Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to amend his own family trust to leave his eldest son Lachlan in control of the family media empire has been blocked by a Nevada court.

鲁珀特•默多克(Rupert Murdoch)试图修改自己的家族信托，让长子拉克兰(Lachlan)控制其家族媒体帝国，但遭到内华达州法院的阻止。

In a sealed decision released at the weekend a Nevada court commissioner found Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had acted in “bad faith” by trying to change the trust to leave Lachlan in control rather than his siblings, said a person familiar with the matter. The move would have cemented Rupert’s legacy in driving a rightwing agenda across its media businesses such as Fox News. 

据知情人士透露，在周末发布的一项密封决定中，内华达州一名法院专员发现，鲁珀特和拉克兰•默多克(Lachlan Murdoch)“恶意”行事，试图更改信托，以让拉克兰而不是他的兄弟姐妹控制公司。此举将巩固鲁珀特在其媒体业务（如福克斯新闻(Fox News)）中推行右翼议程的传统。

The decision is a “resounding victory” for the three younger Murdoch children — James, Elisabeth and Prudence — who were at risk of losing control of the multibillion-dollar business after the death of their father, said one person familiar with the ruling.

一位熟悉裁决的人士表示，这一裁决是默多克家族三位年轻成员——詹姆斯(James)、伊丽莎白(Elisabeth)和普鲁登斯(Prudence)的“巨大胜利”，他们在父亲去世后面临失去对这个数十亿美元企业控制权的风险。

——本文2024年12月10日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Rupert Murdoch loses attempt to overhaul family trust in bitter legal dispute

Sea surface temperatures remained unusually high across many regions in the Pacific Ocean in November, leaving the world on course for a record warm year, the European Earth observation agency said.

欧洲地球观测机构说，11月份太平洋许多地区的海面温度仍然异常高，全球可能即将迎来创纪录的暖年。

The month of November was the second-warmest on record on land and at sea, with air temperatures at 1.62C above pre-industrial levels, data from Copernicus showed. The average sea surface temperature for the month was 20.58C.

哥白尼气候变化服务局的数据显示，11月份是有记录以来陆地和海洋温度第二高的月份，气温比工业化前水平高出1.62摄氏度。11月的平均海面温度为20.58摄氏度。

This produced more rainfall than normal in many parts of the world last month, causing flooding, as the warmer air holds more moisture.

由于温暖的空气含有更多的水分，上个月世界许多地区的降雨量超过了正常水平，导致了洪水。

——本文2024年12月10日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 High Pacific surface temperatures fuel record warm year

A 26-year-old Ivy League graduate has been hit with gun and other charges in Pennsylvania as authorities investigate his connection to the murder of a senior UnitedHealth Group executive ahead of an investor event in New York last week.

一名26岁的常春藤盟校(Ivy League)毕业生在宾夕法尼亚被控持枪及其他罪名，当局正在调查他与上周联合健康集团(UnitedHealth Group)高管被杀案的关联，该名高管在纽约前往一场投资者活动途中被谋杀。

Local police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, apprehended Luigi Mangione, 26, of Maryland at a McDonald’s restaurant following a tip from an employee, New York police authorities said at a press conference on Monday. 

纽约警方在周一举行的新闻发布会上说，宾夕法尼亚州阿尔图纳当地警方根据一名员工提供的线索，在一家麦当劳餐厅逮捕了来自马里兰州的26岁的路易吉•曼焦内(Luigi Mangione)。

Eric Adams, the New York mayor, described Mangione as a “strong person of interest” in possession of several items potentially connected to the crime. Jessica Tisch, New York Police Department commissioner, said NYPD detectives alongside officials from the district attorney’s office were heading to Pennsylvania to interview Mangione. 

纽约市长埃里克•亚当斯(Eric Adams)称曼焦内是一名“重要嫌疑人”，他持有几件可能与犯罪有关的物品。纽约警察局局长杰西卡•蒂施(Jessica Tisch)说，纽约警察局的警探和地方检察官办公室的官员正前往宾夕法尼亚州向曼焦内进行问话。

——本文2024年12月10日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 ‘Person of interest’ in UnitedHealth executive’s murder faces gun charge

Israel has taken more Syrian territory, justifying the incursion as a temporary move to protect its citizens, but drawing a furious reaction in the region.

以色列已占领叙利亚更多领土，称其为保护以色列公民的临时举措，但此举在地区引发愤怒反应。

Defence minister Israel Katz on Monday said the country’s military was continuing to seize “high ground” inside Syria after the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Sunday by a group led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

以色列国防部长伊斯雷尔•卡茨(Israel Katz)周一表示，以军正继续在叙利亚境内夺取“制高点”，此前以沙姆解放组织(Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS)——该组织奉行伊斯兰主义——为首的叛军周日推翻了巴沙尔•阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)政权。

The movement of tanks and infantry, which extended into and beyond a previously demilitarised buffer zone, was condemned “in the strongest possible terms” by Egypt, which said it amounted to the “occupation of Syrian land” and a “severe breach” of a 1974 armistice deal.

以军坦克和步兵进入一个之前非军事化的缓冲区，甚至开进到超出该缓冲区范围的地带。对此，埃及予以“最强烈谴责”，称这相当于“占领叙利亚土地”，“严重违反”1974年签署的停战协议。

——本文2024年12月10日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Israel draws furious reaction from Egypt after taking more Syrian territory