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• UK 緊隨其後，出口了 675,000 公噸，其中大部分廢棄物被送往 Turkey、Malaysia 和 Indonesia • 根據為 Guardian 進行的貿易數據分析，Germany 為 2025 年全球最大的塑膠垃圾出口國，向海外運送了超過 810,000 公噸 • 根據 Watershed Investigations 和 Basel Action Network 的分析，UK 緊隨其後，出口量超過 675,000 公噸，創下八年來最高紀錄，足以填滿約 127,000 個貨櫃。繼續閱讀...

• 南卡羅萊納州衛生官員在歷經六個月後，宣佈結束這場全美規模最大的麻疹疫情；期間共計 997 人感染、21 人住院，但無人死亡。 • 在超過一個月未出現新增病例後，該疫情已於週日正式結束。 • 在全美對疫苗接種的擔憂日益增加之際，這標誌著公共衛生領域的一個重要里程碑。

• USS Gerald R Ford 在結束包括參與抓捕 Maduro 及 Middle East 戰爭在內的 10 個月役期後將啟程返航 • 兩名 US 官員週三表示，全球最大的航空母艦 USS Gerald R Ford 執行了超過 300 天的創紀錄部署後將啟程回國，此次部署包括參與對 Iran 的戰爭以及抓捕 Venezuelan 領導人 Nicolás Maduro。 • 據官員表示，USS Gerald R Ford 將在未來幾天離開 Middle East，並於 5 月中旬返回其位於 Virginia 的母港，這些官員在要求匿名的情況下詳述了敏感的軍事行動。The Washington Post 此前報導了這一進展。繼續閱讀...

Cocaine use also reaches record highs, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission figures showGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMethamphetamine use in Australia has almost doubled in the past decade and stimulants are being taken at record highs, new wastewater monitoring reveals.On Wednesday evening the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (Acic) released its latest annual report after testing wastewater samples from 64 treatment plants across the country between August 2024 and 2025. Continue reading...

• The largest measles outbreak in the United States in more than 35 years has ended, with no new cases reported in more than 42 days, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health. • The outbreak began in October 2025 in South Carolina and resulted in nearly 1,000 confirmed cases over six months, with more than 600 cases occurring in 2026 alone; at least 21 hospitalizations were recorded with no reported deaths. • Canada has been significantly impacted, losing its measles elimination status on November 10, 2025, and reporting 907 cases since the start of 2026, with Manitoba accounting for 556 cases.

Lord committee says chancellor and recent predecessors have allowed themselves too little room for manoeuvreBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves should aim to run a “significantly larger” buffer against her fiscal rules, according to a report from a House of Lords committee that says the UK’s public debt is on an unsustainable trajectory.The chancellor raised taxes at last year’s budget in order to more than double the “headroom”, or buffer, against her fiscal rules to £22bn – some of which is expected to be eroded by the impact of the Iran war. Continue reading...