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发帖数: 1 | 1 [USA TODAY] The White House announced recently that the United States will
raise the maximum number of refugees it accepts in fiscal year 2022 to 125,
000, doubling the number of refugees in the previous fiscal year. Data from
the U.S. State Department shows that the U.S. received 11,411 refugees in
fiscal year 2021 (October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021), far below the
upper limit.
According to reports, the U.S. government plans to receive up to 40,000
refugees from Africa, 15,000 from East Asia, 10,000 from Europe and Central
Asia, and 10,000 from Latin America and the Caribbean in fiscal year 2022,
which starts on October 1 this year. 15,000 people and 35,000 people from
the Near East and South Asia. Another 10,000 places are reserved for
allocation as needed.
Focus News
1. A number of Chinese students entering the United States were questioned
and intimidated by the Chinese consulate to speak out.
According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, a
number of Chinese students who entered the United States at Los Angeles
International Airport were recently interrogated repeatedly by U.S. border
law enforcement officers when they came to the United States. The purpose of
study, past academic performance, whether they have ever been employed,
whether they have received disciplinary action, whether they have "
plagiarized" laboratory data, etc., and some have been threatened,
intimidated, and even restricted their freedom for dozens of hours, and
finally refused entry and repatriation. return home. In addition, some
Chinese students were interrogated by US law enforcement officers when they
left the country and returned to China, and their personal electronic
devices were confiscated. The Chinese consulate has lodged solemn
representations with the U.S. side.
2. Large oil spill in Southern California: The oil pipeline was damaged
months ago
[ABC] The US Coast Guard announced on October 9 that an underwater oil
pipeline in Southern California is likely to be in the past few months to a
year. It was hit by an anchor, leading to the recent massive spill of tens
of thousands of gallons of crude oil. There was a 13-inch crack in the
damaged section of the pipeline, said Neubauer, chief of the Coast Guard's
Office of Investigation and Analysis.
Reports say the pipe was previously clad in concrete and was still intact a
year ago. But it was later dragged 105 feet below the ocean floor. An anchor
drag accident may have occurred in this part, and the crack has grown
significantly since then. Neubauer said they are conducting an investigation
into pipeline-wide vessel movement over the past year. He also said
authorities were investigating "severe weather events" on January 24 and 25
that could have made it more difficult for ships to drop anchor.
3. A new round of salmonella outbreaks in the United States spreads to 102
people in 14 states
[FOX NEWS] A new round of salmonella outbreaks broke out in Colorado
recently. According to the latest food safety warning issued by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a total of 102 people in 14 U.S.
states are currently sick with salmonella infection, all but two of whom
live in Colorado or have been in Colorado in the week before becoming ill.
Travel to the state and 19 of them were hospitalized.
The outbreak is linked to a Denver-based seafood processing plant, the
report said. The CDC is investigating with local public health and
environmental departments and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The
aforementioned seafood processing plants have suspended production and
recalled some fish products sold at major Colorado stores. People with
severe symptoms of salmonella who experience symptoms such as diarrhea,
fever, vomiting, dehydration, dry mouth or dizziness should seek immediate
medical attention.
4. The admissions fraud case of a famous American school has fermented and
two rich parents have been convicted
[ABC] The admissions fraud case of a famous American college that was
exposed in 2019 has made new progress. A jury in Boston federal district
court found the father of two wealthy men guilty of bribery and fraud and
faces up to 20 years in prison. This is the first parent of a student to be
convicted since the "enrolment corruption" case broke out in 2019. Nearly 60
parents of students were involved in what federal investigators have dubbed
Operation Campus Blues.
The two defendants are reportedly John Wilson, the founder of a private
equity firm, and Jamal Abdulaziz, the former CEO of a casino. The pair were
admitted to USC as students by falsely portraying their children as athletes
. Prosecutors allege Wilson paid more than $1.5 million in 2018 to get his
twin daughters into Harvard and Stanford.
5. The 18 natural disasters in the United States this year caused 538 deaths
and losses of $104.8 billion
[NCDC] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently
released a report saying that 18 natural disasters have occurred in the
United States this year (2021), of which of each disaster cost more than $1
billion. According to reports, 18 serious natural disasters include historic
mega-droughts, floods, severe storms, tropical cyclones and major wildfires
in the west.
The catastrophes killed 538 people and estimated damages as high as $104.8
billion, according to forecasting firm AccuWeather. US media pointed out
that since 1980, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
began to count natural disasters with losses of more than 1 billion US
dollars. Up to now, a total of 308 cases have occurred, causing a total of 2
.085 trillion US dollars in losses and causing more than 14,000 deaths. A
total of 22 natural disasters reached this scale in 2020, the most in a year
on record.
6. Facebook's second downtime in a week The company apologized through rival
platforms
[Reuters] Facebook and its series of apps were inaccessible for about two
hours a few days ago, this is the second time Facebook's major platforms
have suffered in a week downtime. Facebook posted on its rival Twitter
account on the same day: "We understand that someone is having trouble
accessing our apps and products. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Facebook then posted another post. , said the issue had been resolved and
apologized to users.
Facebook reportedly attributed the outage to a "configuration change" and
said Friday's outage was unrelated to issues earlier in the week. On the 4th
local time, Facebook's main social services were interrupted in many
countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, involving
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and other platforms. The Facebook website
could not be loaded for about an hour. Accessible, but unable to load new
content or send messages. It wasn't until 6 hours later that the servers
began to gradually return to normal.
7. New York police surrounded a 9-meter tree! The suspect confronted the
police on a tree for three days, during which time he was served alcohol
[New York Post] Thomas, a 44-year-old man in New York, USA, has recently
been accused of assaulting his girlfriend and threatening to kill his 65-
year-old mother. After the police arrived, he climbed a 30-foot (about 9
meters) tall tree next to the house and confronted the police, but he hid
for nearly three days. Some even brought beer and rum to Thomas, who even "
enjoyed" the attention, the report said.
Thomas reportedly said he was afraid to go back to prison because of the
abuse he suffered while incarcerated in 2012. According to reports,
yesterday afternoon, Thomas finally got down from the tree and climbed into
the house through a second-floor window. Thomas was not arrested after he
fell from the tree, and it is unclear whether he will face charges in
connection with the incident.
8. Passengers involved in the emergency landing of a plane in the United
States have been arrested due to a "potential security threat"
[CNN] A flight belonging to American Eagle Airlines from Indianapolis,
Indiana, United States to New York City had a security incident yesterday,
The flight made an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City
after a passenger posed a "potential safety threat."
The passenger appeared to be carrying a bomb in his luggage and made a bomb
threat, said Thomas Topsis, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey. It is reported that after the flight landed at LaGuardia
Airport in New York City, the crew and local law enforcement officers
evacuated all passengers from the emergency exit, and then the passenger
involved was detained by local police. No other details have been released
by the airline or other departments.
9. A man in the United States jumped from the ninth floor and fell from the
top of a car and survived
[Daily Mail] A 31-year-old man in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA recently
jumped from the ninth floor of a building, survived after falling on the
roof of a car. Witness Christina Smith said she heard a loud bang and saw a
man fall onto the car with its roof completely smashed and windows bursting.
After crawling out of the wreckage, the man was lying on the side of the
road covered in blood, writhing in pain with his broken right arm, the
report said. According to another witness, Mark Bordeaux, while waiting for
an ambulance, the man kept saying, "Leave me alone, I want to die."
investigation.
10. American students challenged multiple school districts to "slap the
teacher" to remind teachers to pay attention
[Washington Post] The "slap teacher slap" challenge has recently become
popular among some American students through social media. After teachers
were injured one after another, some students were arrested on suspicion of
assault. An 18-year-old student in Louisiana has been arrested for allegedly
assaulting a 64-year-old disabled teacher and faces felony charges,
according to reports. Teachers in South Carolina and Missouri were also
slapped by students earlier this month. |
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