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WASHINGTON — Democrats have regained control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, according to results from the midterm elections held on November 3.

根據十一月三日期中選舉的結果，民主黨重新取得參議院和眾議院的控制權。

It is the first time Congress has changed hands during President Trump's second term. Observers say the White House is likely to face strong resistance on the budget, foreign policy and military action against Iran.

這是川普總統第二任期內國會首度易手。觀察人士認為，白宮在預算、外交政策和對伊朗軍事行動等議題上，可能會面臨強大阻力。

Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress controls government spending. Without its support, some of the President's major plans may be difficult to carry out.

依美國憲法，國會掌控政府支出。少了國會支持，總統的部分重大計畫可能難以推動。

A Reuters/Ipsos poll put the President's approval rating at just 32 percent.

路透社與益普索的民調顯示，總統的支持度只有百分之三十二。

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 — U.S. consumer prices rose faster than expected, government data showed on Tuesday, raising fears that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again.

美國政府週二公布的數據顯示，消費者物價漲幅高於預期，引發外界擔心聯準會將再次升息。

The dollar grew stronger, while gold fell more than 2 percent to about $4,030 an ounce. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3 percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost about 0.74 percent. (Market Report, Page 3.)

美元走強，黃金則下跌超過百分之二，每盎司約四千零三十美元。道瓊工業指數小跌百分之零點三，以科技股為主的那斯達克指數下跌約百分之零點七四。（行情見第三版）

KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelensky called the latest three-way talks with the United States and Russia “constructive” and said the next round will be held in Abu Dhabi.

烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基表示，最近一次與美國、俄國的三方會談「具有建設性」，下一輪將在阿布達比舉行。

Even so, Russia launched another large-scale missile attack on Ukraine before the talks, injuring nine people.

儘管如此，會談前俄國仍對烏克蘭發動另一波大規模飛彈攻擊，造成九人受傷。

Meanwhile, the European Union agreed to extend its military aid mission for Ukraine by two years, until November 15, 2028, and to set up a permanent office in the country.

另外，歐盟同意將對烏軍事援助任務團的任期延長兩年至二〇二八年十一月十五日，並在烏克蘭設立常駐辦公室。

PARIS — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven began two days of talks in Paris on Monday, focusing on the war with Iran and continued support for Ukraine.

七國集團外長週一在巴黎展開為期兩天的會談，重點是伊朗戰事與持續支持烏克蘭。

The United States has expanded its blockade of Iran from the sea to its land borders. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said economic sanctions and the blockade were working, and that large-scale military action was not needed for now.

美國已將對伊朗的封鎖從海上擴大到陸地邊界。國務卿魯比歐表示，經濟制裁和封鎖正在發揮效果，目前不需要大規模軍事行動。

BEIJING — China's trade surplus has passed $1 trillion for the second year in a row. Exports in October jumped 35.2 percent from a year earlier.

中國貿易順差連續第二年突破一兆美元，十月出口比去年同期大增百分之三十五點二。

Trade is expected to be a major topic when President Trump and Xi Jinping meet next week at the APEC summit in Shenzhen.

預料貿易將是川普與習近平下週在深圳亞太經合會峰會會面的主要議題。

MOSCOW — Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's best-known independent newspapers, said it would stop operating on November 9, citing pressure from the Russian authorities. The paper has long been known for its criticism of the government.

俄國最知名的獨立報紙之一《新報》表示，因俄國當局施壓，將於十一月九日停止營運。該報長期以批評政府聞名。

Welcome to the first issue of The Daily Penny. Every morning we bring you the day's world news in clear English, printed the old-fashioned way. Tap any underlined word to learn it, and visit Page 4 for today's puzzles.

歡迎閱讀《一元報》創刊號。我們每天早上用清楚易懂的英文，以老派報紙的樣子，為你送上世界新聞。點任何有底線的字就能學會它，第四版還有今天的益智遊戲。

ANTALYA — The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP31, opened in Turkey on Monday. Delegates from around the world are meeting to discuss how to cut carbon emissions.

第三十一屆聯合國氣候變化大會（COP31）週一在土耳其開幕，各國代表齊聚討論如何減少碳排放。

African countries are pressing for concrete action on climate finance, the money richer nations have promised to help poorer ones deal with climate change. An energy ministers' meeting was held on Tuesday.

非洲國家正敦促各國在氣候資金上拿出具體行動，也就是富裕國家承諾協助較貧窮國家因應氣候變遷的資金。週二並舉行了能源部長會議。

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Troops from El Salvador carried out an operation against a gang in Haiti, leaving 20 people dead, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.

半島電視台週二報導，薩爾瓦多部隊在海地對一個幫派發動行動，造成二十人死亡。

Haiti's prime minister plans to visit El Salvador to discuss the future of the Salvadoran troops in his country.

海地總理計畫訪問薩爾瓦多，討論薩國部隊未來在海地的去留。

WARSAW — Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday after a mass shooting in the city of Kraków. Officials said the gunman held far-right views.

克拉科夫發生大規模槍擊案後，波蘭自週日起全國哀悼兩天。官方表示，槍手抱持極右派觀點。

China has handed over the remains of American airmen who were killed during World War II while flying supplies over “the Hump,” a dangerous air route over the Himalayas that linked India and China.

中國已將二戰期間飛越「駝峰航線」運送補給時殉職的美國飛行員遺骸交還美方。駝峰航線是當年飛越喜馬拉雅山、連接印度與中國的危險空中航線。

Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Tuesday that they had attacked targets in Saudi Arabia, including King Khalid International Airport, a financial center and oil facilities in Riyadh.

葉門胡塞叛軍週二宣稱，攻擊了沙烏地阿拉伯境內多處目標，包括利雅德的哈立德國王國際機場、金融中心和石油設施。

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth's atmosphere on November 4 over North Sumatra, Indonesia, the U.S. Space Force confirmed. NASA expected most of the spacecraft to burn up.

美國太空軍證實，美國太空總署的尼爾・格雷爾斯雨燕天文台於十一月四日在印尼北蘇門答臘上空重返大氣層。太空總署預估太空船大部分會燒毀。

Swift spent nearly 22 years studying gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. A mission to lift it into a higher orbit was launched in July, but NASA said in August that it had failed.

雨燕號花了將近二十二年研究伽瑪射線暴，也就是宇宙中最強大的爆炸。七月曾發射任務要把它推升到更高的軌道，但太空總署八月宣布任務失敗。

Strong solar activity had made the upper atmosphere thicker, adding drag that slowly pulled the telescope down. Experts had warned that a few heavy parts might survive as debris.

強烈的太陽活動使高層大氣變得更厚，增加的阻力慢慢把望遠鏡拉了下來。專家先前警告，少數較重的零件可能會以碎片形式留存。

TOKYO — The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at 1.25 percent on Tuesday, the highest level in 31 years. One board member dissented, calling for a rise to 1.5 percent.

日本央行週二將政策利率維持在百分之一點二五，為三十一年來最高；一名委員持不同意見，主張升息到百分之一點五。

Separately, Japan and Vietnam agreed to strengthen ties on economic security and energy.

另外，日本與越南同意加強經濟安全與能源方面的合作。

Brent crude briefly fell below $90 a barrel on Tuesday, its lowest since August, as talk of calmer days in the Middle East cooled the market. On Monday, hopes for diplomacy between Washington and Tehran had sent Brent down about 6 percent.

布蘭特原油週二一度跌破每桶九十美元，為八月以來最低，因中東局勢可能緩和的說法讓市場降溫。週一時，市場期待美伊外交接觸，已讓布蘭特原油重挫約百分之六。

China's commerce ministry has extended its pause on some export controls on rare earths and lithium batteries until January 10, 2027, during trade talks with the United States.

中國商務部在與美國進行貿易談判期間，將暫停部分稀土與鋰電池出口管制的期限延長到二〇二七年一月十日。

On this day in 1918, Germany and the Allies signed an armistice, and the fighting on the Western Front of World War I stopped at 11 a.m. Many countries still remember the day as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day or Veterans Day.

一九一八年的今天，德國與協約國簽署停戰協定，第一次世界大戰西線的戰鬥在上午十一點停止。許多國家至今仍以停戰紀念日、國殤紀念日或退伍軍人節紀念這一天。

November 11 is also Poland's Independence Day, marking the return of the Polish state in 1918.

十一月十一日也是波蘭的獨立紀念日，紀念波蘭於一九一八年復國。

In the autumn of 1955, Nora Bell was the youngest typesetter at The Daily Penny. Every night she stood at the long wooden case, picking up tiny metal letters one by one and setting them into lines.

一九五五年秋天，諾拉・貝爾是《一元報》最年輕的排字工人。每天晚上，她站在長長的木製字盤前，一個一個撿起小小的金屬鉛字，排成一行一行的文字。

One rainy Tuesday, long after the presses had gone quiet, she opened a drawer that no one had used for years. Inside was a single line of type, already set and tied with string.

一個下雨的星期二，印刷機早已停下，她打開了一個多年沒人用過的抽屜。裡面只有一行已經排好、用細繩綁住的鉛字。

She held it up to the lamp and read the letters backward, the way every typesetter learns to. It was a headline — and it carried tomorrow's date.

她把它舉到燈下，像每個排字工人學會的那樣，把字倒過來讀。那是一行新聞標題，而且上面印的是明天的日期。

(To be continued tomorrow.)

（明日待續）