For the Fed these countervailing forces create a tricky balance. 对美联储来说，这些相互抵消的力量创造了一种微妙的平衡。 On the one hand, it has just administered the sharpest tightening of monetary policy in four decades, l...
The world this week--Politics 本周国际要闻--政治 The European Parliament removed Eva Kaili as a vice-president after she was accused of accepting bribes from Qatar. 欧洲议会解除了伊娃卡莉的副议长职务，此前，她被指控接受...
Future crops are an even bigger worry. In Ukraine the war may result in lower yields and area planted. 农作物的未来更令人担忧。在乌克兰，战争可能会导致产量和种植面积的下降。 Winter crops such as wheat and barley, wh...
Finance economics 财经板块 Agricultural commodities: grain storm 农业商品：粮食风暴 War in Ukraine will cripple global food markets 乌克兰的战争将使全球食品市场瘫痪 In october 1914 the Ottoman Empire, having just joined t...
Science technology 科技版块 Powering remote islands 给偏远岛屿赋能 High-water mark 高水位线 A clever way to turn the atolls into power stations 把环礁变成发电站的聪明办法 Your latest electricity bill may have been a rude s...
Science Technology 科技版块 The psychology of justice 公平的心理学 First impressions 第一印象 Eyewitness evidence is more reliable than thought 目击者的证据比想象的更可靠 The satanic panic that swept through America in the...
The world this week -- Business 本周国际要闻商业 The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, lifting it to a target range of 0.25-0.50%, the first increase since 2018. 美联储将基准利率上调...
United States 美国版块 Park permits 公园许可证 Firefall and footfall 火瀑和脚步 Many parks are overcrowded. 许多公园人满为患。 Permits are not necessarily helping 许可证并没有什么用。 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK is almost...
Middle East Africa 中东和非洲版块 Food labels 食物标签 The champagne of Benin 贝宁的香槟 How the sugarloaf pineapple joined the pantheon of posh nosh 糖面菠萝是如何加入到美食殿堂的 WHAT HAM is to Parma, cheese is to Cae...
The world this week -- Politics 本周国际要闻政治 In peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, both sides suggested that there had been some progress. 在俄罗斯和乌克兰之间的和平谈判中，双方都表示取得了一些进展。 Ukr...
