agreed,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “I think Todd Blanche agreed to reconfirm things that he’s already said, and what he said was okay.” “They don’t pull back on the ongoing attempts to give the President, his family, and his affiliates unauthorized immunity from tax audits,” Brandon DeBot, policy director at the non-partisan Tax Law Center, said in a statement. “They don’t do anything new to stop the President from trying to bring back the fund, as he threatened to this weekend.” The Republican senators had also objected to a related order that barred the IRS from auditing past tax returns for Mr. Trump, his relatives and his companies for any tax returns filed before May 18. They said they wanted Mr. Blanche has served as acting Attorney-General since April, when Mr. Trump fired Pam Bondi.
ILLIA NOVIKOV KYIV
LEONARDO BENASSATTO DAVID LATONA
Hundreds of migrants set up camp on a beach in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday as local authorities struggled to cope with the thousands still in the tiny territory after a massive border rush last week. Spain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have returned to Morocco over the past four days, exceeding initial estimates of around 50,000 arrivals in Ceuta on Thursday. The official death toll on the Spanish side of the border stands at 72, with 11 deaths on the Moroccan side. Many said they left as shop closures had left them without food, they encountered hostility from locals and they were unable to travel on to the Spanish mainland.
Ceuta and Spain’s other North African enclave, Melilla, sit on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast and periodically face attempted crossings by migrants seeking to reach Europe. Reuters video showed scores of migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, lying on the sand of El Trampolin beach. Many were wrapped in towels to shield from the wind, while army and police vehicles patrolled the road behind them.
Europe and sparked diplomatic tensions within the European Union over border policy, with Spain accusing some partners of an unhelpful and polarizing response. Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Monday that Spain had previously supported other EU countries during migration crises and now expected reciprocal backing. Ceuta’s leader Juan Jesus Vivas told broadcaster Telecinco between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remained in the enclave, adding that its two migrant reception centres – one for adults and another for minors – had “collapsed.”
The bloc has called an emergency video conference meeting of interior ministers to discuss the crisis on Tuesday. Local official Alberto Gaitan said the city was processing 862 migrant minors, who have special legal protections from deportation. Mr. Albares sharply criticized Italy’s government, accusing it of helping amplify misinformation. He said Morocco had immediately offered police support and had not attached conditions to its co-operation, allowing for the rapid return of most of those who crossed.
But Ceuta’s Mr. Vivas was critical of Rabat, saying there was a widespread perception within Ceuta that it had allowed – if not orchestrated – the crisis. “Morocco has shown us that it isn’t reliable. There’s no alternative but to put in place whatever means are necessary to ensure it cannot do this again,” Mr. Vivas told newspaper El Pais. Morocco’s Interior Ministry on Sunday blamed the surge on misinformation on social media, human trafficking networks and misinterpretation of a Spanish court ruling banning immediate returns of migrants intercepted at sea.
According to reports by El Pais and Cadena SER radio, citing officials familiar with the matter, Spanish intelligence services have concluded that Morocco did not plan the mass crossing, but allowed it to happen. Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters on Saturday the foreign intelligence agency CNI, controlled by the Defence Ministry, did not warn him of an imminent surge. El Pais said on Monday that had caused tensions between the two ministries. Moroccan border controls were gradually relaxed during July and were allegedly removed as crowds surged toward the Tarajal crossing during Morocco’s Throne Day holiday, the reports said. Defence Minister Margarita Robles declined to say whether the CNI had any prior intelligence of the mass crossing, adding its work was secret and praising the “exceptional” work of Spanish security services personnel. Morocco’s Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In its Sunday statement, it said Morocco is “committed to strengthening international co-operation and co-ordination in combatting irregular migration and human trafficking.” That was in line with Madrid’s official view.
[图注] Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, Monday. PEDRO NUNES/REUTERS
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Residents in Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto put out heaps of debris for collection as the region baked under intense heat. The heat and a lack of water supplies have added to the challenges in the severely damaged areas where Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi briefly visited for the first time since a magnitude 7.1 quake hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday. More than 46,000 households remained without water and many also faced fuel shortages as the region suffers sweltering heat, stoking fears of heat-related illness. Japan Meteorological Agency predicted that temperatures would rise close to 40 C Monday.
More than 8,500 people remain at crowded emergency shelters, such as converted community centres, school gyms and classrooms, many of which lack air-conditioning. Others are sleeping in cars at town hall parking lots and parks, or outside of their homes. Thirty-eight people died during the quake, including one who died of apparent heat stroke while taking shelter in a car in hot weather and one other whose cause of death is still being investigated, prefectural officials said Monday.
Experts have long warned that inadequate shelter provision leads to crowded conditions and a lack of sanitation and privacy for people forced to leave their homes following disasters. Ms. Takaichi on Monday flew over the affected areas from an army helicopter and visited one of the area’s best-equipped shelters, with cardboard beds, partitions and air-conditioning, triggering criticisms on social media that her visit distorted reality. Kumamoto Gov. Takashi Kimura, in his meeting with Ms. Takaichi, stressed the “abnormal heat” has been pounding on the already difficult lives of the residents. He sought further government support to improve the living conditions at evacuation centres, saying many of them lack clean water and medical care.
“While taking into consideration the governor’s requests, we will quickly examine what the government can do for the disaster-hit region and affected people and move pro-actively,” Ms. Takaichi said. Residents put out heaps of debris, broken furniture and damaged appliances for collection, while in the towns of Uki and Hikawa, construction of temporary housing began. Some hotels and inns are offering their rooms for evacuees.
Meanwhile, a company that owned a general store in a collapsed shopping mall acknowledged that it had instructed two employees who were killed in a later explosion to return to the building to put sales proceeds into a safe. The mall’s operator said it believes the explosion was due to a gas leak and occurred after about 3,000 shoppers had been evacuated to a parking lot following the quake, but some employees remained inside. Rescuers recovered five people and the bodies of seven others from the mall. Two executives of Habita, a local general store operator that had a shop inside the collapsed Aeon Mall in the town of Kashima, attended the wake Sunday of one of the two victims, 22-year-old Kurumi Otake, and apologized to her parents for the death. “I wish someone had stopped her,” Otake’s tearful mother told them. “My daughter is not coming back.”
The earthquake has left 114 people injured across Kumamoto, authorities said. Some 700 homes were destroyed, and more than 11,300 buildings were damaged, according to Kumamoto prefecture. Company sales manager Goji Yuse acknowledged that the company had not yet received independent confirmation of her condition.
Around 1,600 Danish military recruits on Monday began the country’s new extended conscription, embarking on an 11-month service period as Denmark accelerates its defence build-up driven by Arctic security pressures and the war in Ukraine.
Denmark said in 2024 it would extend conscription to include women for the first time and increase standard service time to 11 months from four, while the number of conscripts is set to increase to 7,500 annually by 2033 from 5,000. The new intake arrives as Denmark prepares to deploy conscripts to Greenland for the first time later this month, with a company of more than 100 soldiers set to serve for one month taking over operational tasks from professional troops. The deployment carries added political weight as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory, citing national security, a demand firmly rejected by the governments of Greenland and Denmark.
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Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world for the Nobel laureate who has been held out of public view since the military seized power in 2021. Two photographs published with the announcement showed Ms. Suu Kyi shaking hands with Arnaud de Baecque, the ICRC’s representative to Myanmar, and meeting with him in a wood-panelled room. In the photos, Ms. Suu Kyi appeared relaxed and was smiling. She did not show any obvious signs of ill health, although her physical condition could not be independently assessed from the images.
The release came as calls are growing from other countries, including Myanmar’s fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, for access to or engagement with Ms. Suu Kyi as part of efforts to resolve the country’s political crisis. Kim Aris, her younger son living in London, and Myanmar democracy activists has been waging an online campaign named to demand evidence his mother is alive and well. The Presidential Press and Information Bureau, which released the photographs, said the meeting was held Monday morning but did not disclose the location of the meeting or provide details about what was discussed.
In a statement sent to the AP, Mr. Aris welcomed the reported ICRC visit, saying it could mark the first positive development concerning his mother in more than five years. The ICRC confirmed in a statement on Monday that one of its delegates visited Ms. Suu Kyi under its standards and procedures for visiting people deprived of liberty, and spoke with her in private, but it did not disclose details of the discussion. “This may be a first step, but it must not be the last,” Mr. Aris said. He thanked governments, the international community and supporters for standing with his family and backing his campaign to seek proof of his mother’s well-being, while stressing that he had not yet received independent confirmation of her condition.
Ms. Suu Kyi was detained Feb. 1, 2021, when the army seized power from her elected government. She has not been seen publicly since then, and the last official photo of her released was in April, when she was moved from prison to house arrest and her sentence was reduced as part of a prisoner amnesty for a Buddhist holiday. The country’s military leaders, who have faced sanctions and widespread international isolation since seizing power in 2021, have sought to project a return to normalcy by holding a 2025 election and increased engagement with regional neighbours. However, critics say the transition to a nominally elected government largely composed of former generals and holdovers from the previous military-led government has done little to change the military’s grip on power. Nay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for the opposition National Unity Government, said the ICRC’s meeting with Ms. Suu Kyi shouldn’t be taken as a real move to address human rights or democracy issues. The organization said it continues to engage with all relevant actors to maintain and expand its access to places of detention in Myanmar.
[图注] Two other photographs showed Ms. Suu Kyi cutting a pink birthday cake bearing the inscription, “Happy Birthday Aunty Suu,” suggesting they may have been taken during a celebration for her 81st birthday in June.
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“Usually, it stops them for a second, and all of a sudden, I notice that their eyes light up and they really start thinking about it. They usually get a smile on their face,” he said. “A big fan favourite is Oilers.” Other requests have been for Peppa Pig, Lamborghinis, Elsa from the movie Frozen, family pets, unicorns – and the list goes on and on.
Ms. Kimura, whose career was in visual arts before retiring, was inspired to lend her artistic talents to the Cross after being sent a British newspaper article about a similar program. The Edmonton clinic was quick to accept her help and, in 2019, she decorated her first mask (Spider-Man). Ms. Kimura is now a familiar face at the Cross, where she tucks into whatever room is available.
“There’s usually a very short turnaround time to do these. Sometimes it can be as short as two days. If I’m lucky, I have about a week or 10 days,” Ms. Kimura said. After mapping out a design, her first step is to coat the yellowish shell with a bright white primer so that every colour pops. Then comes the difficult part: transferring her design onto the mask, making sure the image is not distorted by the countless tiny perforations.
Ms. Kimura then colours the mask with non-metallic acrylic paint before outlining the image so the artwork pops. “It’s a very pleasurable challenge for me because this is nothing like painting a picture,” she said.
Because the masks are stored on-site, she starts her day early at the Cross and stays for a full shift, day after day, until the project is complete. She even brings some work home, scrounging together materials to make the masks three-dimensional – for example, she has crafted dog ears and a snout; a headband with paper butterflies that bobble on metal wires; and a cardboard cut-out to replicate the rectangular head of a Minecraft creeper.
“The attachments make it look real, make it look exciting or dramatic or sweet,” Ms. Kimura said. She doesn’t get to meet the children or their parents when the masks are handed over. But this doesn’t bother Ms. Kimura, who is just happy to know she is making a difference.
“It certainly can’t compare to the work of the staff at the Cross – the doctors, the radiotherapists and so forth. But in a small way, knowing that it is helping to make the process a little easier, that’s a nice feeling.”
[图注] A pediatric radiation mask is seen in a treatment room in Edmonton last week. Ms. Kimura doesn’t get to meet the children or their parents when the masks are handed over, but that doesn’t bother her. MEGAN ALBU/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
[图注] Nicole Fraser reflects on her six-year-old son Karter on Sunday. She says wearing a mask inspired by his idol, Connor McDavid, made the experience less scary for him. She jokingly called him Karter McDavid. MEGAN ALBU/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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During the FIFA World Cup, the federal government spent $4-million to run TV ads to promote its economic programs. The majestic voiceover in one ad says this is Canada’s moment to “build better, stronger” – echoing language in the Liberal party’s Canada Strong election platform.
The campaign isn’t meant to inform Canadians about a specific service or program they can access, and the ads are only permitted due to a recent loosening of federal rules. It amounts to partisan messaging, paid for with your tax dollars.
Weaker advertising rules at the federal level and in some provinces are leading to a flood of messaging meant to boost the fortunes of ruling parties. It’s a dangerous abuse of power, and if left unchecked, it will have a negative impact on democracy.
Last year, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government shifted its advertising to put more emphasis on patriotic and economic messaging. A quiet policy change eliminated the Trudeau-era prohibition on ads that were self-congratulating or self-praising. Elected officials still aren’t allowed to appear in ads, but political slogans can now be used if they are incorporated into government programs or initiatives.
As a result, the federal government has been running ads in the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics with similar messaging to what was used on the campaign trail. The advertising allocation for the first quarter of the current fiscal year alone was $115-million.
The Liberals are blurring the lines between their party, the federal government, and Canada itself to gain a future electoral advantage. It’s a continuation of the long running hubris of the Liberal Party, which has equated the party’s views with Canadian values and patriotism, something that rankles patriotic Canadians of other political stripes.
In weakening advertising rules, the federal Liberals followed in the footsteps of their Ontario counterparts. In 2004, then Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty banned self-promotional ads and gave the auditor-general responsibility for approving campaigns, but his successor, Kathleen Wynne, watered down the rules. In 2018, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives promised to reverse the changes, but as Premier, he has ramped up flattering advertising.
A December auditor-general report said the Ontario government spent a record $111.9-million on TV, digital, radio, print and outdoor advertising in the 2024-25 fiscal year. Spending on government advertising generally correlates with provincial elections, the report notes.
The auditor-general said campaigns such as “It’s Happening Here,” which raised awareness of Ontario’s electric vehicle supply chain, wouldn’t have been allowed under previous rules. “They did not include information about services and programs, but rather appeared designed to improve Ontarians’ impression of the current state of Ontario, the subtext of which promotes the governing party,” the report said.
The Ford government also went as far as capping third-party spending on political ads to $600,000 in the year before an election campaign; the previous time period was six months. The move, which was a blow to union-backed groups opposing Mr. Ford, was overturned in court.
The escalation of government advertising is not just a waste of money. These ads can unfairly tip the scales in the run-up to an election, given the party in power can blitz the public with messages without fundraising or following campaign finance rules. Often incumbents have an idea when they might call an election, so they can get their messages out ahead of the race.
The misuse of funds can have a big impact. Most elections are decided by 5 to 10 percentage points, says Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch. A compelling ad campaign that shifts half of that vote margin can change the result, allowing the party in power to win based on taxpayer-funded propaganda.
Ontario should revert to its previous advertising laws, and give the auditor-general the power once again to block partisan ads. Federally, Ottawa should bring back tougher rules and formalize them into law, so they aren’t just guidelines that can be easily changed.
Elected officials need to remember that the party in power is merely the custodian of the government, not its owner. They’ve been entrusted with power temporarily; attempts to take advantage of that privilege for partisan gain are abuses of power.
SINCLAIR STEWART DEPUTY EDITOR JAMES KELLER NATIONAL EDITOR ANGELA PACIENZA EXECUTIVE EDITOR CHRISTINE BROUSSEAU MANAGING EDITOR, PRIORITIES
DON’T COUNT ON PLATFORMS Re “How to address ‘awful but lawful’ speech” (July 31): The discrepancy between a social media platform’s stated policy and its actual practice is easy to spot. During the last year I have reported dozens of posts that disseminate false information, dehumanize people and incite violence. The words and memes were vile hate speech of which Goebbels would have been proud. Indeed, some of them were recycled Nazi propaganda, circulating freely on the socials.
Derek Jansen Toronto
CHANGE CAN BE GOOD In all but one instance, the platform declared that the hate speech “met community standards.” Their own standards apparently have no status.
Elaine Bander Montreal
PRO PRENUP Re “The prenup paradox” (July 30): Canada already has a default legal framework that governs separation. Division of property, spousal support and custody are all outlined in provincial and federal law. In effect, every married couple already has a built-in prenup, whether they sign anything or not.
So I’m puzzled by the premise that prenups are an unusual safeguard. Aren’t they simply an alternative to the existing contract the law already provides? However, it is worth noting that legal protections differ sharply when it comes to co-habitation, rather than marriage.
MR. BRIGHTSIDE Debra Dolan Vancouver
The best way to counteract the feeling that prenups are unromantic and pessimistic is with a countervailing superstition that it tempts fate to marry without one. I acknowledge the word itself is unattractive, though, and has picked up some unpleasant associations. Perhaps, especially given prenups’ increasing role in protecting parental property, it’s time to bring back the satisfyingly Bridgerton-y term “marriage settlement”?
David Arthur Cambridge, Ont.
NICKEL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS Re “Ottawa approves construction of massive Canada Nickel mine” (July 31): Does this investment make any sense? It is a low grade (albeit large) nickel deposit near Timmins. Nickel is not in short supply. Indonesia has been dumping nickel for years and the take up on electric cars (and the lithium nickel batteries they require) has not taken place. The stock has been a dud. The cap ex is enormous. So why Canada Nickel and not any number of other better mines or better projects with better outcomes? I wonder whether it has to do with the manpower and jobs needed to create this mine, which may be just a giant earth-moving exercise.
DENNIS CHOQUETTE
THAT’S ENOUGH Re “Unfair taxes” (Letters, July 31): A recent letter-writer supports a capital gains tax on the sale of one’s primary residence. But homeowners, over decades, already pay property taxes to support their community infrastructure, as well as personal services such as snow removal and garbage pickup. Home tax dollars also go to support parks, recreation, libraries and policing.
Bureaucrats should not be in the business of choosing which mine (or indeed any project) has merit over another. The government should be in the business of creating the environment for free enterprise to build projects and not in the business of which ones get the nod.
To support the home, several thousands of dollars are often paid out annually to service people, who in turn pay their own income tax. All of these home expenses are paid with after-tax dollars.
If one tallied up all these costs over 40 years, I think it would more than surpass the capital gain on the sale of the home. So, no, homeowners should not pay capital gains on the sale of their primary residence.
Re “What will Alberta achieve with self-referring diagnostic tests?” (July 31): I agree that the Alberta Premier is introducing a private-public system by stealth. It is acceptable to argue that this isn’t the best way to proceed, but ignoring the problems of our failing public-only system is also wrong. Every time the argument is made for some form of public-private model – apparently effective in other countries – we are told that it would never work in Canada and we should be thankful for what we have. Arguing we have the best health care system in the world is disingenuous at best, however. Change by stealth isn’t ideal, but it may initiate the conversation we seem to be unwilling to even begin.
Ken Stock Port Hope, Ont.
FOR THE RECORD Re “Former Conservative cabinet minister enters Toronto’s mayoral race” (July 30): Chris Alexander describes the 2015 proposal to establish a “barbaric cultural practices” tip line when he was the Conservative government’s federal immigration minister as a “mistake.”
A far more serious mistake was his defence of the federal government’s 2012 drastic cuts to health care for refugee claimants. In 2014, the Ontario Ministry of Health stepped in to provide health coverage for claimants. Alexander pronounced this would “force Ontario taxpayers and their families to line up for care behind failed asylum seekers.” That never happened.
Given that more than half of Toronto residents, including refugees, have been born outside of Canada, I doubt that he would be welcome as mayor.
Philip Berger Toronto
PENALTY KICKS Re “FIFA’s Infantino sets deadline for members to accept Kushner-backed World Cup investor plan” (Sports, July 30): I see Gianni Infantino must have discussed more than just red-card reversals in his chats with President Donald Trump. Why mention 2031? Because the International Energy Agency expects that by then nearly half of global electricity demand will be supplied from renewable energy (solar and wind). Utility-scale storage, measured in gigawatts, will smooth out the intermittent nature of our wind and solar resources.
Too bad Infantino didn’t take Trump’s marketing advice. The President does have a flair for naming things, and I am sure Trump was pushing for this investment opportunity to coincide with renaming soccer “the Big Beautiful Game.” (It’s a “can’t miss” opportunity!) Sounds like a big beautiful tax bill.
These renewable resources also need to have a place in the “longer-term, strategic mindset” of our infrastructure planners. “Bright side aplenty” indeed!
Chris Gates Cobourg, Ont Patrick Stewart Toronto
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