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#西班牙将征收数字服务税#

@The Guardian（卫报）

不顾美国的警告，西班牙计划对科技公司征收数字税，此举可能会打击Facebook Inc.和Alphabet Inc.旗下谷歌等公司的收入，也可能招来美国政府的报复……

Spain's government has approved a digital services tax, after a similar move by France that prompted threats of retaliation from the US...

#维多利亚再无“秘密”#

@Fox News（福克斯新闻）

曾捧红无数维密天使的“维多利亚”，被他主人以11美元价格甩手，曾叱诧风云的维密被剥离为一家私有公司......

Following a dip in sales and criticism about its billionaire founder, Victoria's Secret will be sold and have its founder step down as it seeks to move forward and find profit…

#极右翼，德国的头号威胁#

@The New York Times（纽约时报）

德国哈瑙近期发生了枪击事件，此次恐怖主义的暴行，令人担忧的是极右翼抬头致安全威胁上升,而德国也更加增强了相关的基础设施，采取新的安全措施......

The Hanau shootings on Wednesday were the latest in a series of far-right attacks at a time when the country’s hard-won democratic institutions face growing distrust and its usually consensus-driven politics have been fractured by the rise of a right-wing populist party, Alternative for Germany…

#短视频鼻祖Vine#

@The New York Times（纽约时报）

Vine是2012年推出的一款短视频软件，然而，随着短视频的诞生以及后来的流行，Vine却死掉了……

Vine, the short-form video app introduced in 2012, died as it lived: confusing people who didn’t use it, even as evidence of its influence surrounded them…

#韩国拉响冠状病毒警报#

@Reuters（路透社）

新型冠状病毒是以前从未在人体中发现的冠状病毒新毒株。目前韩国已确诊602例，死亡6例，引起了韩国政府的高度重视……

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday that the government had raised the country's disease alert by one notch to the fourth and highest level in a bid to contain a surge in new cases…