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前 One Direction 成员在因未说明的疾病住院后取消了美国演出 此前曾在 One Direction 的音乐人 Zayn Malik 在因未说明的疾病住院后，取消了其即将举行的巡演的所有美国场次。 Malik 在 Instagram 快拍中写道：“致我的粉丝：非常感谢你们在专辑发布期间给予我的所有支持和关爱，更重要的是，感谢你们为我的健康所提供的关怀、祈祷和美好祝愿。我感受到了这一切，这对我很重要。我一直在家休养，恢复得不错，会比以前更好、更强壮。” 继续阅读...

• 来自 Oxfordshire 的 Leah Spasova 为获得 tubal ligation 手术争取了 10 年，而男性则可以进行 vasectomies • 分析：关于该手术获取难易程度的质疑 • 一名因担心可能后悔而被 NHS 拒绝提供永久形式避孕措施的女性，在向 health ombudsman 发起的申诉中获胜，而与此同时，男性却被允许进行避孕手术

Gaston Browne 在宣布提前大选后有望获得议会 17 个席位中的 15 个。Antigua and Barbuda 总理 Gaston Browne 有望在该国的提前大选中赢得第四个任期，初步结果显示其政党有望赢得议会 17 个席位中的 15 个。Browne 在周五凌晨向支持者发表讲话时表示：“你们已经发声了，你们的声音非常清晰。你们已经表明 Antigua and Barbuda Labour party (ABLP) 是管理这个国家的最佳机构。” 继续阅读...

针对 180 个国家进行评估的 World Press Freedom Index 发现，传统新闻业正“趋于窒息” 根据一项凸显了威权主义对媒体压力日益增加的有影响力的年度指数，全球新闻自由正处于一代人以来的最低谷。 由 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 编制的 World Press Freedom Index 所评估的 180 个国家的平均得分，是该指数 25 年历史上的最低水平。 继续阅读...

• Louisiana 州长 Jeff Landry 于 2026 年 4 月 29 日宣布，在法院针对国会选区地图的裁决加剧了选区重划分争端后，计划暂停 House 初选。 • 该决定源于围绕 racial gerrymandering 持续不断的斗争，在中期选举前还有数十起案件待理。 • 暂停可能会推迟选举并重塑该州的 GOP 策略。

• 2022年，Aneil Karia 凭借由 Riz Ahmed 主演的短片获得奥斯卡奖。现在，他在 Jack Lowden 的帮助下，通过一个出人意料的在线平台，对 Reform 风格的议会候选人进行了辛辣讽刺。 • 一些电影制作人对自己的作品抱有不切实际的期望；Aneil Karia 并不属于那一类。他在谈到他的新片《Vote Gavin Lyle》时表示：“我还没到痴心妄想的地步，认为它能推翻政府”——但谁知道呢，也许真的可以。 • 《Vote Gavin Lyle》是一部风趣、聪明、演技精湛、短小精悍的讽刺剧，由 Jack Lowden 饰演一名在虚构的英格兰中部选区 Fletcham and Wold 参选的 Reform 风格准议会候选人。

媒体大亨在缺席的情况下获得表彰，批评人士对其在 national security law 下被判处 20 年徒刑表示谴责。 被监禁的媒体企业家 Jimmy Lai 因对 Hong Kong 民主运动的贡献，获颁 Deutsche Welle 的 freedom of speech award。 这家 German 公共广播机构周四表示，Lai 将于 6 月 23 日在 Bonn 举行的 DW Global Media Forum 上被缺席授予第 12 届该奖项。 继续阅读...

自学成才的艺术家 Sean Layh 的画作由负责悬挂入围作品的 Art Gallery of NSW 工作人员在 5 月 8 日的主要公告发布前选出。Archibald prize 2026 决赛入围者：Virginia Trioli、Jan Fran、Ahmed al-Ahmed 及更多 —— 图集。Sean Layh 为演员 Jacob Collins 创作的肖像画赢得了 Art Gallery of NSW 工作人员的青睐，并于周四被授予 Packing Room prize，早于 5 月 8 日 Archibald prize 的正式发布。自学成才的画家 Layh 表示，其作品（名为 The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke 的油画）获奖是“我职业生涯中最大的荣誉之一”。继续阅读...

US 总统发出的这项威胁是在 Germany 的 Friedrich Merz 暗示 Trump 团队在与 Iran 的谈判中落于下风之后提出的。 Donald Trump 宣布，US 可能会减少在 Germany 部署的驻军人数，就在该国总理称 America 正因 Iran 而遭受“羞辱”的几天后。 在其 Truth Social 平台上的一篇帖文中，US 总统表示，其政府正在“研究并审查可能减少在 Germany 驻军的情况，并将在接下来的短时间内做出决定”。 继续阅读...

• 外交部长表示 China 已同意促进航空燃料出口，以缓解供应中断。 • 关注今日的 news live Get，获取我们的突发新闻邮件、免费 app 或每日新闻 podcast。 • 早上好，欢迎来到我们的 live news blog。我是 Martin Farrer，为您带来昨夜的头条新闻，随后将由 Nick Visser 带来主要报道。

• 美联储周三投票决定将基准联邦基金利率维持在 3.5% 至 3.75% 不变，理由是对伊朗战争期间通货膨胀上升的担忧。 • 这标志着在 2025 年 9 月、10 月和 12 月连续三次下调 25 个基点后，美联储继续暂停利率调整。 • 美联储主席 Jerome Powell 计划于东部时间下午 2:30 举行新闻发布会讨论该决定，这可能是他作为美联储主席最后一次利率公告。

• 在西区大获成功并赢得 Olivier 奖后，Tim Rice 和 Andrew Lloyd Webber 的音乐剧复排版将转至纽约。 • 经过数月的猜测，这部获奖的《Evita》复排版将于 2027 年春季正式转至百老汇。 • 西区演出由 Rachel Zegler 饰演女主角，并为其赢得了 Olivier 奖，她将随剧组一同前往纽约。

• 政府此举旨在制定应急计划，以防止在伊朗战争导致供应冲击持续的情况下出现飞机停飞的情况。 • 随着人们日益担心伊朗战争将导致飞机被禁飞，英国炼油厂已被要求作为政府应急计划的一部分，最大限度地提高航空燃料供应。 • 能源部部长 Michael Shanks 表示，政府正密切监测英国的航空燃料库存，并与航空公司、机场、燃料供应商及其他国家政府协作，因为冲突导致承运商面临燃料成本飙升的问题。

• FCC 宣布将审查 Disney 拥有或管理的八项广播许可，原因是该公司的多样性、公平性和包容性 (DEI) 政策。 • 此举发生在特朗普总统呼吁 ABC 解雇 Jimmy Kimmel 的一天后，此前 Kimmel 发表了一个将第一夫人 Melania Trump 比作“准寡妇”的争议性笑话。 • 在近期刺杀企图指控引发的讨论中，Kimmel 面临抨击，争议焦点在于其深夜脱口秀独白是否可能煽动政治暴力。

• 由于 Avi Yemini 详细计划在州选举中将选票引导至保守党派，工党面临取消团体投票票单（group voting tickets）的压力。 • 一名右翼煽动者计划注册“Free Palestine party”，并将其用于在维多利亚州州选举中将选票引导至保守党派，此举再次引发了人们对该州投票制度的担忧。 • Avi Yemini 曾是一名以色列士兵，自称是一名调查记者，为其 YouTube 频道 Rebel News Australia 创作内容。他在周二宣布了注册该党的计划，并表示该党将在 11 月的投票中“将我们的偏好票流向那些希望将巴勒斯坦从 Hamas 统治中解放出来的政党”。

US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawfulSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration blocked two permitted US wind energy projects from development this week, with an agreement to pay millions of dollars in refunds to the companies behind them if those funds are reinvested in oil and gas.US Department of the Interior officials framed the canceled agreements as a way to “promote US energy security and affordability” by funneling funds “away from intermittent, higher-cost energy sources toward proven conventional solutions”, in an announcement issued Monday. Continue reading...

Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races ‌in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by rival Hamas.

Former chief of staff who helped bring Mandelson out of Labour shadows for Washington post to be questioned by MPs on vetting processLike many Labour stories, Peter Mandelson’s and Morgan McSweeney’s both start at Lambeth council.Mandelson was in his mid-20s. It was 1979, and he was a new councillor under the leadership of “Red” Ted Knight. He came to despise the local party, describing the Lambeth Labour party’s leadership as “contributing very little to the economic development of south London, instead politicising everything, attacking the police and the Tory government, and making the council go broke.” Continue reading...

Severe storms put nearly 50 million at risk and follow a deadly weekend after tornado killed two people in TexasSevere storms are expected to sweep across the mid-Mississippi valley and midwest regions of the US on Monday, putting nearly 50 million people at risk.The storm prediction center has issued a level 4 out of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms across south-west Illinois and south-east Missouri, including major cities such as St Louis. Forecasters warned of “multiple strong to intense tornadoes, widespread severe/damaging wind gusts and scattered large to very large hail”, with some hail potentially reaching baseball size. Continue reading...

Top aide says SNP leader will seek approval to press for independence even if he fails to win majority on 7 MayJohn Swinney will call a vote seeking independence powers on the first day of the next Scottish parliament even if he fails to win an overall majority, his aides have said.The Scottish National Party leader’s senior adviser indicated that if necessary, he would rely on support from the pro-independence Scottish Greens to win that vote in order to demand the UK government gives Holyrood the legal powers to hold a second referendum. Continue reading...

• Tesla's stock fell 3.2% on April 26 after the company reported first-quarter global deliveries of 389,000 vehicles, missing consensus expectations of 410,000 units and marking the weakest quarterly performance in two years. • Management attributed the shortfall to supply chain disruptions at the Berlin and Texas Gigafactories, as well as slower-than-anticipated demand in European and Chinese markets, particularly for the Model 3 and Model Y lineup. • The miss reignites concerns about Tesla's ability to sustain its 50% annual growth target and prompted three major brokerages to lower 2026 earnings forecasts by 8–12%, citing heightened competition from legacy automakers' EV offerings.

Hundreds of senior staff in territory benefit from nearly £30,000-a-year grant per child not available to staff in group’s other hubs HSBC is reportedly reviewing a perk that covers school fees for bankers in Hong Kong as part of a big overhaul of the bank under chief executive Georges Elhedery.Europe’s largest bank is considering whether to scrap the perk for new employees or make changes to total compensation, Bloomberg News reported. No decisions have been made yet. Continue reading...

Queensland and NSW set for lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, while temperatures in most of the country likely to be higher than normalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLarge parts of south-east Australia look set for drier and hotter conditions over the next three months as a potential El Niño weather phenomenon takes shape in the Pacific Ocean.Much of Queensland and New South Wales are forecast to have lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, with almost the entire country likely to experience hotter than average maximum temperatures. Continue reading...

Fast food giant cannot not be denied on basis it doesn’t suit ‘vibe’ of location, tribunal findsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMcDonald’s is poised to open a 24/7 takeaway outlet on a Melbourne street once dubbed the “world’s coolest” after the fast food giant won its legal challenge against the local council’s attempt to block the new restaurant.Victoria’s civil and administrative tribunal (Vcat) has upheld McDonald’s application for a review of Darebin city council’s decision to reject its application to turn 323 High Street in Northcote into one of its stores. Continue reading...

• Carson Hocevar secured his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory at Talladega Superspeedway, marking a major breakthrough moment in his racing career. • The win came following a dramatic race that featured a major crash, demonstrating Hocevar's ability to overcome adversity and capitalize on opportunities. • This maiden Cup Series victory represents a significant milestone for Hocevar as he continues to establish himself as a competitive force in NASCAR's top series.

• As of April 25, 2026, Medicaid/CHIP enrollment exceeds pre-pandemic levels in 32 states, totaling 68 million Medicaid and 7.2 million CHIP enrollees nationwide. • The unwinding process disenrolled 25.2 million since September 2024, yet 69% of renewals—56.4 million—were approved in reporting states. • Elevated enrollment supports ongoing public health efforts but strains budgets amid procedural disenrollments in states like Florida and Texas.

• Microsoft issued Patch Tuesday on April 25, 2026, fixing CVE-2026-1234 zero-day in Windows Kernel exploited by Chinese state actors against 15 US agencies. • Vulnerability allowed remote code execution with 9.8 CVSS score, affecting Windows 11 and Server 2025 in 40% of federal endpoints. • CISA urges immediate patching, citing 'active exploitation' in ongoing incident response.

• The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins with a clutch performance from newcomer Bichette, who delivered a critical double in the game. • Bichette's timely hit proved to be the decisive moment in the Mets' victory, marking an impressive debut impact for the recent acquisition. • The win showcases the Mets' offensive depth and ability to capitalize on key moments late in games.