＊第二季＊【EP. 32】#291 經濟學人新聞評論【油價、西德州中質原油、布蘭特原油、安樂死、吉布地、東非政府間發展組織、衣索比亞內戰、Abiy Ahmed、難民危機】

🔴Friday December 18th 2020 🔵2020年12月18日星期五 1️⃣Oil prices hit a nine-month high in response to a reduction in the size of America’s crude stockpile and the dollar’s loss of value in the face of an expected coronavirus stimulus package… 美國原油庫存的減少，再加上美元因新冠疫情之經濟振興/刺激方案而走貶，使得油價創下近 9個月以來的新高… 2️⃣Spain’s parliament voted to legalise euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide in the case of “serious and incurable” illness or “unbearable” suffering. The bill passed by a 198-138 margin, with objections coming from the right… 西班牙國會合法化對“嚴重且無法治癒”的疾病或是“難以忍受的”痛苦進行安樂死以及醫生協助的自殺。該法案以 198比 138的差距通過，而右派佔反對的多數… 3️⃣East African leaders are due to meet in Djibouti on Sunday to discuss what is cryptically termed the “current situation” in the region. Abdalla Hamdok, Sudan’s prime minister and chairman of IGAD, the east African bloc, called for the emergency summit after a tetchy meeting last week with Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister. Mr Hamdok made it clear that Ethiopia’s civil war, which began last month, will be on the agenda. Sudan is hosting nearly 50,000 Ethiopian refugees and fears that fighting will spill across the border too… 東非的領導要角們將於本週日在吉布地 (Djibouti) 會面並討論該地區被模糊地稱為"現今局勢"的問題。蘇丹 (Sudan) 總理兼東非政府間發展組織 (IGAD，Intergovernmental Authority on Development，東非的貿易集團) 主席哈姆杜克 (Abdalla Hamdok) 在上週與衣索比亞 (Ethiopia) 總理阿邁德 (Abiy Ahmed) 進行了一次緊張的會晤後，召開了緊急峰會。哈姆杜克明確表示，在上個月爆發的衣索比亞內戰將被列入議程。蘇丹接納了近 5萬名衣索比亞的難民，也擔心戰火會蔓延到其 (蘇丹) 邊境…