＊第三季＊【EP. 41】#307 經濟學人新聞評論【維基解密、朱利安亞桑傑、引渡條款、谷歌、美國通信工人聯合會、美國五角大廈 (國防部)、人工智慧、搜索引擎、海灣阿拉伯國家合作委員會 (海合會)、2017年卡達外交危機、沙烏地阿拉伯、半島電視台】

🔴Tuesday January 5th 2021 🔵2021年1月5日星期二 1️⃣Julian Assange: in between the UK and the US… 朱利安亞桑傑：在英美之間… A British judge ruled that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, should not be extradited to America to face criminal charges because it would put him at risk of suicide. America, which accuses Mr Assange of 18 crimes connected to the release of confidential military records, which it claims endangered lives, said it would continue to press for his extradition. 一名英國法官裁定不應將維基解密 (WikiLeaks) 的創辦人朱利安亞桑傑 (Julian Assange) 引渡至美國面對刑事指控，因為這會使他面臨自殺的風險。美國指稱 Julian Assange 涉嫌 18項與洩漏軍事機密記錄有關之罪行，並聲稱 Julian Assange (的舉措) 危及了性命，而美方表示將繼續施壓、將其引渡回美國 (受審)。 2️⃣Google: a fire that started within 谷歌：怒火“中”燒 Around 230 workers at Google formed a union. The group is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America, and wants to influence the tech giant’s choice of customers as well as its treatment of employees. In recent years Google workers have protested over a controversial artificial-intelligence contract with the Pentagon and a plan to create a censored search engine in China. 谷歌 (Google) 中的大約 230名員工組成了工會。該組織隸屬於美國通信工人聯合會 (美國最大的通信/媒體工會，在公/私部門中約有 70萬名成員)，並希望影響這家科技巨頭對客戶的選擇以及對員工的待遇。近年來，谷歌的員工一直在抗議與美國五角大廈 (即國防部) 簽訂之有爭議的人工智慧合約，並計劃在中國建立一個經過審查後的 (谷歌) 搜索引擎。 3️⃣New Year’s resolutions: the Gulf Co-operation Council 新年新希望：海灣阿拉伯國家合作委員會 The new year is always a good time to reach out to estranged relatives. Officials from the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council will gather today in Saudi Arabia for their 41st summit. They are typically dull affairs, filled with pap about brotherly relations, but this year may prove more interesting: attendees will discuss whether to bring a shunned sibling back into the fold. Since June 2017 three members of the GCC—Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—have imposed an embargo on Qatar. Border and airspace closures turned the peninsular country into an island. The blockading states told Qatar to cut ties with Islamists and shut Al Jazeera, a satellite news channel. It has not complied. But many GCC leaders have tired of the divisive and ineffective embargo. The Saudi king invited Qatar’s emir to the summit; there is talk of reopening airspace. At best, though, this will be a partial easing. Real reconciliation will take years. 新的一年總是與疏遠的親戚重新接觸之好時機。由六國所組成的“海灣阿拉伯國家合作委員會 (Gulf Co-operation Council，簡稱：海合會)”之成員國的官員今天將聚集在沙烏地阿拉伯參加第四十一屆峰會。這些峰會通常是沉悶的，不外乎充斥著兄弟間討拍的情境，但今年 (的峰會) 可能會變得比較有趣：與會國將討論是否讓先前被排擠出去的兄弟 (卡達) 重新歸隊。自 2017年6月以來，海合會的三名成員 - 巴林 (Bahrain)、沙烏地阿拉伯 (Saudi Arabia) 以及阿拉伯聯合大公國/阿聯酋 (United Arab Emirates) - 對卡達 (Qatar) 實施了禁運 (令) (此事件亦演變成“2017年卡達外交危機”)。(陸地) 邊界以及領空的關閉將原本是半島國家的卡達變成了一個 (孤) 島。(在 2017年) 造成卡達外交危機的眾多國家 (沙烏地阿拉伯、阿聯酋、巴林等等) 敬告卡達與伊斯蘭 (恐怖) 主義者斷絕關係並且關閉其境內的半島電視台 (Al Jazeera，一家以卡達首都杜哈為基地的國際電視媒體)，而卡達並未遵守/照做。然而，許多海合會成員國的領導人對此分裂且無效的禁運 (令) 感到厭倦。沙烏地阿拉伯國王邀請卡達的埃米爾 (Emir，阿拉伯國家之貴族頭銜，可翻作“國王”) 來參加 (海合會) 高峰會，而關於重新開放領空的對話正在進行。這些充其量不過是部分的緩解，而真正的和解將需要數年的時間。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn