2020年CRI 白宫疫情顾问斯科特·阿特拉斯宣布辞职 拜登公布经济团队名单（在线收听）

The Hong Kong Chief Executive is urging residents to stay at home and refrain from social gatherings.

Carrie Lam says on Tuesday that the next two weeks will be crucial to containing a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in the city.

Hong Kong reported 76 new cases on Monday, bringing the total to more than 63 hundred.

Last week, 87 new cases were reported on average daily, of which 90 percent were locally transmitted.

The Chinese Ambassador to Canada has held a telephone conversation with Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.

Cong Peiwu reiterated that China will earnestly urge Canada to release Meng as soon as possible and ensure her safe return to China.

The Chinese Premier is calling on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to foster a secure and stable development environment.

Addressing the latest meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of SCO Member States via video link, Li Keqiang also called for joint efforts to consolidate integrated development, leverage the catalytic role of sci-tech innovation and pursue people-centered cooperation.

He called on SCO members to continue to carry out joint counter-terrorism exercises and cooperation on deradicalization, effectively deal with new challenges such as cyber terrorism, and jointly safeguard data security.

He also called for supporting Afghanistan's national reconciliation process and helping the country restore stability and development at an early date.

Dr. Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser to President Donald Trump on coronavirus.

He has repeatedly downplayed the importance of face masks and said lockdowns had been "an epic failure" in stopping the spread of the virus.

His views have been sharply criticized by public health experts, including leading U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled his economic team, nominating former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to lead the Treasury Department.

If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would be the first woman to serve as U.S. treasury secretary.

Biden also selected President and CEO Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), while Cecilia Rouse from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs was named to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

The U.S. state of Arizona has certified its election results, confirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory over incumbent President Donald Trump and granting the state's 11 electoral votes to the former vice president.

A top Iranian security official has accused Israel of using electronic devices to kill top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani made the comments at the funeral of Fakhrizadeh, who was killed on Friday.

Authorities initially said a truck exploded and then gunmen opened fire on the scientist, killing him.

Israel, who has long been suspected of killing Iranian nuclear scientists over the last decade, has declined to comment on the attack.

Fakhrizadeh founded Iran's military nuclear program in the 2000s. Tehran has maintained that its nuclear activities are peaceful.

The first weekly decline in global COVID-19 cases since September has appeared.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the decline came mainly thanks to a drop in cases in Europe.

But the WHO official warns that caution is still needed.

He urged people to be careful during the festive season.

WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan says governments need to consider how best to reduce contact between people to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

中国香港特区行政长官呼吁居民待在家中，不要参加社交聚会。

林郑月娥周二表示，未来两周将是控制特区第四波新冠肺炎疫情的关键。

周一，中国香港报告了76例新增病例，使总数超过6300例。

上周香港日均报告87例新增病例，90%为本土传播病例。

中国驻加拿大大使与华为公司首席财务官孟晚舟进行了电话交谈。

丛培武重申，中方将恳切敦促加方尽快释放孟晚舟，并确保她安全返回中国。

中国国务院总理呼吁上海合作组织营造安全稳定的发展环境。

李克强以视频方式在最近举行的上合组织成员国政府首脑理事会会议上发表讲话，呼吁各方共同努力，巩固融合发展，发挥科技创新的催化作用，推进以人为本的合作。

他呼吁上合组织成员国继续开展联合反恐演习和去极端化合作，有效应对网络恐怖主义等新挑战，共同维护数据安全。

他还呼吁阿富汗的民族和解进程，帮助阿富汗早日恢复稳定和发展。

斯科特·阿特拉斯博士已辞去唐纳德·特朗普总统的冠状病毒特别顾问一职。

他多次淡化口罩的重要性，并表示封锁是阻止病毒传播的“重大失败”。

他的观点受到了包括美国著名传染病专家安东尼·福奇在内的公共卫生专家的严厉批评。

美国当选总统乔·拜登公布经济团队名单，提名前美联储主席珍妮特·耶伦出任财政部长。

如果获得参议院批准，耶伦将成为美国首位女财政部长。

拜登还任命美国进步中心主席兼首席执行官妮拉·坦登为白宫行政管理和预算局（简称OMB）局长，任命普林斯顿大学公共及国际事务学院院长塞西莉娅·劳斯为白宫经济顾问委员会主席。

美国亚利桑那州认证选举结果，确认当选总统乔·拜登击败现任总统唐纳德·特朗普，前副总统拜登获得了该州11张选举人票。

伊朗一名高级安全官员指责以色列使用电子设备杀害伊朗顶级核科学家穆赫森·法赫里扎德。

最高国家安全委员会秘书阿里·沙姆哈尼在法赫里扎德的葬礼上发表上述言论，法赫里扎德于周五遇害。

有关部门最初表示，一辆卡车发生爆炸，随后持枪者开枪杀害了这名科学家。

长期以来，以色列一直被怀疑在过去十年杀害了多名伊朗核科学家，但以色列拒绝对这起袭击发表评论。

法赫里扎德在21世纪初成立伊朗军事核项目。伊朗政府坚称，其核活动是和平的。

自9月以来，全球新冠肺炎周（新增病例）首次下降。

世界卫生组织总干事特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯表示，（新增病例）下降主要是由于欧洲病例的下降。

但这位世卫组织官员警告称，仍需对此保持谨慎。

他敦促人们在节日期间要小心。

世卫组织紧急项目负责人迈克尔·瑞安表示，各国政府需要考虑如何最好地减少人们之间的接触，防止疫情传播。