2021年经济学人 一年要闻 伊朗以"涉嫌污染"为由扣押韩国油轮（在线收听）

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt restored diplomatic relations with Qatar, a step towards ending a three-and-a-half-year dispute. The four countries imposed an embargo on Qatar over its ties to Iran and Islamists, and the content of its Al Jazeera media network. Saudi Arabia has already reopened its borders with the emirate.

沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国、巴林和埃及恢复了与卡塔尔的外交关系，朝着结束长达三年半的争端迈出了一步。由于卡塔尔与伊朗和伊斯兰主义者的关系，以及其半岛电视台(Al Jazeera)媒体网络的内容，这四个国家对卡塔尔实施了禁运。沙特阿拉伯已经重新开放了与阿联酋的边境。

Iran said it would begin enriching uranium to 20% purity, short of the 90% required to make a nuclear bomb, but in breach of the deal it signed with world powers in 2015. It also raised tensions by seizing a South Korean tanker for “polluting the Persian Gulf”.

伊朗表示将开始将铀浓缩至20%的纯度，低于制造核弹所需的90%纯度，但这违反了2015年与世界大国签署的核协议。该国还以“污染波斯湾”为由扣押了一艘韩国油轮，从而加剧了紧张局势。

Around 100 people were killed by suspected jihadists in attacks on two villages in western Niger. In Mozambique Total, a French energy firm, suspended construction work on Africa’s largest natural-gas project because of attacks by jihadists allied to Islamic State in the north of the country.

尼日尔西部两个村庄遭遇疑似圣战分子袭击，约100人丧生。在莫桑比克，法国能源公司道达尔(Total)暂停了非洲最大天然气项目的建设工作，原因是与伊斯兰国(Islamic State)结盟的圣战分子在该国北部发动了袭击。

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the president of the Central African Republic, won a second term in elections marred by an offensive led by rebel groups who accuse the government of rigging the vote.

中非共和国总统福斯坦·阿尔尚热·图瓦德拉（Faustin-Archange Touadera）在选举中赢得第二个任期，这次选举被指控政府操纵投票的反叛组织发动的攻势所破坏。

Vietnam sentenced three journalists to prison terms of more than ten years each for disseminating anti-state propaganda. One of them was arrested after calling on the eu to postpone a trade agreement until Vietnam improved its treatment of journalists.

越南判处三名记者10年以上有期徒刑，罪名是散布反国家宣传。其中一人因呼吁欧盟推迟一项贸易协议，直到越南改善其对记者的待遇而被捕。

Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s dictator, admitted that his regime had completely failed to meet its economic goals in a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party. He pledged to do better this year.

朝鲜独裁者金正恩在执政的劳动党举行的一次罕见的代表大会上承认，他的政权完全没有实现其经济目标。他保证今年要做得更好。

Coronavirus briefs

疫情一览

Indonesia, Japan and South Korea were among the Asian countries imposing new restrictions in an effort to battle a surge in COVID-19 infections in the region. Vaccinations in Japan are not expected to begin until the end of February.

印尼、日本和韩国等亚洲国家实施了新的限制措施，以应对该地区新冠肺炎感染病例激增的问题。日本的疫苗接种预计要到2月底才会开始。

India’s drug regulator approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine. It also cleared Covaxin, a vaccine developed by an Indian company that is still in the clinical-trial stage.

印度药品监管机构批准了阿斯利康-牛津疫苗。它还批准了一家印度公司开发的疫苗Covaxin，该疫苗目前仍处于临床试验阶段。

A national lockdown in Germany was extended by three weeks, to January 31st. Strict curbs on travel were imposed in areas with the highest infection rates.

德国的全国封锁令延长了三周，至1月31日。感染率最高的地区实行了严格的旅行限制。

Israel continued to lead the world in vaccination per person, inoculating 16% of its people by January 5th. Russia said it had vaccinated 1m people with the Sputnik V jab. Many Russians are refusing it; Vladimir Putin says he will have the jab, at some point.

以色列在人均疫苗接种方面继续领先全球，截至1月5日，该国16%的人口接种了疫苗。俄罗斯表示，已经为100万人接种了Sputnik V疫苗。许多俄罗斯人拒绝接种；普京表示，他将择机接种疫苗。