美國從1940年起展現自由航行決心
繼四月份兩度通過南海水域後，美國海軍周四再有一艘驅逐艦航經西沙群島，挑戰中國在南海的主權聲索。
質疑
體溫量測能保護多少？
It’s estimated that as many as 35% of all those infected with Covid-19 are asymptomatic, so they likely won’t have a fever at all.
科學家質疑主要羥氯喹研究的有效性
紐約時報報導. Scientists Question Validity of Major Hydroxychloroquine Study
https://hcsstt.blogspot.com/2020/05/scientists-question-validity-of-major.html
大國小國窮國富國
日內瓦排隊等救濟餐
A Mile-Long Line for Free Food in Geneva, One of World’s Richest Cities
The Swiss city is best known for bankers, watchmakers and U.N. officials. But the virus has forced thousands from Geneva’s underclass to line up for hours for food aid.
To skeptics, Vietnam's official numbers may seem too good to be true. But Guy Thwaites, an infectious disease doctor who works in one of the main hospitals designated by the Vietnamese government to treat Covid-19 patients, said the numbers matched the reality on the ground.
香港人慘，無所適從
‘Darkest Hour’ for Hong Kong Protesters as China Tightens Grip
Demonstrators are debating how and why to keep fighting, or whether resistance is even possible.
香港特區政府發聲明回應川普的發言，聲明說，香港特府認為對香港實施制裁或貿易限制並不合理，亦不會對那些威脅感到過分憂慮，因為香港仍可依靠其基本優勢。
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川普惹麻煩，暴亂扇風；宣傳伎倆，
記者會之前，總統在Tweet和 Facebook 各發一文，只有一字：
China！
學到insert himself等用法
With Twitter Threat, Trump Inserts Himself Into Minneapolis Conflict
President Trump issued a violent ultimatum to protesters, raising the specter that the military could use armed force to suppress riots
Microsoft is to replace dozens of contract journalists on its MSN website and use automated systems to select news stories, US and UK media report.
The curating of stories from news organisations and selection of headlines and pictures for the MSN site is currently done by journalists.
Artificial intelligence will perform these news production tasks, sources told the Seattle Times.
Microsoft said it was part of an evaluation of its business.
The US tech giant said in a statement: "Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time to time, redeployment in others. These decisions are not the result of the current pandemic."
Microsoft, like some other tech companies, pays news organisations to use their content on its website.
But it employs journalists to decide which stories to display and how they are presented.
Around 50 contract news producers will lose their jobs at the end of June, the Seattle Times reports, but a team of full-time journalists will remain.
"It's demoralising to think machines can replace us but there you go," one of those facing redundancy told the paper.
Some sacked journalists warned that artificial intelligence may not be fully familiar with strict editorial guidelines, and could end up letting through inappropriate stories.
Twenty-seven of those losing their jobs are employed by the UK's PA Media, the Guardian reports.
One journalist quoted in the paper said: "I spend all my time reading about how automation and AI is going to take all our jobs - now it's taken mine."
Microsoft is one of many tech companies experimenting with forms of so-called robot journalism to cut costs. Google is also investing in projects to understand how it might work.
武漢肺炎】熔噴布大跌價 噸價$54萬急瀉至$2,200 跌逾99%
武漢肺炎大爆發之初，一度令全球爭搶各種醫療物資，其中外科口罩更變成「保命符」，價格瘋狂飆升。製造口罩的關鍵物料熔噴布，更曾炒貴20多倍至每噸50萬元人民幣（下同，約54萬港元）。但隨着各國產能增加及內地疫情趨緩，曾貴似黃金的熔噴布市場隨之崩盤，價格急跌逾9成，生產熔噴布的機器也像廢鐵般無人肯接手。
口罩之所以能減低佩戴者感染武漢肺炎病毒的機率，全賴夾層中具靜電的熔噴布過濾。據業內人士指，1月外界尚未知爆發漢肺炎前，每噸熔噴布售約2萬元（約2.2萬港元），之後疫情失控引起全球恐慌，熔噴布價格隨即一路向上，至4月最瘋狂時每噸售約50萬元。
不過，隨着全球增產、內地疫情緩和，以及內地對口罩質量加強規管，熔噴布價格已今非昔比。有湖南口罩生產商向內地媒體透露，目前80級以下（過濾率80%以下）的熔噴布基本已是廢品，即使1噸只需幾千元也無人買。而在4月最瘋狂時，不論質量級數都可賣到每噸40萬元以上（約43.4萬港元）。
在市場瘋搶熔噴布時，大批投資者湧入以小作坊形式生產質量參差的熔噴布，其中江蘇揚中市是代表城市，一度被稱為「熔噴布之鄉」，徐女士即是其中一個半途出家的熔噴布生產商。
原本經營酒店的她，當時投資10萬元（約10.8萬港元），和人合資買了6部機器生產熔噴布，10天之間便賺了20萬元（約22萬港元）。徐女士還指，疫情前其酒店平均入住率只約3成，到3、4月時則長期爆滿，全都是各地來搶購熔噴布的商人。
她說，初時每日產能約130公斤的熔噴布「45機」，每台約1.2萬元（約1.3萬港元），之後價格不斷上漲，最貴時要15萬（約16.3萬港元）一台。整個揚中市最多有逾5,000台熔噴布機器，不停生產。而據揚中市場監管局截至4月10日的數據，當地在疫情發生後，產銷熔噴布的商戶便增加逾800間，但在疫情前只有約300間。
不過，踏入5月，隨着內地疫情緩和，加上監管部門整頓，當地的熔噴布市場便崩解。目前1噸熔噴布，最低只售2,000元（約2,200港元），機器更是無人願接手，像廢鐵一樣。徐女士說：「後期加入生產的，10個人未必有1個可賺錢。」
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