地球，人間煉獄：疫情、戰爭、窮困 (254期)：俄烏戰爭: Upending Biden’s Agenda at Home. Zelensky asks Biden to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Putin Draws Line on U.S. Arms for Ukraine. Russian missile cruiser Moskva sinks. Israeli-Palestinian Violence. 韓國下周一解除 COVID-19限制。 近4億人被封控，中國經濟為“清零”付出高昂代價The Avoidable War 中美之間必有一戰？陸克文(澳洲前總理)新書試圖給出答案。

地球，人間煉獄：疫情、戰爭、窮困 (254期)：





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Israeli-Palestinian Violence Erupts at Jerusalem Holy Site
Clashes broke out at the Aqsa Mosque compound on the first day of a rare convergence of Ramadan, Easter and Passover. Here’s the latest on the conflict.

• Clashes Erupt at Jerusalem Holy Site on Day With Overlapping Holidays

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World News

U.S. Politics

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  The War in Ukraine Is Upending Biden’s Agenda at Home

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The Washington Post

Zelensky asks Biden to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

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  Live Updates: Putin Draws Line on U.S. Arms for Ukraine

• Hiding in Plain Sight, a Soviet-Era Air Defense System Arrives in Ukraine

Unexplained fire or missile attack? Either way, a former CIA analyst says it's not just the physical loss of the ship that will hurt the Russians, but the symbolic loss of it, too.

BBC.CO.UK

Russian missile cruiser Moskva sinks in Black Sea

戰爭為俄羅斯傳奇的芭蕾舞舞台帶來了新的鐵幕 芭蕾舞一直是俄羅斯文化的象徵。 現在它正成為俄羅斯孤立的象徵。

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中國正在努力抵禦戰爭帶來的地緣政治衝擊波，在與歐洲的關係中最為突出。

War Brings New Iron Curtain Down on Russia’s Storied Ballet Stages

Ballet has long been a symbol of Russian culture. Now it is becoming a symbol of Russian isolation.

China is struggling to ride out geopolitical shock waves from the war, nowhere more so than in its relations with Europe.

近4億人被封控，中國經濟為“清零”付出高昂代價 艾莎 據估計，中國有近4億人遭到某種形式的防疫封控，數十座城市停擺。一些抗疫手段與經濟增長預期之間的矛盾越來越大，經濟學家、甚至李克強都發出了警告。

South Korea to lift most COVID-19 curbs from next week ... - CNA

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22 hours ago — SEOUL: South Korea said on Friday (Apr 15) it will drop most COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions next week, including a midnight curfew ...

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KEVIN PERAIN

中美之間必有一戰？陸克文新書試圖給出答案

澳大利亞前總理陸克文的新書對中美關係進行了深刻而明智的新描述，他指出，習近平“急於解決台灣問題”並認為改變秩序的時機已到，美國與中國爆發戰爭的後果難以想像。

The Avoidable War

The dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Xi Jinping’s China

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