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由于风向影响，印尼苏门答腊岛烧芭产生的烟雾扩散到新加坡，我国全岛各地今天出现烟霾情况，空气中弥漫着烧焦味。
Due to the influence of the wind, the smoke generated by the Indonesian Sumatra burnt bar spread to Singapore. Today, there are soots in the whole island of China, and the air is filled with burnt smell.
截至下午4时，24小时空气污染指数（Pollution Standards Index，简称PSI）介于86到103点，其中西部的PSI突破100点达103点，已进入“不健康”水平。未来一周，建议人们减少在户外长时间激烈运动。年长者、孕妇、孩童、患有肺部或心脏慢性疾病者，都应避免长时间在户外激烈运动。如感到不适应马上求医。

法国首都巴黎正在面临自2007年以来最大的罢工活动。此次活动的目的是为了抗议总统马克龙的退休金改革计划。
France capital Paris is facing the biggest strike since 2007. The purpose of this strike is to show objection towards President Macron’s planned pension reform.

目前罢工最多的是地铁员工。16条地铁线路中，10条已经暂时停运，其余交通方式出现堵塞状态，工作人士的日程也受到影响。
At this moment, the majority of people taking part in this strike are metro employees. 10 lines out of 16 have been temporarily shut down and there appear to be huge jams in other commute methods. The schedule of other people going to work is clearly affected.

《自然-天文学》杂志上发表了一篇报道。天文学家首次在太阳系以外星系的一颗行星大气中发现了水，这一重大发现意味着它有可能具备支持生命的迹象。科学家把这颗行星叫做K2-18b，估计K2-18大气层中可能有高达50％的水，并希望10年后的新一代太空望远镜能够鉴定该行星大气层中是否包含由生物体而产生的气体。

苹果2019年新品发布会于当地时间9月10日上午10点，在美国加利福尼亚州苹果公司总部的乔布斯剧院举行。苹果推出了iPhone 11系列手机，该系列比之前版本搭载更多摄像头，处理器速度提升，且耗能更低，续航时间比前代长。但有外界声音指出，此次发布会新品创新不足。
Apple's 2019 new product launch was held at 10:00 am local time on September 10th at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple's headquarters in California. Apple introduced the iPhone 11 series, which has more cameras than the previous version, with faster processor speeds, lower power consumption and longer battery life than previous generations. However, there are outside voices pointing out that the new product innovation at this conference is insufficient.

印尼前总统哈比比与2019年9月11日去世，享年83岁。
Formal President of Indonesia, Habibie, died yesterday on 11th Sep 2019 at the age of 83.

他是印尼史上第三任总统，同时也是任期最短的总统。在他任职期间，他推广社会民主充足，意义非凡。
He is the 3rd president in Indonesia history and was also the person with the shortest presidency. During his presidency, he pushed for democratic reforms that had a significant impact.

新加坡总统、总理等多名政要致函哈比比的儿子表达哀悼。
Singapore President, Prime Minister and many more politicians all sent their condolences to Mr Habibie’s son.

今天，《泰晤士高等教育特辑》新公布了2020年的全球大学排行榜。
Today, Times Higher Education just released Times Higher Education world rankings 2020.

英国牛津大学连续4年蝉联榜首，紧随其后的是美国加州理工、英国剑桥大学、美国斯坦福大学和麻省理工大学。
Oxford University has ranked the top university 4 years in a row, closely followed by California Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

今天（9月12日），美国总统特朗普在推特宣布：应中国副总理刘鹤的请求，以及考虑到10月1日中国70周年国庆节，中美双方达成共识，美国将会把对价值2500亿美元的关税上调（25%到30%）日期从10月1日推迟到10月15日，以示善意。
Today 12th Sep, in a tweet of US President Donald Trump it says, ‘ At the request of the Vice Premier of China, Liu He, and due to the fact that the People’s Republic of China will be celebrating their 70th Anniversary on October 1st, we have agreed, as a gesture of good will, to move the increased Tariffs on 250 Billion Dollars worth of goods (25% to 30%), from October 1st to October 15th’.

911恐怖袭击18周年纪念日前夕，美国总统特朗普9日宣布，与阿富汗塔利班的和平谈判“已经死了”。
On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President Trump announced on the 9th that the peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan "have died."

创立于1999年，中国最领先的电商平台之一，阿里巴巴的创始人，马云，在2019年9月10日光荣“退休”，卸任阿里巴巴董事局主席，继续担任董事局成员。
Jack Ma, the founder of China’s leading e-commerce company, Alibaba, has ‘retired’ on 10th Sep 2019 and stepped down from the role of executive chairman, while he will remain a member in the board.

他的继任者会是现任阿里集团的现任CEO张勇。
His predecessor will be the current chief executive of Alibaba, Daniel Zhang.

今年正是阿里集团创建的20周年，希望在马云退至幕后的未来，它也会有更好的发展。
Founded in 1999, this year is the 20-year anniversary for Alibaba. Hope its future will be just as bright after Mr Ma has stepped down.

在移民局的一次检查中，官员在一个包裹中发现一些可疑玻璃制品，疑似用来吸毒。
During a checkup by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, officers found some suspicious glass apparatus which could be used for drug abuse in a parcel.

周一（9月9号），新加坡肃毒局在义顺大牌33号的一个住宅中发现两盆种植大麦，随后逮捕了一个44岁的男性和52岁的女性嫌疑犯。
On Monday 9th Sep, the Central Narcotics Bureau performed a raid and found two potted cannabis plants in a residential unit in Yishun Street 31, and arrested a 44-year-old male suspect and 52-year-old female suspect.