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This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

U.S.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Saudi Arabia in what is likely his final official tour of the Persian Gulf¹. He's touted² the Trump³ administration's Mideast strategy, focusing on Iran as the region's "central threat."

美国国务卿蓬佩奥抵达沙特阿拉伯，这可能是他对波斯湾地区的最后一次正式访问。他吹捧特朗普政府的中东战略，把伊朗作为该地区的“中心威胁”。

South Korean officials announced stricter social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area to fight a coronavirus resurgence⁴ as the country registered more than 300 new cases for the fifth straight day.

韩国官员宣布，在大首尔地区实施更严格的社会隔离规定，以抗击冠状病毒卷土重来。韩国连续第5天新增病例超过300例。

Iraqi university students demonstrated in Baghdad on Sunday, demanding justice for more than 500 people who were killed during a months-long anti-government protest movement that began in October of 2019.

伊拉克大学生周日在巴格达举行示威，要求为因反政府抗议活动丧生的500多人伸张正义，这场抗议始于2019年10月，并且持续了数月。

In Belgium, Brussels has decorated its Christmas tree. It took nine hours to adorn⁵ the five-ton tree with about one kilometer of Christmas tinsel and 250 flower-shaped lights that symbolize⁶ revival⁷.

在比利时，布鲁塞尔对圣诞树进行了装饰。这棵重达5吨的圣诞树耗费了9个小时才将长约1公里的圣诞金箔和250个象征复兴的花式彩灯装饰完毕。