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The Sun has set, and you're headed to a train station in Stockholm with your overnight bag. You board the sleeper train, change into your comfortable clothes, enjoy the scenery through the window for a while before laying your head down to rest. Snoring from the other passengers in your shared cabin delays your bedtime, but the gentle motion and white noise eventually send you to sleep. The next morning, just over 12 hours later, you wake up in Germany's second largest city, Hamburg. "It still sounds like a long time, but you go to sleep, and it's such a nice atmosphere on the train," says Julia Senninger, a fan of sleeper trains.
太阳已经落山，您带着过夜行李前往斯德哥尔摩的火车站。 登上卧铺列车，换上舒适的衣服，欣赏一下窗外的风景，然后就低头休息。 共用客舱内其他乘客的鼾声会延迟您的就寝时间，但轻柔的动作和白噪音最终会让您入睡。 第二天早上，12 个多小时后，您在德国第二大城市汉堡醒来。 “听起来还是很长一段时间，但你很快就睡着了，火车上的气氛真好，”卧铺火车的粉丝朱莉娅·森宁格 (Julia Senninger) 说道。

Before budget airlines made flights across Europe so quick and cheap, sleeper trains were a popular way to cover large distances without wasting daylight or paying for a place to stay. After a period of decline, sleeper trains in Europe are making a comeback.Belgian-Dutch company European Sleeper launched the Brussels to Milan route in September 2026 and has announced a new route connecting Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden, scheduled to open in 2028. Other train companies Trenitalia and Nightjet have also announced plans for new international routes. Companies are rushing to meet high demand.
在廉价航空公司提供如此快捷、便宜的穿越欧洲的航班之前，卧铺火车是一种流行的长途旅行方式，无需浪费日光或支付住宿费用。 经过一段时间的衰退后，欧洲的卧铺列车正在卷土重来。比利时-荷兰公司European Sleeper于2026年9月推出了布鲁塞尔至米兰的航线，并宣布了一条连接比利时、荷兰和瑞典的新航线，计划于2028年开通。其他火车公司Trenitalia和Nightjet也宣布了新的国际航线的计划。 公司正在争先恐后地满足高需求。

The rise in popularity is partly due to changing attitudes and increased awareness surrounding climate change. The carbon footprint of an electric-powered train is just a fraction of a flight. But there's more to it. Sleeper train fan Julia Senninger says trains are simply more fun. You meet more people and can have interesting conversations. Cat Jones, founder of the flight-free travel agency Byway, says, "The point of travel is the experience rather than just the arrival." So, people are buying into the idea that the journey to your destination is also part of the trip. Besides the convenience of starting and ending your journey in a city centre, there's also a sense of romance and adventure when you imagine whizzing through unknown landscapes and foreign villages while you sleep.
受欢迎程度的上升部分归因于人们对气候变化的态度的改变和意识的增强。 电动火车的碳足迹只是飞行的一小部分。 但还有更多。 卧铺火车迷朱莉娅·森宁格 (Julia Senninger) 表示，火车更有趣。 你会认识更多的人，并可以进行有趣的对话。 不搭乘航班的旅行社 Byway 的创始人卡特·琼斯 (Cat Jones) 表示：“旅行的重点在于体验，而不仅仅是抵达。” 因此，人们相信到达目的地的旅程也是旅行的一部分。 除了在市中心方便地开始和结束旅程之外，当您想象在睡觉时飞驰穿过未知的风景和外国村庄时，还会有一种浪漫和冒险的感觉。

In Europe, the sleeper train comeback does not come without challenges. Competing with budget airlines, some sleeper train routes have disappeared, even while new ones have launched. Problems with infrastructure, cost and availability mean that the high demand for a more sustainable travel option is not currently being met.
在欧洲，卧铺列车的卷土重来并非没有挑战。 与廉价航空公司竞争，一些卧铺火车线路已经消失，尽管新线路已经开通。 基础设施、成本和可用性方面的问题意味着对更可持续的旅行选择的高需求目前尚未得到满足。

Protesters continue to gather outside the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday after Elon Musk and President Trump made moves to dismantle the agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas.
周一，在埃隆·马斯克和特朗普总统采取行动解散负责向海外提供人道主义援助的美国国际开发署后，抗议者继续聚集在美国国际开发署外。

AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports. William Whelan, a retired USAID employee, says that he worked for the agency to help starving people worldwide.
美联社记者哈亚·潘杰瓦尼（Haya Panjwani）报道。美国国际开发署退休员工威廉·惠兰（William Whelan）表示，他为该机构工作是为了帮助全世界的饥饿人民。

"This program helped people not only who faced starvation, but it helped Americans. So I find it hard to believe that Americans wouldn't understand the mutual benefit."
“这个项目不仅帮助了面临饥饿的人们，也帮助了美国人。所以我很难相信美国人不会理解这种互惠互利。”

A federal judge dealt Trump and Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the agency, ordering a temporary halt on plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job. Haya Panjwani, Washington.
一名联邦法官给特朗普和马斯克在解散该机构的过程中带来了第一个重大挫折，下令暂时停止将数千名机构工作人员从工作岗位上撤下的计划。记者哈亚·潘杰瓦尼在华盛顿报道。

A U.S. district judge found Monday that the Trump administration hasn't fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and told the White House to release billions of dollars in funding. AP correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.
一名美国地区法官周一裁定，特朗普政府没有完全遵守他的命令解冻联邦支出，并要求白宫释放数十亿美元的资金。美联社记者萨加尔·梅加尼（Sagar Meghani）报道。

The judge says the White House has violated his order from late last month, noting continued struggles to get federal money for things like early childhood education and HIV research.
法官表示，白宫违反了他上个月底的命令，指出联邦政府继续努力争取资金用于早期儿童教育和艾滋病研究等项目。

He says a broad, categorical and sweeping federal funding freeze is likely unconstitutional and is ordering the administration to release all the money in a suit filed by nearly two dozen states, including Maryland.
他说，广泛彻底的联邦资金冻结可能违宪，并命令特朗普政府在包括马里兰州在内的近二十个州提起的诉讼中释放所有资金。

"Thank goodness for the courts," where Senator Chris Van Hollen says a flurry of illegal Trump actions has drawn a flurry of legal challenges.
“感谢法院”，参议员克里斯·范·霍伦表示，特朗普的一系列非法行为引发了一系列法律挑战。

"I've never seen so many temporary restraining orders issued in such a short period of time against the U.S. government." Sagar Meghani, at the White House.
“我从未见过在如此短的时间内针对美国政府发布如此多的临时限制令。”记者萨加尔·梅加尼在白宫报道。

President Trump on Monday said he has ordered the treasury secretary to cease production of the one cent coin known as the penny. Reuters correspondent Jillian Kitchener reports.
特朗普总统周一表示，他已下令财政部长停止生产一美分硬币，。路透社记者吉莉安·基钦纳(Jillian Kitchener)报道。

After more than 200 years in circulation, the U.S. penny, the smallest denomination of American currency, may have run out of luck.
在流通了200多年之后，美国货币中最小面额的一美分硬币可能已经没用了。

In a Truth Social post, President Trump said the one cent coin is not worth the metal it's printed on,
在一篇真相社交帖子中，特朗普总统表示，一美分硬币不值它所印的金属价值，

saying pennies actually cost more than two cents to make and that he instructed his treasury secretary to stop producing new ones.
他说一美分硬币的制造成本实际上超过两美分，他指示财政部长停止生产新的一美分硬币。

Supporters of the penny have argued that it helps keep consumer prices lower and is a source of income to charities.
一美分硬币的支持者认为，它有助于降低消费价格，是慈善机构的收入来源。

Others say the one cent coin is a nuisance that ends up being discarded. Reuters correspondent Jillian Kitchener.
其他人说，一美分硬币是一种麻烦，最终会被丢弃。路透社记者吉莉安·基钦纳报道。

Trump's ultimatum to Hamas received a mixed reaction from Israelis for whom the release of the hostages remains top priority. VOA's Jeff Caster reports.
特朗普向哈马斯发出的最后通牒在以色列人中引起了褒贬不一的反应，以色列人认为释放人质仍然是当务之急。美国之音记者杰夫·卡斯特（Jeff Caster）报道。

Hamas's spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday Trump needs to remember there is an agreement which must be respected by both parties.
哈马斯发言人萨米·阿布·祖赫里周二表示，特朗普需要记住双方必须尊重一项协议。

Jerusalem resident Hagit Herman told the Reuters news agency she thought Trump's intentions may have been good, but the message was wrong.
耶路撒冷居民哈吉特·赫尔曼（Hagit Herman）告诉路透社，她认为特朗普的意图可能是好的，但传递的信息是错误的。

"I think Trump has good meanings, but I think now he's not on it. I think he must go in another way.
“我认为特朗普的意图是好的，但现在他已经不同意了。我认为他必须换一种方式。

I think the most important thing is to get back our people to Israel and not push it and not threaten the Hamas because that's not the way."
我认为最重要的是让我们的人民回到以色列，不要强迫他们，不要威胁哈马斯，因为这不是办法。”

Trump did say that Israel might want to override him regarding his suggestion the cease-fire be cancelled and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the issue. Jeff Caster, VOA News.
特朗普确实表示，以色列可能想推翻他取消停火的建议，并表示他可能会就此问题与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡交谈。美国之音新闻记者杰夫·卡斯特报道。

Canada has named a former deputy commissioner with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the country's new fentanyl czar.
加拿大任命了一位前加拿大皇家骑警副局长，担任该国新的芬太尼沙皇。

Officials hope to show the U.S. it is working to prevent production and distribution of the synthetic opioid.
官员们希望向美国表明，他们正在努力防止这种合成阿片类药物的产销。

Kevin Brosseau has served as an RCMP deputy commissioner and the senior Mountie in the province of Manitoba. More recently, he was deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister.
Kevin Brosseau曾担任加拿大皇家骑警副局长和马尼托巴省高级骑警。最近，他担任总理的国家安全和情报副顾问。

President Donald Trump recently threatened to impose steep tariffs on all goods from Canada, citing the southbound flow of migrants and drugs, including fentanyl.
唐纳德·特朗普总统最近威胁要对所有来自加拿大的商品征收高额关税，理由是移民和毒品（包括芬太尼）向南流动。

Vice President J.D. Vance warned leaders at a Paris summit against killing the growth of artificial intelligence with "excessive regulation." AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports.
副总统J.D.万斯在巴黎峰会上警告各国领导人不要用“过度监管”来扼杀人工智能的发展。美联社记者Karen Chammas报道。

Speaking at the summit in Paris, Vice President Vance said, "We feel very strongly that AI must remain free from ideological bias and that American AI will not be co-opted into a tool forauthoritariancensorship."
副总统万斯在巴黎峰会上表示：“我们强烈认为，人工智能必须摆脱意识形态偏见，美国人工智能不会被利用为独裁审查的工具。”

He also used his speech to world leaders, tech bosses and researchers to repeatedly push back against what he called "excessive regulation" of the rapidly growing AI industry.
他还利用对世界各国领导人、科技老板和研究人员的演讲，反复反驳他所谓的对快速发展的人工智能行业的“过度监管”。

Concerns over AI's potential dangers have loomed over the summit, particularly as nations grapple with how to regulate a technology that is increasingly entwined with defense and warfare. I'm Karen Chammas.
对人工智能潜在危险的担忧笼罩着峰会，尤其是在各国努力解决如何监管与国防和战争日益交织在一起的技术之际。我是凯伦·查马斯。

Iraq's top court has thrown out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country's parliament.
伊拉克最高法院驳回了一项上诉，该上诉暂时中止了该国议会上个月通过的三项有争议的法律。

The measures include an amendment to the country's personal status law to give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, which critics have said would erode women's rights.
这些措施包括对该国个人地位法的修正，赋予伊斯兰法院在家庭事务方面的更大权力，批评人士称这将削弱妇女的权利。

They also include a general amnesty law that opponents say would allow the release of people involved in public corruption and embezzlement, as well as militants who committed war crimes.
它们还包括一项大赦法，反对者称这将允许释放参与公共腐败和贪污的犯人，以及犯下战争罪的武装分子。

The third bill aimed to return lands confiscated from the Kurds under the rule of Saddam Hussein, which some fear would lead to the displacement of Arab residents. [解析]
第三项法案旨在归还萨达姆·侯赛因统治期间从库尔德人手中没收的土地，一些人担心这会导致阿拉伯居民流离失所。

Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was sworn on Wednesday as the top U.S. spy. Reuters correspondent Freddie Joyner reports.
美国前众议员图尔西·加巴德在情报方面经验不多，周三宣誓就任美国最高间谍。路透社记者弗雷迪·乔伊纳（Freddie Joyner）报道。

Gabbard now will oversee the 18-agency intelligence community, including the CIA, and act as President Donald Trump's top adviser on intelligence issues.
加巴德现在将负责监督包括中央情报局在内的18个机构的情报界，并担任唐纳德·特朗普总统的情报问题高级顾问。

With little experience in this area, she was considered to be one of Trump's most controversial picks.
由于在这方面经验不足，她被认为是特朗普最具争议的选择之一。

Yet every Republican besides Senator Mitch McConnell, the party's former leader in the chamber, lined up behind the nominee.
然而，除了共和党参议院前领袖米奇·麦康奈尔参议员之外，所有共和党人都支持这位提名人。

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about this at her briefing Wednesday.
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特（Karoline Leavitt）在周三的简报会上被问及此事。

"We're greatly disappointed in any Republican who chooseswillfullyto vote against the president's exceptionally qualified cabinet nominees and picks to lead his America First administration."
“我们对任何共和党人故意选择投票反对总统提名的非常合格的内阁候选人和领导美国优先政府的人选感到非常失望。”

By comparison, no Democrats or independents voted in favor of Gabbard.
相比之下，没有民主党人或独立人士投票支持加巴德。

Gabbard, a 43-year-old former Democrat, had faced bipartisan questions about past statements seen as supporting U.S. adversaries and lack of experience that would have prepared her to manage a $100 billion budget.
43岁的前民主党人加巴德曾面临两党质疑，她过去发表的言论被视为支持美国对手，而且缺乏管理1000亿美元预算的经验。

That was Reuters correspondent Freddie Joyner. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany party's candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany's far-right party.
路透社记者弗雷迪·乔伊纳报道。匈牙利总理欧尔班·维克托接待了德国选择党的总理候选人爱丽丝·魏德尔，这是欧洲领导人与德国极右翼政党之间的罕见会面。

Speaking at a news conference following their meeting Wednesday, Orbán praised AfD, calling it "the future" and endorsing its stance on immigration and the economy.
欧尔班在周三会晤后的新闻发布会上称赞了德国选择党，称其为“未来”，并支持其在移民和经济方面的立场。

The meeting signaled a shift in Orbán's approach to AfD, which he previously kept at a distance.
此次会晤标志着欧尔班对德国选择党的态度发生了转变，此前他一直与德国选择党保持距离。

The ACLU sues for access to migrants flown to Guantanamo in February. AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports.
美国公民自由联盟(ACLU)起诉要求接触2月份飞往关塔那摩的移民。美联社记者哈亚潘杰瓦尼（Haya Panjwani）报道。

Civil rights attorneys have sued the Trump administration to gain access to detained migrants who they say have been flown to Guantanamo Bay and held there without being able to consult lawyers or speak to relatives.
民权律师起诉特朗普政府，要求探视被拘留的移民，他们称这些移民已被空运到关塔那摩湾并被关押在那里，无法咨询律师或与亲属交谈。

American Civil Liberties Union lawyers filed the federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C.
美国公民自由联盟律师在华盛顿特区提起联邦诉讼。

They say this is the first time in U.S. history that the government has detained non-citizens on civil immigration charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
他们说，这是美国历史上第一次在古巴的美国海军基地以民事移民指控拘留非美国公民。

For decades, the base primarily was used to detain foreigners associated with the September 11, 2001 attacks. Haya Panjwani, Washington.
几十年来，该基地主要用于拘留与2001年9月11日袭击事件有关的外国人。记者哈亚潘杰瓦尼在华盛顿报道。

Congo's largest church organizations have met with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country's east to advocate for peace and dialogue after weeks-long fighting.
经过数周的战斗后，刚果最大的教会组织与卢旺达支持的叛军在该国东部会面，倡导和平与对话。

The meeting Wednesday comes weeks after the M23 rebels moved into Goma, the region's largest city, and captured it before advancing deeper into the neighboring South Kivu province.
周三的会议是在M23叛军进入该地区最大的城市戈马并占领该城市几周后举行的，随后深入邻近的南基伍省。

One of the church leaders, Bishop Donatien Nshole, said "the meeting was an opportunity to seek an end to the war as soon as possible, because we remain convinced the solution to this crisis is not military."
教会领袖之一多纳蒂恩·恩索尔（Donatien Nshole）主教表示，“这次会议是寻求尽快结束战争的机会，因为我们仍然坚信，解决这场危机的办法不是军事手段。”

The M23 rebels are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of Congo's mineral-rich east.
M23叛军是100多个武装团体中最为突出的一个，这些团体争夺刚果矿产资源丰富的东部地区的控制权。

For many people, social media is a normal part of everyday life. It's used to keep in touch, entertain and follow what's happening in the world. But numbers from DataReportal indicate that the average use of social media is around two hours 21 minutes a day. That's nearly 15 hours per week or about 32 days a year! The same report also mentions that people are using social media more passively. This means they're spending a lot of time scrolling on their feed, sending memes and reacting to things with emojis instead of sending messages. Could it be that social media platforms are negatively impacting the way we interact with people, and are they taking time away from us actually being social?
对于许多人来说，社交媒体是日常生活的正常组成部分。 它用于保持联系、娱乐和关注世界上发生的事情。 但 DataReportal 的数据显示，社交媒体的平均使用时间每天约为 2 小时 21 分钟。 这相当于每周近 15 小时或每年约 32 天！ 同一份报告还提到，人们使用社交媒体的方式更加被动。 这意味着他们花费大量时间滚动浏览动态、发送模因以及使用表情符号对事物做出反应，而不是发送消息。 社交媒体平台是否会对我们与人互动的方式产生负面影响，并且它们是否会占用我们实际社交的时间？

One study looked at what happened when social media was deliberately limited. In The effect of self-monitoring limited social media use on psychological well-being, researchers in the United States studied 230 university students. One group was asked to limit social media use to 30 minutes a day, while the other continued without a limit. After two weeks, the group limiting its use reported lower levels of loneliness, depression, anxiety and FOMO.
一项研究着眼于故意限制社交媒体时会发生什么。 在《自我监控限制社交媒体使用对心理健康的影响》一书中，美国研究人员对 230 名大学生进行了研究。 一组被要求将社交媒体的使用时间限制在每天 30 分钟，而另一组则继续无限制。 两周后，限制其使用的小组报告称，孤独、抑郁、焦虑和 FOMO 水平较低。

Sleep is another part of the picture. For many people, scrolling through social media has become part of their bedtime routine when they should be winding down to rest. Research published by the National Library of Medicine has examined the effects of blue light from electronic screens. This light can affect the body's natural sleep-wake cycle and increase alertness. Reducing screen time before bed may therefore help some people prepare for sleep. Better sleep can also provide more energy for work, hobbies and lay the groundwork for more successful and fulfilling face-to-face social interactions.
睡眠是问题的另一部分。 对于许多人来说，浏览社交媒体已经成为他们睡前例行公事的一部分，而此时他们应该放松下来休息。 国家医学图书馆发表的研究检查了电子屏幕蓝光的影响。 这种光可以影响身体的自然睡眠-觉醒周期并提高警觉性。 因此，减少睡前看屏幕的时间可能有助于一些人为睡眠做好准备。 更好的睡眠还可以为工作和爱好提供更多能量，并为更成功、更充实的面对面社交互动奠定基础。

These findings do not necessarily mean that you have to completely quit social media. Instead, it may be worth considering how much time is being spent online, and what that time could be used for instead. Small changes might include moving the social media app away from the home screen, using social media only at certain times, or accessing it through a computer rather than the phone you probably have with you all the time. The idea is not to disconnect from the online world completely, but to create a better balance between online and offline life. Reducing the use of social media could free up time to take part in more rewarding hobbies and encourage you to connect with people in real life rather than through a screen.
这些发现并不一定意味着您必须完全退出社交媒体。 相反，可能值得考虑的是在网上花费了多少时间，以及这些时间可以用来做什么。 小的改变可能包括将社交媒体应用程序从主屏幕移开，仅在特定时间使用社交媒体，或者通过计算机而不是您可能一直随身携带的手机访问它。 这个想法并不是要完全脱离网络世界，而是要在线上和线下生活之间创造更好的平衡。 减少社交媒体的使用可以腾出时间来参与更有意义的爱好，并鼓励您与现实生活中的人而不是通过屏幕联系。