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The Social Democrats in Germany have elected the former European Parliament President Martin Schulz as party leader to take on their senior coalition partners, the Christian Democrats, in the election in September. Mr. Schulz attacked Chancellor Angela Merkel's plans to cut taxes and welfare programs while boosting defense spending and pledged to resist anyone trying to drive a wedge between Germany and the European Union.
德国社会民主党选举前欧洲议会主席舒尔茨(Martin Schulz)为党魁，在9月份的选举中挑战他们的高级联盟伙伴，基督民主党。舒尔茨抨击了默克尔总理削减税收和福利项目却增加国防支出的计划，承诺反对试图挑拨德国和欧盟之间关系的任何人。
Syrian government forces have been engaged in fierce clashes with rebels on the eastern edge of Damascus. Syrian state media said militants from faction linked to Al-Qaeda used secret tunnels to launch the surpriseattack.
叙利亚政府军在大马士革东部与叛军发生了激烈冲突。叙利亚国家媒体称，与基地组织有关的一个派系的激进分子使用秘密隧道发动突然袭击。
The Brazilian President Michel Temer is holding emergency meetings with his ministers, foreign ambassadors and meat producers to discuss the country's meat industry crisis. On Friday, federal police agents closed three meat packing plants and arrested executives after discovering they had been selling rotten produce for many years.
巴西总统与内阁部长，外国大使和肉制品生产商召开紧急会议，讨论全国肉制品行业危机。周五，联邦警方发现几家工厂多年来出售腐烂的肉制品之后关闭了三家肉制品包装厂，逮捕了他们的管理人员。
The Hindu hardline leader has tried to reassure religious minorities in India's biggest state Uttar Pradesh after being sworn in as Chief Minister. Yogi Adityanath said his top priorities would be good governance and development for all.
印度教强硬派领袖宣誓就职首席部长后试图安抚印度最大的北方邦宗教少数派。约吉•阿迪亚纳斯(YogiAdityanath)表示，他的当务之急是努力执政，促进发展。
The one-million-dollar Global Teacher Prize has been won by a Canadian who teaches in a school in the Arctic which can only be reached by air. Maggie MacDonnell set up life skills programs, a fitness center, and a community kitchen for her students. At the awards ceremony in Dubai, she said she wanted to address the high levels of youth suicides in her community.
价值100万美元的全球教师奖由一名加拿大教师获得，她在北极一所学校任教，只能乘坐飞机到达这里。麦克唐奈(Maggie MacDonnell)为学生设立了求生技能课，训练中心和社区厨房。在迪拜的颁奖典礼上，她表示，她希望能解决她所在地区高水平的自杀率。
BBC News.
