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无人机首次拍下座头鲸分娩画面

2026年7月29日 16:30 / 联合早报

澳洲无人机拍下罕见座头鲸分娩画面，相信是全球首次以无人机记录这一过程。 （档案示意图）

澳大利亚一名无人机操作员在新南威尔士州北海岸，意外拍下一头座头鲸分娩的珍贵画面。这相信是全球首次以无人机完整记录座头鲸生产过程，也可能是历来第四次拍到鲸鱼分娩。

澳洲广播公司（ABC）报道，澳洲鲸豚救援与研究组织（ORRCA）志愿者福雷斯特（Alex Forrest）星期二下午，在新州北部金斯克利夫（Kingscliff）岸外约700米处发现一头游速异常缓慢的雌性座头鲸。

福雷斯特起初以为鲸鱼可能遭到掠食者袭击，直到幼鲸浮出水面，才意识到自己拍下了分娩过程。

他说：“我完全无法相信眼前发生的事。我希望这段画面能帮助研究人员进一步了解人们所知甚少的座头鲸分娩过程。”

ORRCA说，福雷斯特在距离鲸鱼超过100米处拍摄，符合新州生物多样性保护条例。组织相信，这是首次以无人机记录座头鲸分娩，也是全球第四次拍到这一罕见现象。

麦考瑞大学鲸鱼科学家皮罗塔（Vanessa Pirotta）形容，这是极其难得的时刻。她说，座头鲸虽然是全球最常被观赏的鲸类之一，但人们对它们的分娩过程仍知之甚少。

画面显示，幼鲸出生后立即游向水面呼吸，随后与母鲸一起游动。研究人员认为，这段视频有助比较全球其他鲸鱼分娩记录，了解母鲸是否独自生产、幼鲸出生后的行为，以及分娩地点是否存在变化。

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过去研究人员普遍认为，座头鲸会前往热带水域生产。不过，新南威尔士大学研究人员麦克菲－弗鲁（Jane McPhee-Frew）指出，这次在较南部海域拍到分娩，显示科学界可能须重新检视既有认识。

她认为，这项发现可能与座头鲸数量回升，以及无人机等技术更广泛用于观察海洋动物有关。

ORRCA说，相关画面将接受同行评审并发表，为鲸类和其他海洋哺乳动物研究提供新资料。

美国AI专才联署吁政府支持建立国际体制管控AI发展

2026年7月29日 16:57 / 联合早报

OpenAI测试的顶尖模型一个AI代理非法侵入另一个开放式平台，引发业界新一轮呼声，要求国际社会建立可管控AI发展速度的机制。 （路透社）

（纽约综合电）美国1100多名人工智能（AI）领域从业员警告，AI科技发展速度过快将给人类带来风险，他们呼吁特朗普政府支持国际社会建立一套机制，以管控AI的发展。

包括Anthropic首席执行长阿莫迪、OpenAI首席科学家帕霍基和Meta超级智能实验室首席科学家赵晟佳在内的1100多名AI领域专才，星期二（7月28日）签署请愿书，呼吁美国政府“支持一项国际努力，以开发出可刻意控制自动化AI发展前沿速度的技术与治理工具。”

请愿书写道：“全球领先的AI公司相信，它们已接近实现AI研究自动化，虽然很难准确预测这将如何加速AI的发展，但确实存在一种风险，即能力的快速发展，会超越我们理解或管控最终系统的能力。”

OpenAI上周披露，在测试一个顶尖模型时，AI代理非法侵入纽约一家经营开放式AI平台的公司Hugging Face，这起前所未有的事件引发业界新一轮管控AI科技的呼声。路透社星期三引述消息报道，这个AI代理不仅侵入Hugging Face，还侵入了纽约另一家科技公司Modal Labs为客户进行的沙盒测试。

OpenAI首席执行长奥尔特曼虽然未签署请愿书，不过他在周二刊出的一篇访谈中说，AI模型开发商或许须自愿对快速发展踩刹车，给社会一个机会赶上。

奥尔特曼和谷歌DeepMind首席执行长哈萨比斯最近都呼吁建立一个国际监管机构，审查尖端AI模型并制定安全准则。

Anthropic也在6月份提议，由各国政府和AI开发商合创一个系统，共同决定在何时放缓AI研发，以遏制风险。

Maine Dem in hot seat for championing popular vote despite clinching Senate bid without it

July 29, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

Jackson secured 75% of delegate votes at a convention after sexual assault allegations forced Graham Platner out

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Published July 29, 2026 6:00am EDT | Updated July 29, 2026 6:34am EDT

Maine Democrats pick new candidate after primary shakeup

Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams reports from Bangor, Maine, on the Democratic Party’s selection of Troy Jackson as their new Senate candidate. This decision comes after Graham Platner withdrew his bid, sparking a scramble for a replacement.

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Despite past calls to make the popular vote the deciding factor for presidential elections in Maine, Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, is facing backlash for embracing his newfound Democratic Party nomination despite a process that circumvented the usual statewide consideration.

The Maine Senate election spun out of control for Democrats earlier this month when sexual assault allegations emerged against the party’s official candidate, Graham Platner.

Scrambling in response to the fallout, Maine Democrats announced they would create an open process, allowing potential replacement candidates to submit their intent to run and begin collecting signatures to appear on the ballot. Then, a convention of 601 delegates would vote to select the new nominee.

FORMER PLATNER ALLY TROY JACKSON LOCKS DOWN DELEGATES AS TOP RIVALS FOR DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINATION DROP OUT

Former state Senator Troy Jackson, a Democrat from Maine and gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a Fighting Oligarchy event with Graham Platner.(Sophie Park / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“We have worked hard to create a fair process that is inclusive of varying viewpoints and diverse backgrounds of Democrats across the state of Maine, as we all come together in service of our ultimate goal: defeat Susan Collins and win this Senate seat,” the Maine Democrats website states.

“These circumstances are unprecedented, but our state party is ready and capable of rising to this challenge.”

Kristen Cianci, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, unleashed on Jackson and the process that made him the nominee.

“It’s become increasingly clear that Troy Jackson will shapeshift into anything he needs to in order to gain power – including abandoning the belief that voters should decide elections,” Cianci said in a statement.

“Mainers want a senator they can trust, not a snake-oil-salesman standing ready to sell them out at a moment’s notice,” she added.

But even before the process began, political observers believed Jackson, a fellow progressive like Platner, would prevail. Like Platner, Jackson has called for universal healthcare, the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), severing U.S. military aid to Israel and raising taxes on the nation’s top earners.

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and Troy Jackson stand together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Shannon Watts, a political activist and commentator who opposed Platner’s nomination, wasted no time in blasting Jackson as a possible alternative.

“So no, we’re not going to pick this f—ing guy,” Watts said, anticipating the party’s progressive support for Jackson despite his own reported misconduct. Jackson allegedly threw a water bottle at fellow Democratic state senator Heather Sanborn in 2021, an outburst Jackson has since apologized for.

Despite apprehension from Watts and concern from other Democrats about pre-selecting a candidate, of the 601 delegates at the Maine convention on Saturday, 456 came out already committed to Jackson’s nomination — roughly 75% of the delegates. In the end, Jackson won 566 delegates, or 94% of the total support.

Jackson did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether he saw his nomination as a circumvention of the regular primary process.

In the past, Jackson has stressed the importance of Democratic participation.

“I’ve always believed that our democracy is at its best when everyone has a chance to participate – whether I agree with you on an issue or not,” Jackson posted on X in 2020 leading up to a Maine Democratic primary.

In 2019, he sponsored legislation that would have Maine award its electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, citing his support for direct democracy.

“Let’s total all the votes up across the country, and whoever gets the most votes wins; that seems a simple premise to me,” Jackson told local media outlets in 2019.

Since his nomination, Jackson has insisted he can represent all factions of the Democratic Party, even without a statewide vote to cement his nomination.

“There is a place in this campaign for all of you. There is work for you in this movement. And I will spend every day now through November earning that trust, because today we turn the page. Today, this becomes a general election campaign, and today we begin the work of defeating Susan Collins in November,” Jackson said after his nomination.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IF PLATNER DROPS OUT? HERE’S WHO COULD REPLACE HIM ON THE BALLOT AND HOW IT WOULD WORK

Troy Jackson speaks as he became the Maine Democratic Party’s choice to be their U.S. Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot in November on July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Notably, Jackson has attracted the endorsement of former Vice President Kamala Harris — another Democratic figure who stepped in at the 11th hour to rescue a campaign.

“I know what it is like to step up to the plate with a short runway to Election Day. Troy will have just 101 days between his nomination for Senate and when voters in Maine will cast their ballots,” Harris said in a fundraising email on Monday.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

伊拉克什叶派民兵称遭美沙袭击 至少20人死亡

2026年7月29日 17:03 / 联合早报

安全部队和救援人员7月29日在伊拉克迪亚拉省一处遭袭地点展开工作。 （法新社）

伊拉克什叶派民兵武装“人民动员组织”星期三（7月29日）发声明说，组织位于伊拉克多地的基地当天清晨遭美国和沙特阿拉伯军队袭击，造成至少20人死亡、32人受伤。

新华社报道，声明说，初步信息显示，美沙袭击目标包括“人民动员组织”位于巴格达、瓦西特、尼尼微、巴士拉、基尔库克、卡尔巴拉和迪亚拉等省份的总部，并对多处设施、车辆和军事装备造成不同程度的损坏。

声明指出，此次袭击是“极具危险性的局势升级”，严重侵犯了伊拉克主权，也是对伊拉克官方安全机构的攻击。相关部门正密切跟进局势，伤亡与损失评估工作仍在进行中。

美军中央司令部周二（28日）在社交媒体发布消息称，美军和沙特军队在伊拉克对“受伊朗支持的”目标进行了打击。

沙特国防部周一（27日）发声明说，沙特防空部队当天拦截并摧毁了数架来自伊拉克方向、企图袭击沙特境内石油设施的无人机。

美国AI专才联署吁政府支持建立国际体制管控AI发展

2026年7月29日 16:57 / 联合早报

OpenAI测试的顶尖模型一个AI代理非法侵入另一个开放式平台，引发业界新一轮呼声，要求国际社会建立可管控AI发展速度的机制。 （路透社）

（纽约综合电）美国1100多名人工智能（AI）领域从业员警告，AI科技发展速度过快将给人类带来风险，他们呼吁特朗普政府支持国际社会建立一套机制，以管控AI的发展。

包括Anthropic首席执行长阿莫迪、OpenAI首席科学家帕霍基和Meta超级智能实验室首席科学家赵晟佳在内的1100多名AI领域专才，星期二（7月28日）签署请愿书，呼吁美国政府“支持一项国际努力，以开发出可刻意控制自动化AI发展前沿速度的技术与治理工具。”

请愿书写道：“全球领先的AI公司相信，它们已接近实现AI研究自动化，虽然很难准确预测这将如何加速AI的发展，但确实存在一种风险，即能力的快速发展，会超越我们理解或管控最终系统的能力。”

OpenAI上周披露，在测试一个顶尖模型时，AI代理非法侵入纽约一家经营开放式AI平台的公司Hugging Face，这起前所未有的事件引发业界新一轮管控AI科技的呼声。路透社星期三引述消息报道，这个AI代理不仅侵入Hugging Face，还侵入了纽约另一家科技公司Modal Labs为客户进行的沙盒测试。

OpenAI首席执行长奥尔特曼虽然未签署请愿书，不过他在周二刊出的一篇访谈中说，AI模型开发商或许须自愿对快速发展踩刹车，给社会一个机会赶上。

奥尔特曼和谷歌DeepMind首席执行长哈萨比斯最近都呼吁建立一个国际监管机构，审查尖端AI模型并制定安全准则。

Anthropic也在6月份提议，由各国政府和AI开发商合创一个系统，共同决定在何时放缓AI研发，以遏制风险。

中东战争爆发后首会特朗普 内坦亚胡寻求修补美以关系

2026年7月29日 17:07 / 联合早报

以色列总理内坦亚胡（左）周二访问白宫，与美国总统特朗普举行会谈，据悉伊朗战事是两人讨论的主要议题。 （法新社）

（华盛顿综合电）以色列总理内坦亚胡周二（7月28日）到华盛顿会见了美国总统特朗普，寻求化解双方围绕中东战争的公开分歧。这是自2月底美以联手对伊朗发动军事行动以来，两人首次面对面会晤。

特朗普当天在白宫与内坦亚胡举行约90分钟会晤。两人没有在会后发布声明，但内坦亚胡形容，这是他和特朗普进行过“最棒的对话之一”。他说：“这是一次全面合作、相互支持的会晤，我们就伊朗不得拥有核武器的共同目标，以及其他目标立场一致。”

白宫新闻秘书莱维特说，此次会谈积极且富有成效。特朗普也在社交媒体上写道：“非常好的会议！显然，我们讨论了许多重要议题。”

这已是特朗普自2025年初重返白宫以来，第八次会见内坦亚胡。随着中东战事持续，两人之间的分歧日益加剧。

特朗普周二早些时候接受福克斯新闻采访时，再次对内坦亚胡表示不满。针对有报道指内坦亚胡计划当天会谈时提供有关伊朗镐山地下核设施的情报，特朗普质问：“你为什么不直接告诉我？为什么要向全世界宣布？”

他还说：“我不需要内坦亚胡告诉我这些。他告诉我，是因为希望我继续参与冲突。”

以色列媒体报道，内坦亚胡和特朗普主要讨论了伊朗问题。但以总理办公室公共外交负责人霍托夫利说，两人没有提到镐山核设施。

霍托夫利还说，特朗普并未向内坦亚胡施压，没有要求他加快在加沙地带的行动，或从黎巴嫩撤军。

另一名以色列官员说，此次会谈也没有涉及美国可能向土耳其出售F-35战斗机一事。这项潜在交易，以及美国近日与沙特阿拉伯达成的核能协议，引起了以色列对中东地区出现军备竞赛的担忧。

此次会谈正值美国暂停打击伊朗，为外交斡旋制造更多空间之际。美国和以色列都将在今年较迟时候举行选举，中东冲突悬而未决，使内坦亚胡和特朗普都面临很大的政治压力。

耶路撒冷希伯来大学国际关系专家弗里曼（Yonatan Freeman）说，内坦亚胡此行的主要目的，是消除外界对美以关系趋冷的观点。

弗里曼告诉法新社：“我认为这主要旨在……向世界、伊朗，乃至黎巴嫩和其他国家表明……美国和以色列之间没有任何裂痕或重大分歧。”

除了会见特朗普，内坦亚胡此行也出席了已故美国参议员格雷厄姆的葬礼。

伊拉克什叶派民兵称遭美沙袭击 至少20人死亡

2026年7月29日 17:03 / 联合早报

安全部队和救援人员7月29日在伊拉克迪亚拉省一处遭袭地点展开工作。 （法新社）

伊拉克什叶派民兵武装“人民动员组织”星期三（7月29日）发声明说，组织位于伊拉克多地的基地当天清晨遭美国和沙特阿拉伯军队袭击，造成至少20人死亡、32人受伤。

新华社报道，声明说，初步信息显示，美沙袭击目标包括“人民动员组织”位于巴格达、瓦西特、尼尼微、巴士拉、基尔库克、卡尔巴拉和迪亚拉等省份的总部，并对多处设施、车辆和军事装备造成不同程度的损坏。

声明指出，此次袭击是“极具危险性的局势升级”，严重侵犯了伊拉克主权，也是对伊拉克官方安全机构的攻击。相关部门正密切跟进局势，伤亡与损失评估工作仍在进行中。

美军中央司令部周二（28日）在社交媒体发布消息称，美军和沙特军队在伊拉克对“受伊朗支持的”目标进行了打击。

沙特国防部周一（27日）发声明说，沙特防空部队当天拦截并摧毁了数架来自伊拉克方向、企图袭击沙特境内石油设施的无人机。

WATCH: Rand Paul says there’s one thing Americans have never heard from Fauci

The senator accused Fauci of a ‘profound judgment error’ in backing gain-of-function work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology

July 29, 2026 7:27am EDT / Fox News

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., believes that above all else, Dr. Anthony Fauci owes Americans one thing ahead of his Senate hearing on Wednesday: an apology.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci ran point as the COVID-19 explainer-in-chief under two different administrations, steering policy and messaging on the virus that rattled the country and world for years.

But there is one thing in all of his media appearances, profiles, interviews and congressional hearings that Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., contended Fauci never said: that he was sorry.

“I mean, I’d like to hear him say he’s sorry,” Paul said. “Can he say he is sorry for funding — the research was dangerous research in China? Almost everybody agrees with that.”

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C.(Getty Images)

“Now he says, ‘Oh, well, it didn’t meet this definition or this definition, it was dangerous research,” he continued. “It was a judgment error. It was a profound judgment error.”

Paul and Fauci are set to square off Wednesday morning in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel that Paul leads, in a clash that has been years in the making.

In the lead up to Wednesday’s hearing, Paul unveiled over 1,000 pages of Fauci’s diary, providing his own color commentary online about Fauci’s motivations leading up to and during the pandemic.

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The lawmaker has had his sights set on Fauci since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and accused him of funding research in China that led to the eventual outbreak of the virus.

And though Fauci has been out of the public spotlight since 2022, when he stepped down from his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the two will finally get the chance to square up and settle the feud.

“I think he actually could do better in the hearing if he’d come forward and apologize for funding this research,” Paul said. “No one’s ever heard an apology from him. All they hear is sort of the idea that he never did anything wrong and that there’s nothing wrong with that.”

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., leads the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Paul has said that the former chief medical advisor to the president deserves to be in prison for his alleged role in funding gain-of-function research, and warned that his pardon from former President Joe Biden wouldn’t hold up.

Notably, Fauci’s former top advisor at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. David Morens, was indicted by the Justice Department earlier this year on charges of allegedly conspiring to evade public records laws, hide communications regarding the origins of COVID-19, and destroy federal records.

Gain-of-function research, or work that enhances a virus’s transmissibility or lethality, and Fauci’s alleged role in funding that type of research through his position at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China has been Paul’s focal point for years in his crusade against the former COVID-19 czar.

And he argued that the issue of researching the spread of a virus, or its killing potential, predates the pandemic.

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Paul charged that in 2010, research conducted by Ron Fouchier, a Dutch virologist, produced a version of H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, that was transmissible “through the air between mammals.”

“And half the scientific community said, ‘Oh my God, this could be the end of the world. We’re doing this s—,’” Paul said.

“And Fauci was on the other side, and he said at the time in a Washington Post op-ed that even if a pandemic should occur from a scientist being bitten or somehow infected, the knowledge is worth the risk,” he continued. “That needs to be debated by the country. Is the knowledge of creating viruses that could kill the world worth the risks? And I don’t think it is.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

中东战争爆发后首会特朗普 内坦亚胡寻求修补美以关系

2026年7月29日 17:07 / 联合早报

以色列总理内坦亚胡（左）周二访问白宫，与美国总统特朗普举行会谈，据悉伊朗战事是两人讨论的主要议题。 （法新社）

（华盛顿综合电）以色列总理内坦亚胡周二（7月28日）到华盛顿会见了美国总统特朗普，寻求化解双方围绕中东战争的公开分歧。这是自2月底美以联手对伊朗发动军事行动以来，两人首次面对面会晤。

特朗普当天在白宫与内坦亚胡举行约90分钟会晤。两人没有在会后发布声明，但内坦亚胡形容，这是他和特朗普进行过“最棒的对话之一”。他说：“这是一次全面合作、相互支持的会晤，我们就伊朗不得拥有核武器的共同目标，以及其他目标立场一致。”

白宫新闻秘书莱维特说，此次会谈积极且富有成效。特朗普也在社交媒体上写道：“非常好的会议！显然，我们讨论了许多重要议题。”

这已是特朗普自2025年初重返白宫以来，第八次会见内坦亚胡。随着中东战事持续，两人之间的分歧日益加剧。

特朗普周二早些时候接受福克斯新闻采访时，再次对内坦亚胡表示不满。针对有报道指内坦亚胡计划当天会谈时提供有关伊朗镐山地下核设施的情报，特朗普质问：“你为什么不直接告诉我？为什么要向全世界宣布？”

他还说：“我不需要内坦亚胡告诉我这些。他告诉我，是因为希望我继续参与冲突。”

以色列媒体报道，内坦亚胡和特朗普主要讨论了伊朗问题。但以总理办公室公共外交负责人霍托夫利说，两人没有提到镐山核设施。

霍托夫利还说，特朗普并未向内坦亚胡施压，没有要求他加快在加沙地带的行动，或从黎巴嫩撤军。

另一名以色列官员说，此次会谈也没有涉及美国可能向土耳其出售F-35战斗机一事。这项潜在交易，以及美国近日与沙特阿拉伯达成的核能协议，引起了以色列对中东地区出现军备竞赛的担忧。

此次会谈正值美国暂停打击伊朗，为外交斡旋制造更多空间之际。美国和以色列都将在今年较迟时候举行选举，中东冲突悬而未决，使内坦亚胡和特朗普都面临很大的政治压力。

耶路撒冷希伯来大学国际关系专家弗里曼（Yonatan Freeman）说，内坦亚胡此行的主要目的，是消除外界对美以关系趋冷的观点。

弗里曼告诉法新社：“我认为这主要旨在……向世界、伊朗，乃至黎巴嫩和其他国家表明……美国和以色列之间没有任何裂痕或重大分歧。”

除了会见特朗普，内坦亚胡此行也出席了已故美国参议员格雷厄姆的葬礼。

俄罗斯朝鲜合建跨境桥或成军援通道

2026年7月29日 17:16 / 联合早报

朝中社发布的照片显示，朝鲜领导人金正恩（中）星期一（7月27日）在平壤举行的纪念朝鲜战争停战73周年的阅兵式上敬礼。 （法新社）

（首尔讯）俄罗斯与朝鲜即将完成一座横跨两国边界的新桥梁，这将成为两国历史上首条公路连接通道。在俄朝关系日益密切之际，外界担忧两国正通过基础设施建设，加强在俄乌战争中的军事合作。

英国《卫报》报道，这座桥横跨图们江，连接俄罗斯远东地区的哈桑（Khasan）与朝鲜豆满江（Tumangang），朝鲜一侧包括海关和检疫设施在内的工程已赶在原定6月19日启用前完成，但俄罗斯一侧的工程进度落后，因此新的启用日期尚未确定。

朝俄称新桥的目的是扩大贸易与旅游往来，但乌克兰人权组织“真相猎手”（Truth Hounds）的调查认为，这座桥的真正用途是建立一条隐蔽的军事后勤通道，让朝鲜士兵、建筑工人和军官进入俄罗斯，同时让俄罗斯的技术和资源输送至朝鲜。

“真相猎手”开源研究负责人麦洪指出，与铁路相比，通过公路运输较为容易避开卫星监控。在这座新桥不远处，与其并行的是唯一连接朝鲜和俄罗斯的跨境铁路大桥。

麦洪说，朝俄的公路网络规模远超铁路网络，这使得全面监控变得更为困难。

此外，卡车装卸货物的速度比铁路车厢快得多，而且可随处装卸。

“真相猎手”也指出朝俄兴建新桥缺乏经济合理性，旨在扩大两国贸易和旅游往来之说站不住脚。新桥建造成本估计超过1亿美元，但朝俄2024年双边贸易额仅3400万美元；目前俄仍严格限制人民赴朝旅游，基本上仅限于跟团游。

朝俄2024年6月签署全面战略伙伴条约，之后朝鲜派兵支援与乌克兰作战的俄军，也向俄提供火炮弹药及弹道导弹。乌总统泽连斯基上周称，俄正准备接收朝鲜增派的3万士兵。