抗癌复工遭雇主漠视健康需求 女职员被迫辞职获赔2万元

2026年8月12日 19:30 / 新明日报

女子指雇主没有履行照顾员工健康与安全的职责，同时违反雇主与雇员之间的相互信任，援引《雇佣法令》向雇主索偿。雇佣纠纷索偿庭一般案件的索偿顶限为2万元。 （档案照片）

在国际学校服务了17年的一名女行政助理，完成癌症治疗后回返工作岗位，却碰到雇主无法体恤她所承受的治疗副作用，不愿做出替代工作安排。雇佣纠纷索偿庭裁定，雇主违反合理照顾员工健康与安全的法律义务，女子最终别无选择辞职，等于没有正当理由被解雇，雇主须赔偿女子2万元。

审理这起案件的陈伟恩推事指出，雇主以女子所提呈的医疗文件不符合校方规定的格式，以及女子的诉求“缺乏医疗证据”为由，不去正视女子的健康需求；除了不愿考虑让女子部分时间在家办公，雇主也限制她只能在指定时间，获准离开工作岗位去做复健治疗。

推事强调，雇主有权考虑运作情况，不必答应员工的每项要求，但雇主也有责任合理地考虑员工的医疗与康复需求，以及与员工探讨可行的工作安排。不过，本案雇主没有这么做，而是直接通知女子关于校方的决定，过程中没有协商的空间，做法不合理且缺乏敏感度。

雇主的一系列决定对女子造成极大压力，导致她每天哭泣和难以入睡，并且出现严重头痛和焦虑等情况，体重也持续下降。女子复工不到半年后离职，接着入禀雇佣纠纷索偿庭，援引《雇佣法令》索讨赔偿。雇佣纠纷索偿庭的索偿顶限为2万元。

根据索偿庭于星期三（8月12日）发出的判词，女子自2008年起，在本地一所国际学校的音乐部担任行政助理，判词没有揭露女子与学校名字。

2024年7月，女子被诊断患有第三期鼻咽癌，开始了为期数月的化疗与放射治疗，隔年6月获主治医生证明她适合复工。女子经历抗癌治疗后的身体大不如前，不仅关节疼痛、双手无力，还需要休息和接受康复治疗。医生也出具证明，说明女子仍受治疗副作用影响，建议雇主为她安排轻量工作。

女子复工初期适逢学校假期，可以居家办公。2025年8月开学后，她向直属主管说明身体情况，当时主管同意让她每周居家办公两天。不过，主管后来认为有关安排影响部门运作，包括当女子不在学校时，其他教师得兼顾处理行政事务。

两个月后，校方与女子开会并通知她，从隔天起必须星期一至五都到学校工作。校方也指出女子所提交的医疗文件不足，并要求她到校方所规定的诊所接受复工评估。

医生评估女子后发现，她双手握力只有正常水平约一半、无法提起5公斤重物，以及工作两三个小时后需要短暂休息，因此建议她每周一天居家办公，以方便接受康复治疗和应付疲劳，两个月后再做评估。不过，校方人事部两度追问医生，居家办公是否属“强制”要求，并强调女子的工作须每天到校，结果医生最终撤回原本的建议。推事认为，人事部并非真诚寻求澄清，而是在引导医生接受校方早已定下的立场。

校方后来也限制女子接受康复治疗的安排，只允许她离校参加工作日下午5时的疗程；若女子要更早离开参加其他时段的疗程，就必须请半天假或另找其他治疗单位。校方也反复向女子强调，她所提出的从事轻量工作的诉求，缺乏医学证据。

推事认为，讽刺的是，校方声称一连串的做法是出于善意，但事实恰恰相反。“这些行为完全欠缺一般人当面对处于弱势的人，所应体现的敏感度与关怀，更何况法律还要求雇主合理照顾员工的健康与安全。”

女子如果继续受雇，将面对健康进一步恶化的风险，推事指出，女子合理地选择辞职和保住健康，但她不算是自愿辞职，而是被迫这么做，在法律上属于被解雇。由于雇主没有正视她的健康问题并做出合理的替代安排，女子的解雇不具有正当理由，推事为此谕令雇主对女子做出赔偿，包括三个月的收入损失，以及补偿女子所承受的伤害。

Russia is helping China close gap with US forces amid Taiwan tensions, warns longtime military leader

Retired Rear Adm Mark Montgomery says the cooperation threatens America’s undersea warfare edge near Taiwan

August 12, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News

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Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery says China is helping keep Russia’s war machine alive while Moscow is returning the favor with submarine, airborne and missile technology that could threaten the U.S. and its allies.

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Sound alarms are blaring over an escalating partnership between Russia and China to subvert the U.S. military amid rising hostility between the world powers.

Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery tells Fox News Digital that Moscow may be providing Beijing with technology to make its submarines harder for the U.S. Navy to detect, potentially eroding a key military advantage in the tensions over Taiwan.

“Russia is giving incredibly important technology to China. They’re allegedly giving them submarine quieting technology,” Montgomery, co-author of the new book “Axis of Aggressors,” told Fox News Digital.

President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.(AP/Russian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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Montgomery said Russian forces are providing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with submarine-quieting technology, an area where China has long sought to improve its capabilities. Such a transfer, he warned, could weaken a critical U.S. advantage in undersea warfare — a gap that has long favored American forces.

“Any weakening of our asymmetric advantage in undersea warfare is a big deal,” he cautioned.

The Navy says its submarine force relies on technological superiority and stealth to maintain its undersea advantage, while China has continued to face weaknesses in submarine propulsion and quieting even as it rapidly modernizes its fleet.

Quieting technology reduces a submarine’s acoustic signature, making it harder to detect and track. Russian assistance in that area could help Beijing narrow the gap, complicating the U.S. Navy’s ability to find Chinese submarines in a potential future conflict over Taiwan’s independence from the CCP.

The Chinese Embassy did not directly address whether Beijing has received Russian submarine-quieting technology when reached by Fox News Digital.

“Military cooperation between China and Russia consistently adheres to the principles of non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties, playing a significant role in safeguarding the sovereignty and security of both nations and maintaining international and regional peace and stability,” the embassy said in a statement. “We hope that relevant parties will view China-Russia military cooperation objectively and rationally, and stop groundless speculation.”

The embassy said Taiwan is China’s internal affair and urged the U.S. to safeguard stability in the bilateral relationship and across the Taiwan Strait.

A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy navigates during a military display in the South China Sea.(Stringer/Reuters)

Montgomery’s warning echoes concerns raised by Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, who told the Senate Armed Services Committee in April 2025 that China was receiving “potentially submarine quieting help” from Russia.

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Paparo said China’s backing of Russia’s war effort — including machine tools and legacy chips — was part of a broader exchange in which Moscow was returning assistance in military areas where it holds particular strengths.

The exchange reflects a deepening relationship in which Russia and China are increasingly providing capabilities the other lacks, Montgomery said.

“This transactional relationship is putting the United States and its most important allies and partners at risk,” he said.

Paparo sounded a similar warning in November 2024, saying he expected Russia to provide China submarine technology that could help close America’s undersea advantage. He described the relationship between Moscow and Beijing as a “transactional symbiosis.”

China, meanwhile, has helped Russia rebuild its defense industrial base during the war in Ukraine. Paparo told senators Beijing provided 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the legacy chips that enabled Moscow to rebuild its war machine.

Montgomery said China’s support extends beyond those supplies.

“And then China has backstopped the whole thing,” Montgomery said, pointing to increased Chinese foreign direct investment and trade with Russia as well as components used in Moscow’s ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles.

The support has helped keep Russia’s economy and war machine operating, Montgomery argued.

In return, he said, Moscow is increasingly providing Beijing with military technology it had previously been reluctant to share — including the alleged submarine-quieting assistance.

Two Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets fly with two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft during a joint patrol and training over the South China Sea on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.(Philippine Air Force via AP)

In October 2024, the Treasury Department said a Russian defense firm coordinated production of Garpiya attack drones at factories in China, using Chinese-made engines and components before the weapons were transferred to Russia for use in Ukraine.

Russia has provided Beijing with more direct military assistance as well. A 2025 RUSI investigation, based on leaked Russian contracts and correspondence, found that Moscow agreed to equip and train a Chinese airborne battalion and transfer technology that could help Beijing develop similar capabilities itself.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is now in its fifth year, with no ceasefire agreement in place despite continued diplomatic efforts. The prolonged war has deepened Moscow’s dependence on Chinese industrial and financial support while giving Russia battlefield experience and military technologies that could be valuable to Beijing in a future Taiwan contingency.

For the U.S., the stakes are particularly acute around Taiwan. American submarines are central to U.S. planning for a potential Indo-Pacific conflict, and quieter Chinese vessels could make it harder to track, deter and counter the People’s Liberation Army Navy in waters surrounding the island.

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Montgomery said the possible transfer reflects the broader argument of “Axis of Aggressors,” America’s adversaries are increasingly trading the capabilities each lacks, creating challenges that span Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Russian embassy for comment. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command declined to comment.

马国护照有效期一律10年 受影响者免费更换

2026年8月12日 19:37 / 联合早报

马来西亚移民局为避免当地民众因护照有效期超过10年，在外国旅行时遇到不便，即日起将国际护照最长有效期一律以10年为限。 （档案照片）

马来西亚一些民众因为护照有效期超过10年，近来在外国办理登机手续时遇到诸多问题。马国移民局为此宣布，即日起统一将国际护照的最长有效期限制为10年，并暂停签发超过10年的护照。

目前持有马国护照，且有效期超过10年者，移民局会优先为他们免费更换新护照。

马国移民局总监扎卡里亚星期三（8月12日）发文告说，移民局早前就有关问题咨询国际民航组织，获得的反馈是，当局不反对马国发出有效期超过10年的护照。

然而，一些持有马国护照有效期超过10年的民众，最近在国外多家航空公司办理登机手续时出现问题，引发混淆。

扎卡里亚说，就边境管控和国际民航组织标准而言，护照效期超过10年并不构成问题。“问题不在国家，而是航空公司……为避免各航空公司对‘至少六个月护照有效期’的要求产生不同解读，移民局决定接下来将护照最长有效期统一为10年，直至与各航司及国际民航组织协商解决这个问题为止。”

他也说，移民局注意到近来社交媒体流传“马国10年期护照超出国际限制，可能导致旅客被拒绝登机”的说法。

他说，有关说法不是真的，并强调现有的国际法及各国法律，都未禁止任何国家签发有效期10年或更长的护照。

为减少护照更新频率、简化海内外旅行手续，马国移民局今年7月1日推出新款护照，最长有效期为10年。当局迄今已签发约3万8000本10年期限的护照，其中2万6000本有效期超过10年，这是因为当局把旧有护照的剩余效期加入新护照，所以出现有效期超过10年的情况。

胡塞武装袭击红海船只 造成四名船员死亡

2026年8月12日 19:42 / 联合早报

也门交通部称，一艘小型货船星期二遭到胡塞武装袭击，造成船上四名船员死亡。这艘货船注册地为埃及，名为提哈马号（Tihamah）。 （路透社）

也门交通部称，一艘小型货船星期二遭到胡塞武装袭击，造成船上四名船员死亡。这艘货船注册地为埃及，名为提哈马号（Tihamah）。 （路透社）

据也门胡塞武装控制的萨巴通讯社报道，胡塞武装星期二（8月11日）在红海南入口曼德海峡袭击一艘船只。巴基斯坦星期三说，三名公民在袭击中丧生。

路透社报道，也门交通部称，一艘小型货船星期二遭到胡塞武装袭击，造成船上四名船员死亡，其中包括一名印度尼西亚公民。

这艘货船注册地为埃及，名为提哈马号（Tihamah）。这是自2月28日伊朗战争爆发以来，胡塞武装首次对船只发动袭击并造成人员伤亡。

胡塞武装称，这艘船载有沙特军事装备。沙特当局尚未对此发表评论。

7月20日，胡塞武装宣布将在红海对沙特阿拉伯实施海上封锁，以回应沙特对也门的围困。利雅得否认这一指控。

Baby rescued from rubble in Colombia after devastating earthquake kills at least 181

August 12, 2026 / 6:14 AM EDT / CBS News

Footage posted on social media shows a young baby being pulled alive from the rubble of a destroyed building in Colombia after a 7.-magnitude earthquake struck the country Monday.

The video, posted by Brian Osorio Zuluaga on Monday night, shows a group of people combing through the rubble of a building, asking a survivor trapped underneath if he is alone. “I’m with a baby,” the man can be heard saying in a muffled voice.

As they race to remove pieces of concrete with their bare hands, the muffled cries of a child are heard. Another video shows a man holding the crying infant, with his arms covered in blood and the lower half of his body still trapped in rubble.

Five men were captured on video rescuing a baby from the arms of a man, who was also alive, trapped underneath a destroyed building in Colombia after a devastating earthquake on Aug. 10, 2026. Brian Osorio Zuluaga/Facebook

The five men in the video slowly remove the baby then shout for a paramedic before erupting in a euphoric cheer. The last video posted by Zuluaga shows the workers continuing to help free the man who had been holding the baby.

“Today I understood, more than ever, that no one is really prepared to live through a situation like the one we are experiencing today,” Zuluaga wrote on the post accompanying the videos.

He described being among the first people at that location and helping a group of people rescue others.

Rescuers erupted in euphoric cheers when they managed to rescue a baby from beneath a collapsed building before continuing to help free the man who had held the infant following a powerful earthquake in Colombia on Aug. 10, 2026. Brian Osorio Zuluaga/Facebook

“A helping hand can make the difference between life and death,” Zuluaga wrote. “In moments like this, differences don’t matter, what matters is helping.”

The conditions of the baby and the adult who held him were not immediately clear.

Search teams and volunteers across the country are racing against time to save anyone who may still be alive under the rubble.

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella, who had only been in power for days when the disaster struck, said at least 181 people had died and 2,595 were injured. Civilian-run databases estimate nearly 4,000 people are still unaccounted for.

The U.S. has offered over $15 million in aid and Mexico’s president said she is prepared to send hundreds of search and health workers, tons of health supplies and other equipment.

On Tuesday afternoon, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said his country would send two planes loaded with 100 tons of aid in the coming days.

“Our prayers are with the families of the victims, the wounded and all the Colombian people,” Bukele wrote on X.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction, WaPo reports

August 12, 2026 10:09 AM UTC / Reuters

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Aug 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ​set to spend at ‌least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, the ​Washington Post reported on ​Wednesday, citing records.

Instead of securing ⁠money directly from Congress, the ​administration has gathered funding from ​other agencies and private donors and directed it to an account that ​holds a few million ​dollars for routine maintenance of the White ‌House, ⁠the report said.

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Confidential contracts and related planning documents indicate that the administration plans to ​use money ​in ⁠that account for White House “modernization projects,” the report ​added.

Reuters could not immediately ​verify ⁠the report.

The White House did not immediately respond to a ⁠Reuters ​request for comment.

Reporting ​by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; editing by ​Alison Williams and Jason Neely

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俄罗斯两处粮食码头因乌克兰袭击暂停运营

2026年8月12日 17:52 / 联合早报

俄罗斯主要的粮食游说团体上个月曾警告称，乌克兰无人机的袭击可能在不久的将来导致黑海粮食出口中断，推高粮价，并引发非洲和中东地区的饥荒。 （路透社）

据路透社星期三（8月12日）报道，四名业内人士透露，由于乌克兰无人机的袭击，俄罗斯南部港口新罗西斯克的两座粮食码头已暂停运营。

俄罗斯主要的粮食游说团体上个月曾警告称，乌克兰无人机的袭击可能在不久的将来导致黑海粮食出口中断，推高粮价，并引发非洲和中东地区的饥荒。

一名匿名的业内人士说，新罗西斯克粮食码头（年出口量达850万吨）已暂停运营，目前正在进行损失评估。

拥有这个码头的德米特拉控股公司的发言人仅表示，码头遭受未指明的损失，拒绝进一步置评。

据路透社引述三名业内人士的消息称，位于新罗西斯克的另一座大型粮食码头NKHP也遭到破坏，并已停止运营。NKHP的年出口量为710万吨。

其主要所有者OZK在一份声明中说，NKHP遭到破坏，但无人受伤。

克拉斯诺达尔边疆区州长孔德拉季耶夫说，乌克兰方面发动“大规模”袭击，造成至少两人死亡，其中包括一名8岁儿童。新罗西斯克是克拉斯诺达尔边疆区的首府。

除了粮食出口码头外，新罗西斯克还拥有石油出口基础设施，其中包括里海管道联盟。它由美国石油巨头雪佛龙和埃克森美孚所有，负责处理哈萨克斯坦约80%的石油出口。

英国《金融时报》星期三报道称，应美国副总统万斯的要求，乌克兰已停止袭击为里海管道联盟提供服务的油轮。

俄罗斯两处粮食码头因乌克兰袭击暂停运营

2026年8月12日 17:52 / 联合早报

俄罗斯主要的粮食游说团体上个月曾警告称，乌克兰无人机的袭击可能在不久的将来导致黑海粮食出口中断，推高粮价，并引发非洲和中东地区的饥荒。 （路透社）

据路透社星期三（8月12日）报道，四名业内人士透露，由于乌克兰无人机的袭击，俄罗斯南部港口新罗西斯克的两座粮食码头已暂停运营。

俄罗斯主要的粮食游说团体上个月曾警告称，乌克兰无人机的袭击可能在不久的将来导致黑海粮食出口中断，推高粮价，并引发非洲和中东地区的饥荒。

一名匿名的业内人士说，新罗西斯克粮食码头（年出口量达850万吨）已暂停运营，目前正在进行损失评估。

拥有这个码头的德米特拉控股公司的发言人仅表示，码头遭受未指明的损失，拒绝进一步置评。

据路透社引述三名业内人士的消息称，位于新罗西斯克的另一座大型粮食码头NKHP也遭到破坏，并已停止运营。NKHP的年出口量为710万吨。

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其主要所有者OZK在一份声明中说，NKHP遭到破坏，但无人受伤。

克拉斯诺达尔边疆区州长孔德拉季耶夫说，乌克兰方面发动“大规模”袭击，造成至少两人死亡，其中包括一名8岁儿童。新罗西斯克是克拉斯诺达尔边疆区的首府。

除了粮食出口码头外，新罗西斯克还拥有石油出口基础设施，其中包括里海管道联盟。它由美国石油巨头雪佛龙和埃克森美孚所有，负责处理哈萨克斯坦约80%的石油出口。

英国《金融时报》星期三报道称，应美国副总统万斯的要求，乌克兰已停止袭击为里海管道联盟提供服务的油轮。

Primary takeaways: Dems’ left-center battle intensifies as Schumer takes another hit; split decision for Trump

August 12, 2026 4:00am EDT / Fox News

By Paul Steinhauser Fox News

Published August 12, 2026 4:00am EDT | Updated August 12, 2026 4:03am EDT

Socialist Hong on Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary: ‘we don’t have the final results right now but I do know we are ready to keep fighting’

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a Wisconsin socialist, tells supporters ‘we have built something that will change politics forever’

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MADISON, Wis. –For a second straight week, the progressive left-wing won a high-stakes Senate primary battle over the establishment in what is seen as a setback for longtime Democratic Senate Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer.

But the biggest ballot-box face-off between the far left and the center in the ongoing fight for the ideological future of the Democratic Party ended with a narrow victory for the establishment, as Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley defeated democratic socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary.

Meanwhile, the Democrats’ generational showdown claimed another longtime member of Congress.

And it was a split decision for President Donald Trump’s endorsements in statewide Republican nomination contests, as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont, South Carolina and Alabama held primaries on Tuesday.

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Progressive firebrand Francesca Hong looks to topple the Democratic establishment in a closely watched Wisconsin showdown.(Talia Sprague/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Upper Midwest showdowns

“I know we don’t have the final results right now, but I do know we are ready to keep fighting,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate state Rep. Francesca Hong told supporters at a primary night event in Wisconsin’s capital city before the race was called.

Hong, a former chef and single parent who is a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, narrowly lost to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who consolidated support from more mainstream Democrats and was backed by retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Crowley will face Rep. Tom Tiffany, who cruised to the GOP nomination. Tiffany is a hard-right member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who was backed by Trump in the primary. The general election winner will succeed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who decided against seeking a third term in office.

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County Executive David Crowley speaks during a rally to get out the vote on the first day of early voting in the 2022 midterm elections on October 25, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.(Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for SEIU)

Hong was backed by top nationally known progressives, including Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ro Khanna of California, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender. But two champions of the left, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, didn’t endorse in the race.

Hong ran on a platform that includes guaranteed paid leave, boosting the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $20 per hour and a one-year moratorium in Wisconsin on building AI data centers. Hong has faced scrutiny over years-old social media posts calling for defunding and abolishing the police. But she says she no longer supports cutting police budgets or abolishing police departments.

She also made national headlines over the past two weeks for a resurfaced social media post from 2020 where she argued that the country should “cancel Thanksgiving” in order to “stop celebrating colonialism.”

Hong walked back her Thanksgiving comments amid backlash and now says that Thanksgiving is her “favorite holiday.”

The Democratic primary was rocked this summer, as Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, two of the major contenders for the gubernatorial nomination, exited the race. And Crowley, who earlier suspended his campaign and backed Rodriguez, re-entered the contest.

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David Crowley, left, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor, points to a group of supporters while campaigning with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Sheboygan, Wis.(Kayla Wolf/AP Photo)

Crowley was backed by Evers, who joined him on the campaign trail in the closing stretch leading up to the primary, as they both questioned Hong’s electability and warned that a victory by her would help Tiffany in the general election. Meanwhile, pro-GOP super PACs, including one aligned with the Republican Governors Association, shelled out millions of dollars to boost Hong in the primary, because they view her as the weakest Democratic candidate.

The final pre-primary polls indicated Hong with a healthy double-digit lead. But the polls were off again, as they were a week ago when left-wing Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens for the party’s Senate nomination in Michigan, which, along with Wisconsin, is a key Midwestern battleground.

While his margin was razor-thin, El-Sayed’s win boosted the left. Fast-forward to this week, and progressives scored another victory, as Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan downed moderate Rep. Angie Craig by roughly 20 points to capture the Democratic Senate nomination.

Flanagan, who was backed by top progressives including Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, will now face off with GOP nominee Michele Tafoya, a former longtime NBC Sports reporter, in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith.

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Minnesota Lt. Gov. and candidate for U.S. Senate Peggy Flannagan, left, pictured alongside her Democratic challenger Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., right.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; David Berding/Getty Images)

It’s been 24 years since a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Minnesota. But Flanagan’s victory may boost the GOP hopes of flipping the seat in a left-leaning but competitive state.

Craig was supported by Democratic establishment leaders, including Schumer. Craig’s defeat is the second major setback for Schumer in a week, following El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan. And Flanagan has said that if elected in November, she wouldn’t support Schumer remaining as Democratic leader in the Senate.

Democrats’ generational battle

Rep. John Larson of Connecticut became the seventh House Democrat ousted so far this primary season.

Larson, who’s been in Congress for nearly three decades, was defeated by double digits in the Democratic primary in Connecticut’s solidly-blue 1st Congressional District by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin.

With both candidates touting their progressive credentials, this race was less about ideology and more about generational change in the party, which was fueled two years ago by then-81-year-old President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race amid questions over his physical and mental stamina following a disastrous debate performance against Trump.

Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The 47-year-old Bronin is three decades younger than the 78-year-old Larson, who became the latest political victim of a push by Democratic voters to sweep out older incumbents and replace them with younger leaders.

“John Larson is a good man, but he’s been in Congress since the 90s. The stakes are just too high to keep doing the same thing,”Bronin, a retired Naval intelligence officer, argued in one of his campaign ads.

Larson countered by touting his experience and his record as a fighter in Congress.

“We are a country in absolute crisis. We need our toughest fighters. I’ve taken on Trump, DOGE, and ICE, and won,” Larson wrote in a social media post.

Larson joined Reps. Al Green of Texas, Diana DeGette of Colorado, Adriano Espaillat of New York and Shri Thanedar of Michigan, who also fell to younger primary challengers.

The generational battle will likely play out on a larger stage in a couple of weeks, as 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton challenges 80-year-old Sen. Ed Markey, a progressive leader, in the party’s Senate primary in Democrat-dominated Massachusetts.

Split decision for Trump

Backed by Trump, appointed Sen. Darline Graham captured the most votes in Tuesday’s special Republican Senate primary in South Carolina, in the race to succeed her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

But with no candidate topping 50% of the vote, Graham will face off in a runoff in two weeks with Rep. Ralph Norman, who came in second. Rep. Russell Fry and former Gov. and former Rep. Mark Sanford, as well as other contenders, fell short in the special primary, which was held one month to the day after the longtime senator suddenly died at age 71.

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“I want to thank President Trump, his steadfast support and his complete and total endorsement means so much to me. He knows that I will stand with him and fight for his agenda, just like Lindsey did,” Graham said at her primary night event.

Norman, who unsuccessfully campaigned this year for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the race to succeed term-limited South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, is a Trump ally in the House and also showcased his support for the president in his Senate campaign.

Trump’s sway over the GOP remains immense, and the power of his endorsements in Republican primaries faced another test in South Carolina, which the president passed.

But the Trump endorsement hasn’t proven to be a sure bet this cycle in solidly-red South Carolina.

Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette for the GOP gubernatorial nomination — in the race to succeed the term-limited McMaster — ahead of the state’s early June primary.

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Evette was the top vote-getter in the primary but lost the ensuing runoff election against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a landslide. And Trump, ever hungry for a victory, endorsed Wilson in addition to Evette days before the runoff.

The big question going forward is whether Graham will suffer the same fate as Evette.

The winner of the Senate runoff election in two weeks will be considered the clear front-runner in the solidly red state in the midterms against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a pediatrician.

Meanwhile, Trump suffered a rare endorsement setback in Minnesota.

Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and former CEO who is a close Trump ally who joined the president in denying former PresidentJoe Biden’s victory in the 2020 White House race, had Trump’s backing. But Lindell lost the Minnesota Republican gubernatorial primary to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth.

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研究：儿童较早使用社媒或影响考试成绩

2026年8月12日 18:10 / 联合早报

由于担心过早使用社交媒体会对未成年人产生不良影响，一些国家正在采取相关措施，英国就计划禁止16岁以下儿童使用社媒，这项禁令预计于2027年春季生效。 （路透社）

由于担心过早使用社交媒体会对未成年人产生不良影响，一些国家正在采取相关措施，英国就计划禁止16岁以下儿童使用社媒，这项禁令预计于2027年春季生效。 （路透社）

（伦敦讯）研究发现，刚上中学就开通社交媒体账号的儿童，考试成绩比晚几年才开始使用社媒的学生差。研究人员认为，不断查看社媒更新内容可能导致学生容易分心，从而影响学业。

意大利米兰比可卡大学的研究团队分析了5000多名当地学童的社媒使用习惯，以及他们在标准化的数学、意大利文和英文考试中的成绩。结果显示，到13至14岁时，那些11或12岁就拥有社媒账号的学生在数学和阅读考试中的得分，要低于等到至少14岁才有社媒账号的学生。

到15至16岁时，较早与较迟使用社媒者在意大利文考试中的得分出现同样的差距，数学考试得分差距更大。

研究人员指出，较早使用社媒的学生，相当于落后六个月的学习进度。推迟使用社媒对考试成绩的帮助，则等于密集补习所能达到的一半效果。

这种成绩差距在数学和意大利文考试中十分明显，但对英文考试没有影响。这可能是因为多数社媒平台都使用英文，为儿童提供接触和练习英文的机会。

这项研究无法证明，社媒会导致考试成绩变差。但研究报告主笔马尔科·圭（Marco Gui）说：“至少在青春期前，这些社媒平台会带来问题。”

他指出，频繁查看社媒信息，会降低人们对现实生活的参与程度。“这可能意味着，他们不太愿意花时间去做一些需要投入时间的事，比如对这个年龄段的学生来说很耗时的功课。”

马尔科·圭支持对使用社媒设定年龄限制，但他强调，有关当局也须采取更多行动，让社媒平台变得更安全，且不易让人上瘾。