澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚出现第二例死亡病例 亿万富翁布隆伯格退出大选（在线收听）

A 95-year-old patient from a Sydney nursing home has become the second person in Australia to die from the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed infections jumped overnight. The elderly woman was a resident of an aged care home at Macquarie Park in Sydney's north, where another 82 year old man and an aged care worker in her 50s have also tested positive. Another five cases of coronavirus have been confirmed across Sydney overnight, bringing the total number in New South Wales to 22, the Northern Territory has also recorded its first case.

悉尼某疗养院的一名95岁患者成为澳大利亚第二例冠状病毒死亡病例，确诊感染病例也在一夜之间大幅增加。这名老妇人居住在悉尼北部麦格理公园的一所养老院，那里还有一名82岁男性和一名50多岁的老年护理人员也检测出阳性反应。晚间，悉尼还报告了另外5例冠状病毒新增确诊病例，这使新南威尔士州的病例总数达到22例，北领地也报告了首例病例。

There are fears Australia's highly sensitive diplomatic mail network has been breached, after three private contractors working on it were fired for alleged misconduct. The ABC has learnt international freight company DHL has now referred the matter to Australian federal police. The Foreign Affairs Department says it will continue to work with DHL to ensure appropriate contract oversight and strong internal controls are firmly in place.

人们担心澳大利亚高度敏感的外交邮件网络遭到入侵，因为此前有三名在该网络工作的私人承包商因涉嫌不当行为被解雇。澳大利亚广播公司了解到，国际货运公司DHL已将此事交由澳大利亚联邦警察处理。外交部表示，其将继续与DHL公司合作，确保适当的合同监督以及强有力的内部管控落实到位。

And in the US, billionaire Michael Bloomberg has dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election. The former New York mayor spent more than half a billion dollars on his campaign. But after a dismal performance on Super Tuesday, Mr Bloomberg has now thrown his support behind former vice president Joe Biden, who won nine of the 14 states up for grabs. Mr Biden and Bernie Sanders now lead the race to face Donald Trump in November.

最后来关注美国，亿万富翁迈克尔·布隆伯格退出2020年总统大选民主党的提名角逐。这名前纽约市市长已在竞选活动上花费了5亿多美元。但由于在“超级星期二”中表现不佳，布隆伯格决定支持前副总统乔·拜登，后者拿下了已进行初选的14个州中的9个。拜登和伯尼·桑德斯目前在这场将于11月面对唐纳德·特朗普的竞争中处于领先地位。