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30岁的俄罗斯女特工Maria Butina在本周五（25日）从美国佛罗里达的一所监狱中被释放，并于今天遣返回莫斯科。
30-year-old Russian agent Maria Butina was released from a prison in Florida State on Friday the 25th and deported back to Moscow today.

早在2018年7月，她被美国联邦调查局逮捕并被指控为非法的“俄国特工”。她在去年12月认罪，供认作为特工渗入美国政治团体，并被判18个月监禁。
Earlier in Jul 2018, she was arrested by the FBI and charged as a foreign agent ‘without prior notification’. She admitted to acting as an agent and infiltrating US political groups in December and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

新加坡本地第三季劳动市场预估报告显示，9月份经季度调整后的总失业率从前个季度的2.2％微升至2.3％，达到2009年12月的水平。
Singapore's third-quarter labor market estimates show that the quarterly adjusted total unemployment rate in September rose slightly from 2.2% in the previous quarter to 2.3%, reaching the level of December 2009.
国内今年第三季度的劳动市场预估数据好坏参半，总就业人数增加超过2万人，比前个季度和一年前都来得高。不过，裁员人数却比前个季度多25％，整体失业率也创下10年新高，显示工作与技能之间的不匹配差距正在扩大。

随着震惊世界的“集装箱39尸惨案”的发展，除了所载集装箱的卡车司机，英国警方额外逮捕了两名犯罪嫌疑人，一男一女，皆为38岁。
In addition to the lorry driver, two more suspects were arrested by the UK police in connection to the gruesome deaths of 39 in the refrigerated lorry. The two suspects are both 38 years of age, one male and one female.

目前除了39名死者（31男8女）皆为中国人以外，还没有其余的线索。
No additional clues have been discovered except for the fact that the 39 victims (31 male and 8 female) were all Chinese.

今天（10月25日），欧盟通过了英国延后脱欧期限的要求，英国确定不会在原定的10月31日脱欧，但新的日期尚未敲定。
Today (25th Oct), EU ambassadors have agreed to UK’s request to postpone Brexit. It is confirmed that Brexit would not take place on 31st Oct as planned, yet the new date has not been set yet.

与此同时，英国可能会在12月12日提前举行大选。举行与否将会由下议院下周一的决策决定。
In the meantime, MPs will need to decide by next Monday on whether an early general election will take place on 12th Dec.

欧盟对脱欧日期的最终决定有可能会与英国大选日期挂上关系。
EU’s final decision regarding the Brexit date might be related to the MPs’ decision on early general election.

市区重建局星期五早上公布的房地产数据显示，本地整体私宅价格指数在今年第三季的增幅高于之前预估的0.9％。
According to real estate data released by the Urban Renewal Authority on Friday morning, the local overall private housing price index increased by 0.9% in the third quarter of this year.
私宅价格已连续两个季度上扬，第三季环比增加1.3％。不过，第三季的增幅低于第二季的1.5％。
Private home prices have risen for two consecutive quarters, with a 1.3% increase in the third quarter. However, the increase in the third quarter was lower than the 1.5% in the second quarter.

英格兰东南部一个工业园区内一辆货柜车箱内发现39具尸体，货柜车司机涉嫌谋杀已被拘捕。
39 bodies were found in a container box in an industrial park in southeast England, and the container truck driver was arrested for murder.
英国警方证实，集装箱中的39名死者“均为中国公民”，其中8女31男，具体身份仍待鉴别。初步确认涉案集装箱与卡车拖车并非一同入境。
The British police confirmed that the 39 deceased in the container were "all Chinese citizens", including 8 women and 31 men, and their specific identity remains to be identified. Initial confirmation that the container involved and the truck trailer did not enter the country together.
这起命案是否牵涉走私人口等犯罪仍待调查。

10月21日，泰国王室发生了“宫斗”中的戏剧性一幕，泰王哇集拉隆功当天下令褫夺贵妃诗尼娜的所有封号，包括王室封号、荣誉和军衔，原因是诗尼娜“违反了朝臣行为守则”，“对国王不忠”。
On October 21st, a dramatic scene in the "King Dou" took place in the royal family of Thailand. On the same day, Thai King Wah Laklong ordered the capture of all the titles of the royal family, including the royal title, honor and rank, because of the poet Nina. Violation of the court's code of conduct, "unfaithful to the king."

李显龙总理在讲华语运动40周年庆典上致辞时宣布，新加坡推广华语理事会推出新加坡华语资料库，公众下月起可免费上网查阅具有新加坡特色的华语词汇及其来源。
In his speech at the 40th anniversary of the Chinese-speaking movement, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Singapore Promotion Chinese Language Council has launched the Singapore Chinese-language database. The public will be able to access the Chinese-speaking vocabulary with Singapore characteristics and its source free of charge from next month.
李总理呼吁国人积极参与和支持讲华语运动，维持新加坡的双语优势，以及保留本地的多元文化。

英国脱欧大戏仍在紧锣密鼓地上演。英国议会星期六（10月19日）就脱欧问题举行辩论投票，但结果决定再次延迟英国议会的脱欧表决。约翰逊政府遭遇重大挫折。
The Brexit drama is still in full swing. The British Parliament held a debate on the Brexit vote on Saturday (October 19), but decided to delay the Brexit vote of the British Parliament again. The Johnson administration suffered a major setback.
英国外交大臣拉布（Dominic Raab）称，有信心能够争取到足够多的支持票，让政府按计划脱欧。
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that he is confident that he can win enough support votes to let the government leave the EU as planned.

近日，有百余名中国人聚集在中国驻马来西亚大使馆门外，手持横幅。
In the recent days, more than a hundred Chinese have been holding a banner, gathering outside the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia.

他们声称被马来西亚的某个金钱游戏投资公司欺诈至少1000亿人民币。希望中国大使馆和马来西亚官方可以主持公道，协助他们讨回被骗金额。
They claim that they were scammed of no less than 100 trillion RMB by a investment gaming company in Malaysia. They are appealing to the Chinese Embassy and Malaysian government to help them get their money back.