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Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, once again ruled out putting himself forward as a candidate for the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
美國眾議院議長保羅·瑞恩（Paul Ryan）再次拒絕參加共和黨總統提名選舉。
Some Republicans had hoped he might ride to the rescue at the convention in Cleveland, saving them from either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
一些共和黨人希望他能夠在克里蘭夫大會上拯救共和黨于水深火熱之中，拯救他們逃離唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和特德·克魯茲（Ted Cruz）。
That now looks unlikely.
現在這似乎是不可能事件了。
Peace talks between some of Syria's warring parties restarted in Geneva.
敘利亞交戰多方在日內瓦再次舉行和平談判。
But with a new ground offensive, supported by Russian air strikes, poised to start against rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the partial ceasefire struck in February risks falling apart.
在俄羅斯空襲協助下，隨著新一輪地面交戰的展開，叛軍控制的阿勒波（Aleppo）地區將再起硝煙，2月份達成的地區停火協議再次面臨瓦解。
Meanwhile Bashar al-Assad's government organised elections in its remaining territory, which Western countries denounced as a sham.
與此同時，巴沙爾·阿薩德（Bashar al-Assad）政權在其控制區內舉行選舉，西方國家認為這不過是個騙局罷了。
Drought forced Malawi's president, Peter Mutharika, to declare a national emergency.
馬拉維遭遇大干旱，總統彼得·穆塔里卡（Peter Mutharika）宣布全國進入緊急狀態。
Some 3m people in his country already require food aid.
該國約有300萬人急需糧食援助。
American air strikes in Somalia killed 12 members of the Shabab, a jihadist outfit.
美國空襲索馬里，炸死12名青年黨圣戰武裝分子。
A Pentagon spokesman said they posed an imminent threat to American soldiers assisting the Somali government.
國防部發言人表示因為這些青年黨已對協助索馬里政府的美國軍隊造成威脅，迫于形勢美國才實行空襲。
Egypt's president, Abdel-Fatahal-Sisi, caused uproar on social media by announcing that two uninhabited islands that Egypt has been looking after since the 1950s will be handed back to Saudi Arabia.
埃及總統阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西（Abdel-Fatahal-Sisi）近日宣布將兩座自上世紀50年代以來一直由埃及照管的無人荒島交還沙特阿拉伯，這在社交媒體界引起一片嘩然。
He angrily refused to answer questions about the agreement.
一氣之下，關于此協議的所有問題，他都避而不答。
Mobile-internet services were suspended in parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir, to slow the spread of protests against the security forces' killing of four civilians at two separate demonstrations.
在克什米爾印控區兩次示威游行中，四名平民遭保安部隊殺害，引發民眾抗議。為延緩該消息的傳播，該地區部分移動互聯網服務中斷。
The ruling party in South Korea lost its long-held parliamentary majority, worsening a long-standing legislative gridlock that hampers President Park Geun-hye's plans.
韓國執政黨在國會喪失長期以來的優勢地位，使得阻礙總統樸槿惠（Park Geun-hye）實施計劃的立法僵局進一步惡化。
Her Saenuri party had hoped to increase its share of the 300- seat National Assembly to three-fifths (the fraction required to bring bills to a vote).
這項立法爭議存在已久。樸槿惠所在的新國家黨（Saenuri party）希望在300席位的國會中增加該黨的實力，達到五分之三的席位（這是舉行議案投票的比例）。
Inky, a common octopus, made a bold contortionist's escape from New Zealand national aquarium.
近日，一只名叫黑墨（Inky）的普通章魚從新西蘭國家海洋館利用柔軟的身形勇敢出逃。
Slipping through a gap at the top of his tank, he scurried across the floor and made his way down a 50-metre drainpipe into Hawke's Bay, North Island.
它從水箱頂部的一條細縫溜出，快速穿過地面，通過長達50米的排水管，進入新西蘭北島的霍克灣。
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