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巴士右转撞伤交通管制员 车长判监三周吊牌五年

2026年9月1日 18:41 / 新明日报

被告莫哈默阿迪未谨慎驾驶巴士，右转时撞上在马路上的35岁客工，星期二（9月1日）在国家法院被判坐牢三周，以及吊牌五年。 （海峡时报）

右转时撞上正在进行交通管制的客工，车轮还碾过对方双腿，导致他骨折重伤，巴士车长因未谨慎驾驶，被判坐牢三周，以及吊销各级驾照五年。

被告莫哈默阿迪（51岁）早前承认一项抵触《公路交通法令》的控状，星期二（9月1日）在国家法院被治罪。

这起车祸发生在2024年6月27日傍晚约5时25分，地点是安顺路与珀玛路（Palmer Road）的交界处。伤者是35岁的印度籍客工钱德拉塞卡。

根据案情，被告案发时是SMRT的巴士车长。他当时驾驶巴士沿着珀玛路行驶，抵达案发交界处时，前方交通灯显示绿灯。被告随即右转进入安顺路的第四条车道。

当时，钱德拉塞卡受雇于一家建筑公司担任交通管制员，正站在第四车道上，背对着来车方向。

巴士在右转时撞上背对来车的客工，前轮接着碾过客工的双腿。（取自网络）

被告右转时没有留意到钱德拉塞卡，巴士因此撞上后者，导致他摔倒在马路上。随后，巴士前轮碾过钱德拉塞卡的双腿，后轮也险些碾过他的腿部，所幸巴士在这时停下。

被告事后立即下车提供协助。

钱德拉塞卡随后被送院治疗，他右脚踝骨折，左膝血肿、挫伤及内侧半月板撕裂。他在接受手术后，于7月12日出院，前后共拿了86天住院假。

根据案发时的电眼画面，钱德拉塞卡当时身穿反光背心，事发前清楚可见。现场也没有任何障碍物遮挡被告视线。

控方指出，被告从右转至停下巴士，至少有10秒的疏忽。他驾驶重型车辆，本应更谨慎，而且公共巴士发生事故，也可能影响或导致乘客受伤，因此促请法官判他坐牢五周至八周。

被告律师求情时说，被告案发时一时失误，事发前也并未超速等。他事后立即提供协助，伤者也不太可能留下永久伤势，恳请法官轻判。

Judge who axed 9/11 mastermind’s confession blamed military’s ‘conservative tendencies’ for rising ‘extremism’

2026-09-01 06:00 EDT / Fox News

Lt Col Michael Schrama wrote in a 2023 essay that conservative tendencies made troops ‘easy prey’ for right-wing groups

By Peter Pinedo, Fox News

A military judge excluded the confession of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, ruling his statements were obtained through torture while in CIA custody. Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith reports on the ruling and its potential impact on the long-running case.

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The judge who recently threw out a confession by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, previously argued that the U.S. military had a growing domestic extremism problem fueled in part by “conservative tendencies” reinforced by “extreme right-wing groups.”

Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, an Air Force judge who specializes in military and environmental law, is presiding over the military commission in the 9/11 case. Last week, he tossed Mohammed’s 2007 confession on the grounds that it was not given voluntarily. The ruling could complicate what has already been a decades-long wait for the suspected plotter to stand trial. Just days before the 25th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Schrama rejected prosecutors’ request to begin the trial in January 2027 and instead set it for June 2028.

The decision, which was not initially made public, has drawn criticism, including from journalist and author Gerald Posner, who called it a “shameful prelude to the 9/11 anniversary.” Scrutiny of Schrama’s record has also resurfaced a 2023 essay he wrote titled “Creating a Codified Legal Response to Domestic Extremism in the Ranks” for the national security and foreign policy publication “War on the Rocks.”

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, has been held at Guantánamo Bay since 2003.(AP)

Before his role on the military commission overseeing the 9/11 case, Schrama served as an Air Force trial judge at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He has also served as a staff judge advocate and defense counsel and was deployed in 2019 as a staff judge advocate to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Between June 2017 and January 2019, he specialized in environmental law.

He wrote in his essay that “as an active-duty Air Force military judge, I have seen firsthand a rising population of military members engaging in extremist activities.”

He said that “there is more than ample evidence that military members are a ripe population for extremist recruitment” and that the “rise of domestic extremism in the military ranks is a threat to national security.”

To illustrate his argument, he pointed to a 2021 study by the Center for Strategic & International Studies that said military personnel were responsible for 17.6% of domestic terrorism plots and attacks.

A U.S. soldier holds a U.S. flag during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of the annual Balikatan joint military drills on May 4, 2026, in Laoag, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines.(Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

He also wrote that 12% of those charged with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot had some form of military experience, including service members on active duty.

As to the reasons for this rising extremism, he argued that “military institutions tend to become more conservative and isolated from civilian society” and that “these conservative tendencies are constantly reinforced, and young military members can be easy prey for the extreme right-wing groups that relate through similar conservative ideology.”

“Unfortunately, the United States Criminal Code and the Uniform Code of Military Justice do not currently provide the tools to deal with this crisis, as they do not treat domestic extremism as a specific criminal offense,” he wrote, adding, “Codifying domestic extremism as a punitive article under the military code would provide a means for commanders to adequately address the rising tide of domestic extremism.”

He also noted a 2019 case in which a Coast Guard officer pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges after prosecutors said he stashed weapons and planned to murder Democratic politicians, Supreme Court justices and TV journalists.

He wrote that “despite describing Hasson as a domestic terrorist, federal prosecutors chose these more minor charges due to the fact that no domestic terrorism statute currently exists.”

Two flags flutter on a fence in front of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center at the Tear Drop 9/11 Memorial at sunset on June 13, 2026, in Bayonne, New Jersey.(Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Ronald Flesvig, a spokesperson for the Military Commissions Convening Authority, declined to comment on Schrama’s ruling, saying it would be inappropriate to comment on the military judge’s decision. He also declined to comment on Schrama’s essay, saying it was published “not in his capacity as a judge for the military commissions.”

Mohammed’s case, along with those of three co-defendants — Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak bin ‘Atash, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali — has been stuck in pretrial proceedings for years. Schrama became the fifth judge assigned to preside over the case in 2025.

In response to Schrama’s decision last week, White House senior advisor Stephen Mueller told Fox News, “Our judicial system is so badly broken it sides at every turn with predators, monsters and, in this case, a 9/11 mastermind.”

Mueller also railed that the system “enables the persecution of innocent Americans who did nothing wrong, while protecting cartel killers and foreign terrorists.”

“It’s a disgrace, it’s a travesty, it’s an outrage,” he said.

Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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习近平上合+会议促全球南方国家推进国际关系法治化

2026年9月1日 18:54 / 联合早报

中国国家主席习近平星期二（9月1日）在比什凯克出席“上海合作组织+”会议并发表题为《共同倡导平等有序的世界多极化 实现更加公正合理的全球治理》的重要讲话。 （法新社）

中国国家主席习近平在上海合作组织+会议上提出，当前世界多极化大势不可逆转，因此敦促全球南方国家在这个多极格局中发挥关键力量，摒弃干涉霸凌、丛林法则，推进国际关系法治化。

据中国央视新闻报道，习近平当地时间星期二（9月1日）下午在吉尔吉斯斯坦比什凯克出席“上海合作组织+”会议并发表题为《共同倡导平等有序的世界多极化 实现更加公正合理的全球治理》的讲话。

习近平指出，当前世界百年变局加速演进，霸权主义、单边主义、保护主义逆流而动，但绝大多数国家不认同强权政治、不希望冲突对抗、不愿意封闭落后，而是期待通过自身发展和国际合作在世界舞台上平等拥有一席之地。

他说，近年来，全球南方卓然壮大，推动国际力量对比深刻调整，世界多极化大势不可逆转。世界需要怎样的多极化？各国如何参与和推动多极化？国际社会应当凝聚共识，作出经得起实践和历史检验的正确抉择。

习近平强调，中国积极倡导平等有序的世界多极化，主权平等、相互尊重是根本原则，均衡有序、遵守法治是必然要求，多边主义、对话协商是关键路径，互利共赢、普惠包容是发展方向。要坚持各国无论大小、强弱、贫富，都应权利平等、机会平等、规则平等。

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习近平上合会议吁营造普遍安全环境 防止外部势力干涉内政

他称，全球南方国家是多极格局的重要组成部分，也是推进多极化的关键力量，应当提升在国际事务中的代表性和发言权。摒弃双重标准、例外主义、干涉霸凌、丛林法则，推进国际关系法治化。

习近平表明，大国尤其要带头守规矩、讲法治，合作应对全球性难题。要坚持世界上的事由各国商量着办，国际规则由各国共同制定。联合国权威和活力需要重振，各类全球和区域多边机制需要更加协同高效。要聚焦发展议题，坚持开放合作，弥合数字和智能鸿沟，让技术革命和发展成果惠及各国人民。

他也在会上就更好发挥上海合作组织作用提出三点建议。

一、继续发挥优势、挖掘潜能，以高质量共建“一带一路”联通亚欧大陆多个增长极，相互赋能、彼此成就，共创机遇、共享繁荣。

二、 弘扬“上海精神”，团结和拓展“上海合作组织+”伙伴，共同为和平发声、为发展聚力、为合作搭桥、为共赢铺路。

三、坚持结伴不结盟、对话不对抗，坚持共商共建共享，推动各国在全球治理中平等参与、普遍受益。

世粮署因资金短缺将约旦河西岸援助人数减半

2026年9月1日 18:54 / 联合早报

8月18日，约旦河西岸北部纳布卢斯附近库斯拉村，以色列右翼定居者的车辆停在他们围困的民宅外。当地散户巴勒斯坦居民称，自8月9日起对方开始封锁以来，他们的食物和其他物资供应受阻。 （法新社）

联合国世界粮食计划署称，由于资金削减，世粮署被迫将巴勒斯坦西岸地区的援助对像人数减半，并警告可能带来严重后果。

法新社报道，世粮署星期二（9月1日）说，从本月起，机构在巴勒斯坦西岸地区提供粮食援助的人数将从40万人减少至20万人。

世粮署驻巴勒斯坦地区代表休斯说：“世粮署被迫约旦河西岸受援人数削减一半”，并警告称当地粮食需求已是两年前的两倍多。

休斯指出，粮食不安全过去并非西岸地区的主要问题。但自2023年10月以哈战争爆发以来，定居者暴力行为加剧、以色列军事行动持续升级、通行限制严厉、房屋被拆毁以及当地大规模人口流离失所，这些因素削弱了巴勒斯坦人的生计，并导致粮食不安全情况加剧。

世粮署称，最新季度粮食安全分析显示，约旦河西岸76%的家庭收入显著下降。许多家庭为维持生计，被迫出售资产，并减少用餐次数和降低饮食质量。

分析还发现，三分之一家庭已无力负担营养充足的饮食。其中，农村地区及约旦河西岸南部省份居民受影响最严重。

休斯说：“那些曾经生活富足，依靠土地谋生的家庭，如今已买不起足够食物。”

以色列自1967年以来占领约旦河西岸地区。

Trump says Iran is ‘DEAD’ — experts point to the real sign Tehran is nearing the brink

2026-09-01 06:00 EDT / Fox News

Trump declares Iran a ‘Failed Nation’ as renewed strikes raise questions over whether Tehran is losing its remaining leverage

By Efrat Lachter Fox News

Published September 1, 2026 6:00am EDT

Iran economy ‘on the verge of collapse’ as tensions with US escalate

Miad Maleki, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, tells Fox News Digital that mounting economic pressure could push Iran to escalate in an effort to force Washington back to the negotiating table. Photos credit: Reuters/Getty

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President Donald Trump declared Iran a “Failed Nation” Monday, claiming the country is economically and militarily broken as renewed fighting with the U.S. raises questions about how much leverage Tehran still has left.

“Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday morning. “They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police.”

Trump also claimed Iranian inflation had reached 300% and said the country’s leadership was “in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country.”

Iran is facing pressure from nearly every direction — renewed U.S. military strikes, tighter sanctions and a steep drop in oil exports — raising fresh questions about how long Tehran can keep absorbing the economic pain and still maintain leverage against Washington.

COULD IRAN’S REGIME COLLAPSE? EXPERTS ASSESS BESSENT’S BID TO SEVER FINANCIAL LIFELINES

Ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.(Ali Saeedi/Getty Images)

Official Iranian data cited by Reuters put annual inflation at 66% in July, while the IMF projects average consumer-price inflation of 68.9% in 2026.

Trump’s post came amid the sharpest U.S.-Iran military escalation in weeks. U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island Sunday after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, according to a U.S. official. Iran retaliated by launching ballistic missiles toward U.S. bases in Jordan, while Jordan said it intercepted eight missiles that entered its airspace.

The renewed confrontation comes as Washington ratchets up economic pressure.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters Sunday that the administration expects to roll out additional secondary sanctions as frequently as every week, initially focusing on banks and potentially cutting financial institutions that continue facilitating Iranian transactions out of the U.S. dollar-based financial system.

IRAN’S DEEPEST WEAKNESS IS GETTING EXPOSED THROUGH AMERICA’S MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN

An Iranian navy special forces service member, known as Takavaran, stands guard near the Iranian Kharg replenishment ship docked in the Red Sea Sudanese town of Port Sudan on Oct. 31, 2012. The visit of two Iranian naval ships to Sudan reflects strong ties between the countries, Sudan’s military said after Khartoum denied Iranian involvement in weapons manufacturing.(Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran’s own leaders are acknowledging growing economic strain.

President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran’s exports and imports have fallen nearly 35% because of U.S. sanctions and the naval blockade, while annual inflation reached 66% in July, Reuters reported Aug. 29. The IMF projects Iran’s economy will contract 5.4% this year.

Miad Maleki, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who previously served as associate director of Treasury’s Office of Global Targeting at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, told Fox News Digital that the Islamic Republic may be nearing an economic breaking point. FDD says Maleki previously helped oversee U.S. sanctions programs and served as chief and senior sanctions coordinator for Iran and the Middle East.

“I think where we stand today, it’s very clear — we see very clear signs, indications of what I would call an economy that is on the verge of collapse, if it hasn’t already collapsed yet,” Maleki said.

Maleki argued that the critical pressure point is Iran’s ability to turn oil exports into usable revenue.

US TARGETS CHINESE REFINERY IN SWEEPING IRAN OIL CRACKDOWN, SANCTIONS ‘SHADOW FLEET’ TANKERS

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.(Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

He estimates Tehran needs roughly 1 million barrels of oil exports per day to sustain itself, about 1.5 million to avoid hyperinflation and approximately 2 million to support development. Maleki said Iranian exports have fallen dramatically and Tehran is increasingly struggling to repatriate revenue from the oil it can sell.

Kpler data cited by Reuters showed Chinese imports of Iranian crude falling from an average 1.4 million barrels per day in 2025 to a provisional 534,000 barrels per day so far in August.

Maleki said Tehran is increasingly relying on money creation rather than cutting politically sensitive salaries and pensions. But there are limits.

“They can keep printing money, but they can’t really print the type of commodities that they need, such as gasoline, such as wheat,” he said.

The pressure, however, may create a dangerous paradox.

IRAN COULD UNLEASH ‘KINETIC’ RESPONSE AS US TIGHTENS ECONOMIC CONTAINMENT, ANALYST WARNS

An Iranian woman shops in a local market in Tehran, Iran, April 28, 2026.(Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

Iran analyst Danny Citrinowicz, a fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, told Fox News Digital that the maritime blockade, wartime losses and wider economic pressure are hurting Tehran, but argued Washington should not assume economic pain will lead to capitulation.

Citrinowicz said continued pressure could instead increase Tehran’s incentive to escalate if Iranian leaders conclude the status quo is worse than renewed confrontation. He said Iran could attempt to target “U.S. economic assets in the Gulf,” ports or U.S. vessels involved in enforcing the blockade, even as its missile-production capabilities have been degraded.

Maleki agreed Iran would likely attempt to escalate, but questioned how much leverage Tehran still possesses.

“They’re going to try to escalate,” Maleki said, pointing to the attacks of the last 24 hours. But he argued that further escalation would increasingly affect Gulf states Iran has relied upon for trade, sanctions evasion and diplomacy — potentially bringing even greater economic and diplomatic pressure.

MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF IRANIAN OIL SIT BEYOND TRUMP BLOCKADE AS HE VOWS ‘ZERO LEAKAGE’

People shop for produce at the historic Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran on Aug. 25, 2026.(AFP via Getty Images)

Asked whether Iran was losing its leverage, Maleki responded: “Absolutely.”

He argued Tehran has emerged weakened from internal unrest and the external war and is increasingly isolated domestically and internationally.

What Maleki is watching next is not necessarily missed government payrolls, but shortages that could trigger another wave of domestic unrest.

“What I’m looking for is shortages of items such as gasoline,” Maleki said. “Right now they’re fighting a war inside Iran that is way more challenging to the regime than it is from external forces that they’re facing.”

Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained severely disrupted Monday, while Brent crude climbed more than 2% to above $90 as markets reacted to the renewed U.S.-Iran exchanges. Reuters reported Aug. 31 that Gulf oil flows have recovered from their wartime lows but remain below pre-war levels.

Maleki said he expects Iranians to return to the streets and argued Western governments should prepare now to help them communicate and organize if Tehran again shuts down internet access.

“What we need to do is to contain this regime, cut off this economic lifeline, empower the Iranian people, be prepared next time Iranians are back on the street [and] take actions to stop this regime from slaughtering Iranians,” Maleki said.

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The Iranian internet blackout started Jan.8 and cost $1.56 million per hour amid protests.(Maria / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

“Those are the right policies — put the pressure on, be prepared to push back on the Iranian regime every time it escalates,” he added. “At this point, they are the weakest they’ve been since 1979. Every time they try to escalate, they become weaker.”

Reuters contributed to this story.

Efrat (Effie) Lachter is a reporter for Fox News Digital with more than 15 years of experience covering conflict, global affairs, human rights and political accountability.She has directed and produced more than 200 documentary segments across more than 40 countries, documenting conflicts, humanitarian crises, corruption, human trafficking, gender-based violence and the human stories behind major world events.

Lachter’s reporting has taken her into conflict zones and crisis areas across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. Her work has included uncovering human trafficking networks, revealing an ISIS underground torture prison in Syria, documenting the war in Ukraine and interviewing senior political figures and world leaders. She was also among the Western journalists who entered Russia after the war began to bring testimonies from Putin’s opposition. Lachter is the recipient of the 2022 Peres Center for Peace Award and was a 2023–2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. She also won two Rockower Awards for Excellence in Reporting. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in political science.

Democratic socialists’ next hurdle: Winning over Black voters

2026-09-01T10:08:19.412Z / Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – After a summer of victories for Democratic Socialists of America-aligned candidates, the movement faces a new test: whether it can win over Black voters, a constituency central to Democrats’ hopes of regaining control of Congress in November.

Florida state Representative Angie Nixon, who could become the first Black lawmaker elected to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, may offer part of an answer. She overcame a more than 16-to-1 fundraising disadvantage to defeat retired Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vindman in the Democratic primary contest, running up large margins in Black communities while focusing on affordability and other everyday concerns.

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The debate underscores a challenge for DSA-backed candidates seeking to build on their primary successes. While Black voters have long criticized Democrats for paying attention to their communities mainly at election time, activists, strategists and community leaders interviewed by Reuters said some democratic socialists and progressive candidates face a different hurdle: persuading voters they are focused on housing, healthcare and rising living costs rather than ideological issues such as Gaza and defunding the police.

DSA officials say their organizing is centered on economic concerns, from housing costs and food prices to stagnant wages.

DSA-aligned candidates have challenged and in some cases defeated more moderate Democratic rivals in a string of high-profile primaries, intensifying an internal party debate over whether progressive energy can translate into broader voter appeal when Democrats face Republicans in November.

Interviews with more than two dozen activists, strategists and community leaders suggest DSA-backed candidates face an uphill battle with some Black voters in November. Some fear alienation from democratic socialists could threaten turnout among one of Democrats’ most reliable constituencies.

“Many times, Black people feel like the Democratic Party doesn’t come until it’s time to vote,” Nixon told Reuters. “That’s why it’s just really important to organize. And I would say DSA has to do the same thing.”

THE BLACK VOTER CHALLENGE

The divide also played out in the razor-thin Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, where Black voters helped Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley overcome a double-digit polling deficit to defeat DSA member Francesca Hong.

The stakes are perhaps highest in Michigan, where an Abdul El-Sayed loss would cost Democrats a key U.S. Senate seat, imperiling their bid to win control of the chamber in November. El-Sayed narrowly defeated moderate U.S. Representative Haley Stevens, who was overwhelmingly backed by Black voters.

Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist, said the mistake Democrats and the DSA have made is waiting until they need votes from Black voters to ask them what they actually want from a candidate.

“I don’t think the DSA is interested in actually hearing what Black voters think or feel is important,” he said. “I think they’re more interested in trying to say their agenda is the only agenda.”

Ashik Siddique, DSA national co-chair, said the group’s organizing has paid off with working-class Black voters in races such as the Washington, D.C., mayoral race.

“Black people, especially in the United States, have been dealing with discrimination in various systematic ways, and we are really focusing on economic solutions that bring people together across identity differences and would benefit people who have been disproportionately harmed by massive inequality,” he said.

EL-SAYED COURTS BLACK VOTERS IN MICHIGAN

Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority, meaning Democrats would need to flip four seats to win the chamber — assuming they successfully defend Michigan and Georgia, two states Republican President Donald Trump won in 2024. Former U.S. Representative Mike Rogers ran unopposed for the Republican nomination and has built a $4.5 million campaign fund.

Though El-Sayed says he is a capitalist, Republicans have repeatedly painted him as a socialist. His supporters say his grassroots campaign has energized liberal voters and young people disillusioned with politics, pointing to the primary’s record turnout. But political leaders and community advocates in Michigan say one of his most significant challenges will be earning the support of Black voters.

The Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus initially endorsed Stevens but has since backed El-Sayed. Keith D. Williams, the group’s chairman, advised El-Sayed to pivot from Israel to kitchen-table issues, noting Black communities across the state are grappling with rising costs and want to know how candidates plan to make their lives more affordable.

“Leave Gaza and all that other stuff,” Williams said. “Just stay focused on here, right here, right now, because he needs Black voters.”

Pastor Greg Lewis, who leads the Milwaukee-based voter engagement nonprofit Souls to the Polls, said many Black voters are turned off by extreme politics, such as calls to defund the police.

“When you move too far to the left or too far to the right, I think you lose people and you lose energy,” Lewis said.

Frank D. Woods, chairman of the Wayne County Democratic Black Caucus, which backed El-Sayed, held an event at his home for El-Sayed in August. Nearly 200 people gathered to hear his plans to support Black Michiganders.

“He’s a minority as well,” Woods said of El-Sayed, a Muslim whose father was an Egyptian immigrant. “People tend to overlook that his community suffers through a similar discrimination that we do.”

GENERATIONAL DIVIDE AMONG BLACK VOTERS

In interviews, activists, organizers and Democratic strategists said that while older Black voters tend to be more moderate, the DSA has made inroads among young Black voters.

Donna Givens Davidson, president and CEO of the Eastside Community Network on Detroit’s East Side, attributes the defeat of U.S. Representative Shri Thanedar by democratic socialist state Representative Donavan McKinney to a “political awakening” among young Black voters.

“I don’t know too many millennials and Gen Z’ers who are opposed to DSA,” she said. “It’s mostly Gen X and Boomers who are sort of taking these establishment positions.”

Activists said Black voters are more concerned about candidates’ actual policies and whether they consistently show up in their communities than DSA, Democrat or any other political label.

“The conversation between establishment and socialism feels like a really wonky, almost academi-fied type of conversation about electoral politics that doesn’t actually include how real voters think and speak,” said Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities in Milwaukee.

Armando Grundy-Gomes, president of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida, said Nixon, the DSA candidate who has been most successful winning over Black voters, did it by focusing on issues such as healthcare, childcare, paid parental leave, housing and immigration.

“Was it DSA messaging that resonated with Florida voters?” he said. “No, it was Angie Nixon and Angie Nixon’s platform.”

Reporting by Bianca Flowers, Nolan D. McCaskill and Kat Stafford; Additional reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Howard Goller

American missing in wake of Nepal floods contacted, Nepali officials tell CBS News

2026-09-01 7:02 AM EDT / CBS News

By Ramy Inocencio
Ramy Inocencio Correspondent

Kathmandu, Nepal— One of the dozens of U.S. nationals missing in the wake of the devastating flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border has been contacted, Nepali government officials confirmed to CBS News on Tuesday.

About 85 Americans were still listed as missing, and word that rescuers have managed to contact one could bring hope to thousands of families around the world desperately waiting for word of loved ones.

CBS News was still working to confirm details of the case, and it was unclear who the U.S. national contacted by Nepali agencies might be, where they were located or what condition they were in.

More than 4,600 people were still believed to be missing and at least 1,050 confirmed dead in Nepal alone as of Tuesday, authorities said. Chinese authorities have confirmed that 16 people were killed in Tibet, and more than 550 remained missing on that sided of the border.

People scout for usable materials from debris after flash floods at Trishuli Center in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Sept. 1, 2026. Arun SANKAR/AFP/Getty

About 600 hydroelectric power plant workers are among the missing in Nepal, believed to be trapped inside several projects in the disaster area, according to the Himalayan nation’s prime minister.

Work by search and rescue teams to clear mud-blocked tunnels to reach the workers has continued apace, amid concern that oxygen inside could run out.

It was almost a week ago that a mountainside and glacier collapse in the Himalayas triggered avalanches in Tibet and Nepal, which in turn triggered the devastating flash floods.

Recovery teams have found bodies in riverbeds far downstream. No one in the region can remember the sacred Trishuli River ever swelling higher than it did last week.

Rohit Tamang, 22, has spent his entire life in his home perched above the Trishuli. He told CBS News he watched helplessly when the waters surged last Wednesday, and he’s not leaving now, “because my childhood memories are here.”

Nepal’s foreign minister told CBS News on Tuesday that authorities believe many foreigners may have been hiking in the mountains when the disaster struck, leaving them marooned without communications, but possibly safe.

He was hopeful that, rather than mud and water, more good news could soon come down from the Himalayas.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/search-rescue-recovery-efforts-nepal/

Utah judge to decide if accused killer of Charlie Kirk will stand trial, face death penalty

2026-09-01T10:05:00.304Z / Reuters

By Andrew Hay

September 1, 2026 10:05 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

Tyler Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, attends a hearing at the 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 12, 2026. Francisco Kjolseth/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

• Summary

• DNA evidence on murder weapon at issue
• Judge to rule from bench after closing arguments
• Kirk killed during appearance at Utah university

Sept 1 (Reuters) – Nearly a year after Charlie Kirk was shot dead at ​a Utah university, a judge on Tuesday is expected to rule whether the Utah ‌man accused of killing the conservative activist will stand trial and whether he should face the death penalty.

At a 10 a.m. (1600 GMT) hearing in Provo, Utah, Judge Tony Graf will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to try Tyler ​Robinson, 23, and allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the murder of ​one of the U.S. right’s most prominent figures.

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Graf will rule from the bench after up ⁠to four hours of closing arguments. Should he find probable cause for a trial, an arraignment ​could follow, a Utah courts spokesperson said in an email. Robinson has yet to enter a plea.

Prosecutors ​have accused the former electrical apprentice of firing the single shot that killed Kirk, 31, as he debated with students at Utah Valley University in Orem on September 10, 2025.

Tuesday’s proceedings follow a week-long preliminary hearing in July that ​was attended by Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk. She was expected to be at Tuesday’s session.

During the preliminary hearing, ​prosecutors presented what they called “overwhelming” evidence, including test results that allegedly show Robinson’s DNA on the murder weapon. Robinson’s lawyers ‌questioned ⁠the prosecution’s DNA testing and said police failed to investigate evidence someone else might have carried out the killing.

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Robinson is charged with aggravated murder for also endangering the lives of others at the event, a count that carries the death penalty in Utah. His attorneys have argued the shooting is not a ​capital offense as the ​shooter hit the “intended target” ⁠and did not put anyone else’s life at risk.

Prosecutors also allege Robinson, who was in a relationship with roommate Lance Twiggs, targeted Kirk for his political views against ​gay marriage and transgender rights. That argument could bolster the prosecution as ​it pursues the ⁠death penalty.

Defense lawyers have said there is no evidence Robinson disagreed with Kirk’s political views. Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, helped build support for President Donald Trump among young voters and aided Republican voter-turnout efforts.

At ⁠a ​memorial following Kirk’s shooting, Erika Kirk, who became CEO and ​board chair of Turning Point USA after her husband’s death, said she forgave the alleged shooter. She has not commented on ​the death penalty charge.

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Reporting by Andrew Hay in New Mexico; editing by Donna Bryson and Cynthia Osterman

韩国2027年预算案规模创新高 斥近200亿新元发展高新科技项目

2026年9月1日 16:02 / 联合早报

韩国政府通过史上规模最大的财政预算案，并将继续大力投入发展半导体和人工智能等高新科技领域。图为龙仁市正在建设中的半导体园区。 （路透社档案照片）

韩国2027年度财政预算案规模高达820万亿韩元（约7600亿新元），创下历史新高，并计划斥资21.3万亿韩元发展半导体、物理人工智能（AI）和产业园区基建等高新科技项目，延续打造AI强国的目标。

韩联社报道，韩国政府星期二（9月1日）通过了2027年度预算案，将在9月3日前提交给国会审查。

根据预算案，政府预测，明年总收入将达880.8万亿韩元，较今年增加205.6万亿韩元，增幅30.4%；总支出为820.9万亿韩元，较今年增加93万亿韩元，增幅为12.8%。这是韩国预算总支出首次超过800万亿韩元，增幅也创下新高。

总收入大增主要得益于半导体行情火爆，政府也宣布，将利用超预期税收成立规模达162.3万亿韩元的“未来应对基金”，用于教育、青年发展、人才培养、地方增长等领域，以及缩减国债发行规模和缓冲税收波动及提升财政能力等方面。

明年预算的五大重点投资领域包括半导体、AI数据中心和物理AI“三大超级项目”，以及发掘未来增长动能、全周期惠青政策、消除两极分化和实现全民增长、保障国民安全与和平。

其中，政府为半导体、物理AI、产业园区基建项目编制21.3万亿韩元的预算；为先进战略产业和能源转型等未来增长项目编制62.8万亿韩元；为全周期惠青项目编制43.3万亿韩元；为民生稳定编制117.1万亿韩元；为保障国民安全及和平编制38.3万亿韩元。

韩国2027年预算案规模创新高 斥近200亿新元发展高新科技项目

2026年9月1日 16:02 / 联合早报

韩国政府通过史上规模最大的财政预算案，并将继续大力投入发展半导体和人工智能等高新科技领域。图为龙仁市正在建设中的半导体园区。 （路透社档案照片）

韩国2027年度财政预算案规模高达820万亿韩元（约7600亿新元），创下历史新高，并计划斥资21.3万亿韩元发展半导体、物理人工智能（AI）和产业园区基建等高新科技项目，延续打造AI强国的目标。

韩联社报道，韩国政府星期二（9月1日）通过了2027年度预算案，将在9月3日前提交给国会审查。

根据预算案，政府预测，明年总收入将达880.8万亿韩元，较今年增加205.6万亿韩元，增幅30.4%；总支出为820.9万亿韩元，较今年增加93万亿韩元，增幅为12.8%。这是韩国预算总支出首次超过800万亿韩元，增幅也创下新高。

总收入大增主要得益于半导体行情火爆，政府也宣布，将利用超预期税收成立规模达162.3万亿韩元的“未来应对基金”，用于教育、青年发展、人才培养、地方增长等领域，以及缩减国债发行规模和缓冲税收波动及提升财政能力等方面。

明年预算的五大重点投资领域包括半导体、AI数据中心和物理AI“三大超级项目”，以及发掘未来增长动能、全周期惠青政策、消除两极分化和实现全民增长、保障国民安全与和平。

其中，政府为半导体、物理AI、产业园区基建项目编制21.3万亿韩元的预算；为先进战略产业和能源转型等未来增长项目编制62.8万亿韩元；为全周期惠青项目编制43.3万亿韩元；为民生稳定编制117.1万亿韩元；为保障国民安全及和平编制38.3万亿韩元。