日本首相确诊后取消外访 美国第一夫人新冠检测转阴******
(抗击新冠肺炎)日本首相确诊后取消外访 美国第一夫人新冠检测转阴
中新社北京8月22日电 综合消息:据约翰斯·霍普金斯大学统计数据,截至北京时间22日12时20分,全球累计有596170722例确诊病例、6453733例死亡病例。
美洲与欧洲:美国第一夫人新冠检测转阴
据约翰斯·霍普金斯大学统计数据,截至美东时间21日17时20分,美国在过去24小时里新增8445例确诊病例,累计达93641944例;新增18例死亡病例,累计达1041149例。
美国有线电视新闻网当地时间21日报道说,美国第一夫人吉尔·拜登的发言人伊丽莎白·亚历山大对外表示,在隔离5天后,吉尔·拜登的两次新冠病毒检测都呈阴性。吉尔·拜登会在21日晚些时候离开南卡罗来纳州,前往特拉华州与总统拜登团聚。
现年71岁的吉尔·拜登此前已完全接种新冠疫苗并打了两剂加强针。数天前,吉尔·拜登确诊感染新冠病毒。
俄罗斯卫星通讯社21日报道称,根据俄罗斯犹太自治州副州长德米特里?布拉特年科的命令,犹太自治州恢复落实戴口罩制度。
亚洲:日本首相确诊后取消外访
日本广播协会电视台21日援引内阁官房相关人士消息报道,日本首相岸田文雄20日晚出现低烧、咳嗽等症状,21日上午10时在首相官邸接受新冠病毒检测,下午4时确诊感染新冠病毒。目前岸田文雄正在官邸疗养,仍有低烧、咳嗽等症状,其夫人及长子被确认为密接者。
岸田文雄于8月12日在自卫队运营的东京大手町新冠疫苗大规模接种会场接种了第4针新冠疫苗。
共同社21日报道说,岸田文雄取消了27日起访问突尼斯出席非洲开发会议(TICAD)的原定行程,考虑改为线上参加。岸田文雄在出席完TICAD后对中东各国进行访问的行程也被取消。
共同社援引约翰斯·霍普金斯大学统计数据报道说,截至日本当地时间20日晚,日本累计确诊病例数已居全球第10位。日本第七波疫情持续蔓延,在过去4周,日本全国约有571万人感染新冠病毒,居全球之首。
据韩国中央防疫对策本部22日通报,截至当天零时,韩国较前一天零时新增59046例确诊病例,累计达22299377例;新增56例死亡病例,累计达26109例。韩联社指出,周末检测数量减少,所以周一确诊数据通常大幅少于前日,但韩国新增确诊病例数已连续两天比前一周有所下降,疫情形势能否由此好转备受外界关注。
《联合早报》援引新加坡卫生部的数据说,新加坡21日新增1951例确诊病例,累计达1816866例;新增2例死亡病例,累计达1580例。当天也是从今年5月4日以来,新加坡单日新增确诊病例数新低。截至8月20日,新加坡全国人口中的93%已完成基本疫苗接种程序,79%注射了加强针。
据《联合早报》21日报道,随着新加坡疫情趋稳,政府将进一步放宽戴口罩的规定:民众只有在公共交通工具上,以及在诊所、医院和疗养院等场所才须戴口罩。学生在学校上课时不必戴口罩。新加坡总理李显龙表示,政府抗疫跨部门工作小组将公布详情。在公布之前,人们先别急着摘下口罩。
新德里电视台援引印度卫生部22日上午公布的数据说,在过去24小时里,印度新增9531例确诊病例、36例死亡病例。(完)
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.