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Trump’s tougher round-two birthright citizenship strategy hinges on key legal distinction, experts say

2026-08-29 07:00:39 EDT / Fox News

The orders target children of foreign terrorist organization members and diplomats while also cracking down on birth tourism

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Published August 29, 2026 7:00am EDT

Legal experts say Trump’s new birthright citizenship push has stronger footing after Supreme Court setback

Scholars agree that the new batch of President Donald Trump’s executive orders touching on birthright citizenship raise novel legal questions.

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Conservative legal experts say President Donald Trump’s latest attempts to narrow birthright citizenship and crack down on birth tourism may have stronger legal footing than his first effort.

After the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in June that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment, Trump issued two new executive orders taking narrower approaches to citizenship and birth tourism.

The first, signed Aug. 6, directs federal agencies to withhold documents recognizing citizenship from certain children born when neither parent is a U.S. citizen, including some whose parents are members of designated foreign terrorist organizations, foreign-government employees or participants in transactions or fraud intended to obtain birthright citizenship.

Experts from the Manhattan Institute, America First Legal and the America First Policy Institute, all right-of-center organizations, argued that Trump’s new order is narrower than his first and is built around longstanding exceptions to birthright citizenship that they believe could apply here.

TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS TARGETING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, BIRTH TOURISM AFTER SUPREME COURT SETBACK

Olga Urbina and her 9-month-old son Ares Webster participate in a protest outside the Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025.(Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)

“The Supreme Court has long recognized that there are exceptions to the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause for the aliens who are considered children of invading armies or the children of ambassadors,” America First Policy Institute senior fellow Chad Mizelle, who previously served as the Justice Department’s chief of staff, told Fox News Digital. “So in a situation where you have a terrorist here contrary to the laws of the United States … who is looking to do harm … That has long been recognized by the Supreme Court, and basically going back to the history of our country, as recognized exceptions to any sort of claim of birthright citizenship.”

United States v. Wong Kim Ark, decided by the Supreme Court in 1898, recognized exceptions to birthright citizenship for children of diplomats and children of alien enemies born during a hostile occupation. Trump’s order argues that members of foreign terrorist organizations can fall within that enemy exception.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House, on June 27, 2025, in Washington D.C., following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits the application of birthright citizenship. (Photo by Mehmet Eser / Middle East Images via AFP)(Getty Images)

“The Supreme Court ruled that you can’t restrict birthright citizenship to kids of people in the country temporarily or illegally,” Manhattan Institute director of constitutional studies Ilya Shapiro told Fox News Digital. “But what the new executive order does is it goes to one of the classic exceptions to birthrights citizenship, two of the classic exceptions, those who owe an allegiance to a foreign government, meaning employed by a foreign governing diplomats otherwise, and those who are invaders of foreign armies and terrorists, members of foreign organizations hostile to America, certainly qualify in that category.”

David Bier, the director of immigration studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, however, argued that the president’s attempt to redefine what constitutes an alien enemy without going through Congress puts the administration on legally shaky ground.

“Congress ultimately establishes what it means to be subject to U.S. jurisdiction,” Bier told Fox News Digital. “There’s this very limited exception for accredited diplomats and everyone else in the United States is subject to U.S. laws so the idea that the president himself on his own authority can decide who is subject U. S. jurisdiction and U.S. laws is really a radical expansion and assertion of executive power and really would be unprecedented in the history of the United States.”

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The US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on, April 1, 2026. President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a change that could overturn more than a century of legal precedent.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“I really do think this case is testing a different proposition from the earlier case,” Bier added, explaining that the issue at hand has more to do with executive power than birthright citizenship. “And I think it’s a lot more questionable as well.”

Amanda Frost, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, pointed out that United States v. Wong Kim Ark specifies that only children of enemies “occupying” some portion of the country are barred from citizenship at birth, meaning that Trump’s order would not apply to terrorists simply residing within the country. She said the Trump administration could potentially expand who is legally defined as a diplomat to preclude more people from birthright citizenship, but explained such a move would make it difficult to prosecute individuals for criminal offenses, a concern shared by Bier.

Frost and Bier both believe the new executive order should be ruled unconstitutional.

Some have floated the issue of standing as a potential problem for those looking to challenge Trump’s order. Legal standing requires plaintiffs to show they suffered or imminently face a concrete injury caused by the defendant that a court can remedy.

“It’s going to be interesting to see who actually does have standing to challenge this order,” America First Legal co-founder and president Gene Hamilton told Fox News Digital. “Is there somebody who thinks that they’re going to swept up in the definition of a foreign terrorist organization? And if so, it would be kind of fun to see them try to sue the government or have someone sue on their behalf.”

Trump’s new order is already facing legal resistance.

TRUMP TO ASK SUPREME COURT TO REHEAR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP CASE AFTER ‘INSANE DECISION’

Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in support of birthright citizenship. President Donald Trump’s executive order seeks to narrow protections for children born to non-residents on U.S. soil. Photo taken May 15, 2025.(Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty)

The same groups who challenged his initial order are now arguing that his new one unlawfully creates exceptions to birthright citizenship that conflict with the Supreme Court’s June ruling. The order remains on the books but is not scheduled to take effect until Sept. 6, with a Maryland judge scheduled to hear an injunction request Aug. 28 and a related motion still pending in New Hampshire.

Issued on the same day as the first new executive order, the second order directed the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to deny travel visas to or pursue removal actions against individuals believed to be in the country for the purposes of birth tourism. Birth tourism is a process through which noncitizens enter the United States while pregnant and give birth in order to secure citizenship for their child.

Hamilton described this second order as being on “sound, solid legal footing.”

“It relies and invokes Section 215(a) of the INA to impose conditions and delegates authority of the Secretary of State … to ensure that we are not granting visas and allowing people to remain on visas who may be engaged in birth tourism,” he explained. “It is the sovereign right and province of all governments across the world, and certainly the United States is no different, to determine who should be able to receive a visa and who shouldn’t. There’s no entitlement to a visa. There’s no constitutional right to a visa.”

SEN ERIC SCHMITT SEEKS TO END BIRTH TOURISM, REVOKE CITIZENSHIP FOR BABIES OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS

Trump gave a full-throated defense of “America First” at the U.N. in September.()

Critics also argue that the administration already had tools to combat birth tourism. Since 2020, State Department rules have directed consular officers to deny visitor visas when they have reason to believe an applicant’s primary purpose is traveling to the United States to give birth and obtain citizenship for the child.

“No new executive orders are required for the federal government to go after birth tourism operators or deny fraudulent visa applications,” Center for American Progress senior director of immigration policy Debu Gandhi told Fox News Digital. “Americans should take note that from day one, the Trump administration has tried to evade the Constitution’s clear and unequivocal language on citizenship and unilaterally decide who is born an American.”

If the administration’s latest effort fails, supporters of further limits on birthright citizenship could turn to Congress or pursue a constitutional amendment, which would require approval by three-fourths of the states.

Shapiro says that the administration is on “solid ground” but noted that “if they had proceeded originally in this more targeted, narrower way” then the Supreme Court may not have ruled against them originally.

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港媒：中国企业高管或将随习近平访美

2026年8月29日 18:50 / 联合早报

在中国国家主席习近平预计访美之际，香港媒体报道，中美去年10月在韩国釜山敲定的贸易休战协议预料将延长，两国官员正为中国企业高管是否随习近平访美进行讨论。 （路透社档案照片）

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（华盛顿/北京综合讯）在中国国家主席习近平预计访美之际，香港媒体报道，中美去年10月在韩国釜山敲定的贸易休战协议预料将延长，两国官员正为中国企业高管是否随习近平访美进行讨论。

美国总统特朗普今年5月率领英伟达、苹果、特斯拉和波音等高管组成的代表团访华，期间邀请习近平在9月24日访美。

香港《南华早报》星期五（8月28日）引述知情者透露，中美正商讨中企高管是否随习近平访美，以体现互惠原则。

知情人士称，北京希望中企高管同行，当中包括入选中美贸易委员会的中企，并指中企仍有兴趣在美投资。中企随行或有助中美从对抗转向可控的经济竞争。

知情人士也称，尽管美国政府近期接连制裁中企，中美仍希望延长贸易休战协议。北京倾向将协议延长至特朗普总统任期结束为止，华盛顿则寻求再延长一年。

继美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）上月禁止中国具领导地位的机器人和电力逆变器等产品输美后，美国国土安全部再以违反强迫《防止强迫维吾尔人劳动法》将43家中企列入实体清单。

中国外长王毅8月26日在北京会见美国驻华大使庞德伟时指出，双方应把两国元首达成的重要共识落到实处，妥善管控分歧，为两国高层交往排除干扰、克服障碍，推动中美关系朝着稳定、健康、可持续的方向发展。

庞德伟次日在X平台写道，他与王毅、中国副外长马朝旭等人就习近平赴华盛顿进行国事回访的准备工作进行了富有成效的讨论。

诺里斯与迈凯伦续约至2030年 愿效力车队至退役

2026年8月29日 19:09 / 联合早报

• 世界冠军诺里斯宣布与迈凯伦续约至2030年底，合同含后续多年选择权，他愿在此效力至退役。 – 诺里斯否认网传高薪数字，承认薪资上涨但仍不及维斯塔潘与哈密尔顿，称成就尚未达到该水平。 – 诺里斯自2017年加入迈凯伦，已获13座分站冠军和18个杆位，是车队2008年后首位世界冠军。 – 车队领队斯特拉称续约带来关键连续性，认为诺里斯与皮亚斯特里组成围场最强车手搭档之一。

英国车手诺里斯星期六（8月29日）宣布与迈凯伦车队完成续约。图为他上周末在荷兰赛站拿下胜利。 （法新社）

（伦敦路透电）世界一级方程式赛车（F1）世界冠军兰多·诺里斯（Lando Norris）在星期六（8月29日）宣布与迈凯伦车队完成续约，新合同将至少延伸至2030年底。这名英国车手说，他非常乐意在这个感觉像家一样的车队结束他的职业生涯。

现年26岁的诺里斯此前接连赢下了匈牙利站和荷兰站的胜利。他是在沃金工厂举行的车队“亲友日”活动中，向迈凯伦全体员工公布这一重磅消息。

迈凯伦车队说，合同中还包含在2030年后再续约多年的选择权。为了庆祝这次续约，车队还将上赛季的MCL39赛车送给诺里斯——他因驾驶这台赛车，成为了继哈密尔顿（Hamilton）在2008年之后，迈凯伦首名斩获世界冠军的车手。

早些时候接受媒体采访时，诺里斯说，这份新合同的签订对于提升车队士气和动力而言正值完美时机，不过此前媒体报道中提及的一些合同金额数字并不属实。

诺里斯说：“目前我真的没有任何理由去产生去其他地方的想法，我甚至希望我的整个职业生涯都在迈凯伦度过，因为我在这里很开心，我不想做出改变。

“在困境中我想与迈凯伦并肩作战，在顺境中我想与迈凯伦共享胜利。所以，如果在职业生涯结束时我能说迈凯伦是我效力过的唯一一支车队，我会感到非常非常高兴。”

诺里斯于2017年作为测试与模拟器车手加入迈凯伦，并于2019年完成F1正赛首秀。如今，他已代表这支卫冕车队斩获13座分站冠军和18个杆位。

迈凯伦车队领队斯特拉（Stella）说：“这次续约带给我们至关重要的连续性，也巩固我们对共同发展方向的信心。拥有他和奥斯卡（皮亚斯特里，Piastri），我们知道我们不仅拥有围场内最强的车手搭档之一，还拥有一支极其团结紧密的团队。”

薪资上涨但仍不及维斯塔潘与哈密尔顿

部分媒体报道推测，这份新合同将使这名英国车手在F1薪酬榜上升至第三位，仅次于红牛车队的维斯塔潘（Verstappen）和法拉利车队的哈密尔顿。其中有媒体甚至推测诺里斯的新年薪可能在6000万欧元（约8858万新元）左右。

当被问及与四届世界冠军维斯塔潘和七届世界冠军哈密尔顿的薪资水平时，诺里斯笑着回答：“我觉得我确实应该拿那么多。

“但遗憾的是，实际数字绝对没有网上看到的那么高……当然，就像任何工作在续约时都会上调薪水一样，这次确实涨了一些，但绝对达不到刘易斯（哈密尔顿）或马克斯（维斯塔潘）的水平。在某种程度上，我也确实不该拿那么多，因为我在职业生涯中取得的成就还没法和他们相比。

“我正在为此努力。我不知道我的下一次续约或重新签约会是什么时候，希望有一天我也能达到那个水平。我也梦想着能看到网上报道的那些数字，我会继续为之努力的。”

诺里斯还坦言，虽然有其他车队对他表达过兴趣，但他从未向对方回应过意向，因为离开去其他任何地方都会让他觉得是一种背叛。“事实上，这是我职业生涯迄今为止做出的最轻松的一个决定。”

公益金去年拨1700万元支援心理健康项目 比前年增30％

2026年8月29日 19:32 / 新明日报

公益金2024财年的数据显示，在心理健康方面，接受公益金项目援助的受惠者每四人就有一人的生活素质明显改善。 （档案照片）

长期稳定的拨款有助社会服务机构更好地规划和持续提供援助，我国的公益金在2025财年拨出超过1700万元，支持本地多项心理健康项目，拨款比上财年增加30％。

公益金配合“公益金心弦义走”（Community Chest Heartstrings Walk）在星期六（8月29日）举行，宣布公益金的拨款情况。

公益金透露，它2025财年的拨款总额超过1700万元，比2024财年的超过1300万元多。过去10年，公益金共筹得和拨出超过5亿元，支持社会服务项目和能力建设计划，为有需要的个人和家庭提供帮助。

公益金2024财年的数据显示，在心理健康方面，接受公益金项目援助的受惠者每四人就有一人的生活素质明显改

“公益金心弦义走”是公益金和滨海湾金沙合作了15年的项目，今年吸引约3700人参与，包括义工、受援助者和合作伙伴，活动主宾是社会及家庭发展部长马善高。大伙儿沿着滨海湾步行3.5公里，为公益金筹得超过527万元。

同一天举行的滨海湾金沙慈善嘉年华，筹得超过700万元。

滨海湾金沙慈善嘉年华筹得超过700万元善款。（滨海湾金沙提供）

这天的早上也在滨海湾金沙酒店举行了垂直马拉松，由律政部兼社会及家庭发展部高级政务次长蔡瑞隆主持开跑仪式。共有47组参与者跑上酒店第57楼的空中花园。

共有188名参与者参加白天的垂直马拉松。（滨海湾金沙提供）

为期一年的“2026年前进接力赛”（Relay Majulah 2026）也正式启动了。这个超慢跑活动是要让年长者和体能各不相同的人按个人能力在安全舒适地做运动。这个项目由本地公益基金“励基金”（Li Foundation）和新加坡狮子会联办，目标是鼓励国人积极生活，通过运动加强社区联系。

公益金主席许统民说，本地在心理健康方面的需求越来越复杂，稳定且长期的资金支持让社服机构能够提前规划和更早介入，从而更有效地帮助有需要的人。他希望有更多机构加入这个事业，不只是提供捐款，而是携手为社会带来更多积极影响。

公益金1983年成立至今，支持了超过300项社会服务项目和计划，每年有超过9万4000人受惠。

Appeals court delivers unsettling ruling — and says Supreme Court left it no choice

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

The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a possession charge against a Wisconsin man with hundreds of AI-generated images

By Elaine Mallon, Fox News

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A federal appeals court says decades-old Supreme Court precedent forced it to protect the in-home possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, as judges warned that rapidly advancing technology has complicated legal lines drawn nearly 25 years ago.

The ruling exposes a widening gap between Supreme Court precedent and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. The Seventh Circuit said it was bound by a 2002 Supreme Court decision that rejected restrictions on sexually explicit depictions of fictional children when no actual child was involved in their creation. But two judges warned that modern AI can now generate images virtually indistinguishable from material depicting the abuse of real children.

“Indeed, in Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of First Amendment protections for virtual CSAM, but that was nearly twenty-five years ago, and the image-generation technology available today was likely unimaginable back then,” Judge John Lee wrote. “Given the relentless advancement in artificial intelligence models, we have some concerns about the lines these cases draw, but we are not free to redraw them ourselves.”

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Humans are using laptops and computers to interact with AI, helping them create, code, train AI, or analyze big data with fast, cutting-edge technology.(Getty Images/Wanan Yossingkum)

The Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of one of four charges against Steven Anderegg, who investigators said had hundreds of AI-generated sexually explicit images depicting children on devices seized from his Wisconsin home.

Anderegg was charged with producing and distributing the AI-generated material, transferring it to a minor under 16, and possessing it. A federal district court dismissed only the possession charge on First Amendment grounds, leaving the other three charges intact.

The Justice Department appealed that dismissal, arguing that the government should be permitted to prohibit possession of obscene virtual child sexual abuse material even when no actual child was involved in its creation. But the Seventh Circuit sided with the lower court.

The government generally cannot criminalize the private possession of obscene material inside someone’s home, but it can prohibit possession of child sexual abuse material involving real children because its creation exploits actual victims.

However, the Supreme Court complicated that distinction in 2002 when it struck down restrictions covering sexually explicit images of fictional children created without using actual minors. The justices reasoned that the government’s overriding interest in protecting children from exploitation did not apply in the same way when no real child was involved.

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Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022.(OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Hans von Spakovsky, a senior fellow with Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital that the appeals court “had no choice but to uphold the dismissal under the First Amendment” because of the Supreme Court’s ruling.

But von Spakovsky agreed with the concurrence by Lee and Judge Joshua Kolar, who warned the Supreme Court that the rapid growth of AI technology could require the justices to revisit precedent.

“Unforunately, AI-generated images are now virtualy indistinguishable from the real thing and some of these images be created based on real child sexual abuse material,” von Spavosky said. “Technology may have overtaken and overwhelmed the reasoning used in those prior decisions.”

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The Supreme Court previously ruled in Free Speech Coalition that taking images of real children and “morphing” them into sexually explicit poses would not be protected under its ruling on the possession of child sexual abuse material depicting fictional children because the practice involves the interests of real children.

Justice Department lawyers have warned that the rise of AI-generated child sexual abuse material could bog down investigators trying to identify real victims, as increasingly realistic artificial images become harder to distinguish from depictions of actual abuse.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks during a special lecture celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at Hogg Memorial Auditorium at the University of Texas on April 15, 2026.(Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images))

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Judges Lee and Kolar raised another concern in their concurrence, citing research that found hundreds of child sexual abuse material images in a major dataset used to train image-generating AI. The judges suggested that could create a link between AI-generated material and the exploitation of real children, though they stressed that the government did not raise the issue in this case and that the record was insufficient to resolve it.

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Justice Clarence Thomas anticipated the dilemma more than two decades ago, warning in the Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling that advancing technology could eventually make virtual depictions indistinguishable from child sexual abuse material involving real victims.

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“If technological advances thwart prosecution of ‘unlawful speech,’ the Government may well have a compelling interest in barring or otherwise regulating some narrow category of ‘lawful speech’” to enforce laws against material produced through the abuse of real children, Thomas wrote.

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

伊党与土团党彻底决裂 哈迪阿旺：谈判大门已关闭

2026年8月29日 19:43 / 联合早报

伊斯兰党主席哈迪阿旺（右）和土著团结党主席慕尤丁去年9月在伊党全国代表大会上交谈。伊党和土团党的关系去年底开始恶化，如今已分道扬镳。 （取自慕尤丁脸书）

（马江综合讯）马来西亚伊斯兰党主席哈迪阿旺表明，伊党与同属国盟的土著团结党之间的和解谈判大门已经关闭，双方没有重修旧好的可能。

哈迪阿旺也是登嘉楼州马江国会议员。他星期五（8月28日）在马江鲁西拉回教堂主持晨间讲座后，回应伊党与土团党目前的关系。

哈迪阿旺指出，土团党在8月举行的森美兰州选举中选择与国盟对抗，是导致双方决裂的主要原因；而土团党数名领袖早前表明准备在来临的马六甲州选与希盟合作，更是彻底关上了和解谈判的大门。

他说：“（土团党）在森州选举与我们开战，如今又想与希盟在一起，这进一步加深了我们之间的裂痕。”

他强调，未来任何选举合作都必须排除那些背弃国盟内部信任及合作精神的政党。

伊党和土团党目前仍是国盟成员，但哈迪阿旺直言，双方关系已是修复无望。

土团党甲州宣传主任希沙慕丁早前透露，土团党愿意与包括希盟在内的任何理念相近政党展开谈判。

土团党和伊党的恩怨由来已久。2020年2月，土伊两党制造“喜来登事件”，联手推翻希盟政府，随后共同创立国盟。当时的国盟由土团党主导，但土团党内部爆发党争，党主席慕尤丁去年12月辞去国盟主席职，制造了伊党和土团党争夺国盟主导权的问题。

去年底，玻璃市州撤换伊党籍州务大臣，改由土团党议员接任，致使两党嫌隙加深。今年2月，国盟最高理事会推选伊党副主席阿末山苏里担任国盟主席后，两党较劲更趋白热化。双方紧张局势在6月达到顶峰，伊党当时直接宣布终止与土团党的一切政治合作，并将去留国盟的决定权抛给土团党。

目前，双方就土团党是否仍具国盟成员党资格各执一词。哈迪阿旺8月7日指土团党因计划组建新联盟而“自动失去成员党资格”；但土团党总秘书阿兹敏阿里随即反驳指国盟党章并无相关条款。阿末山苏里随后承认，根据国盟章程，土团党仍是成员党。

马国国庆庆典料如期举行 民众受促戴口罩出席

2026年8月29日 19:51 / 联合早报

马来西亚布城广场星期六（8月29日）进行国庆庆典总彩排，当天下午空气仍受烟霾影响。 （马新社）

马来西亚8月31日国庆日庆典不受烟霾影响，将按原计划在布城广场举行，公众受促戴口罩参与。

尽管马国多个地区，包括布城这几天被烟霾笼罩，但通讯部法米星期六（8月29日）在布城广场出席国庆庆典总彩排后说，只要烟霾情况维持现状，没有进一步恶化，国庆庆典就会按计划举行。

他补充说，当局会持续监测空气质量，并视情况调整庆典安排。

法米预计，今年的国庆庆典可吸引超过8万名公众到布城共襄盛举。他建议携带幼童出席的家长，以及患有哮喘或其他呼吸系统疾病的人当天佩戴口罩，以减少吸入空气污染物。

根据马国环境局空气污染指数管理系统网站，截至星期六（8月29日）晚上7时，全马有27个地区的空气污染指数处于不健康水平；砂拉越的斯里阿曼和西连则达到非常不健康水平。

尼日尔消息：首都爆发冲突 武装分子企图闯入总统府

2026年8月29日 19:42 / 联合早报

2023年9月22日，乘客抵达尼日尔首都尼亚美的迪奥里·哈马尼国际机场。 （法新社档案照）

非洲西部国家尼日尔安全部门消息人士称，尼日尔总统卫队击退了企图闯入首都尼亚美总统府的“武装部队内部叛乱分子”，双方交火持续不断。

尼日尔总统卫队星期六（8月29日）说，“恐怖分子”袭击了迪奥里·哈马尼国际机场，并企图突破总统府周围的安全警戒线。一名路透社目击者称，总统府附近区域发生激烈枪战。

法新社报道，尼亚美多个街区传出密集枪声，其中以市中心总统府和毗邻大型军事基地的机场一带最为激烈。

国家电视台信号中断一个多小时后，于上午10时左右（新加坡时间傍晚5时）恢复。

尼日尔协商委员会主席团成员、萨赫勒国家联盟议会议员巴纳·瓦加纳·易卜拉欣在脸书上说，袭击者的目标是名为“101基地”的空军基地，但安全部队已重新控制了这个基地。

巴纳写道：“101基地再次遭到懦夫袭击，但我们的国防和安全部队再次确保了……局势得到控制。”

不过，巴纳发文后，一名路透社目击者报告称，机场再次发生枪战，并伴有剧烈爆炸声。

另一名安全消息人士说，安全部队已展开全面行动，袭击者已被“击毙”，其余袭击者逃离现场。

路透社无法独立核实巴纳和安全部门消息人士提供的说法。尼日尔军政府暂未对此事发表评论。

Crackdown on critical tech could open Americans to a new national security threat

2026-08-29T06:00:00-04:00 / Fox News

Brittany Kaiser says state restrictions may force companies to process information in countries lacking US protections

By Amanda Macias Fox News

Published August 29, 2026 6:00am EDT

AI expert warns Americans’ sensitive data could be sent overseas as states crack down on data centers

Data privacy expert Brittany Kaiser says restrictions on data center development could force American companies to process information abroad, raising concerns over where sensitive data ends up.

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Americans’ sensitive information could increasingly be processed overseas if restrictions on artificial intelligence data centers slow construction in the U.S., a data privacy advocate and industry executive warned.

The warning comes as states and local governments weigh new restrictions on the rapidly expanding data center industry amid concerns over electricity costs, grid reliability and other impacts on surrounding communities.

Brittany Kaiser, CEO of Alpha Compute, said state moratoriums and restrictions on new data centers could push American companies to seek computing capacity in other countries as demand from AI continues to surge.

“One of my top concerns as a top data protection and privacy advocate is that with data center moratoriums being passed in the United States that it will force Americans and American companies to send our data to be processed abroad in other countries,” Kaiser told Fox News Digital.

“American companies are going to still run their AI,” she added. “They’re still going to be purchasing data center space in other countries, and it means our sensitive information will be sent abroad and shared with companies and organizations that might not have America’s best interests at heart.”

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Data center development is surging across Texas, with North Texas taking the top spot in a new global ranking of the industry’s leading markets.(Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman/Getty Images)

Data centers are large facilities filled with servers and computing equipment that process, store and transmit information behind many everyday technologies. They support everything from email, social media and internet searches to online banking, streaming services and AI platforms. As demand for AI grows, companies are building increasingly powerful data centers that require vast amounts of electricity, advanced chips and high-speed network connections.

Kaiser said the facilities have become critical infrastructure for the digital economy, making decisions about where they are built and who controls the data they handle a matter of growing economic and national security concern.

Artificial intelligence, however, requires significantly more computing power, fueling a rapid expansion of data center construction across the country.

Virginia is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers, with Northern Virginia serving as a major hub for the infrastructure that powers cloud computing, internet services and artificial intelligence.(Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

That growth has sparked pushback in some communities over concerns about electricity costs, water consumption, noise and environmental impacts. Kaiser acknowledged those concerns and said companies should be subject to “common sense regulation” designed to protect communities.

“Not all companies are doing it [building data centers] in the same way,” she said. “Some are more responsible than others.”

Kaiser said responsible developments can use closed-loop water cooling systems and generate power independently rather than increasing demand on the existing electrical grid.

Alpha Compute, she said, is pursuing projects designed to operate “off-grid, behind the meter,” meaning the facilities would generate their own power rather than relying on electricity supplied through the local grid. Kaiser said that approach is intended to prevent the massive energy demands of data centers from straining existing infrastructure or contributing to higher electricity costs for nearby residents.

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The company is developing a project in Pennsylvania, where Gov. Josh Shapiro recently imposed new requirements on large data center developments. Kaiser said Alpha Compute plans to comply with the regulations and welcomed provisions promoting cleaner energy.

Pennsylvania is among a growing number of states confronting the rapid expansion of data centers. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has pushed data centers to provide more of their own power and shoulder infrastructure costs as development accelerates across the state.

Other governors have gone further. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers as states grapple with concerns over electricity costs, grid reliability and the pace of development.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pushed data centers to generate more of their own power and shoulder infrastructure costs as development accelerates across the state.(Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

But she cautioned that policies that significantly restrict domestic development could have broader consequences for America’s position in the global AI race.

“Compute power has now become nearly a utility,” Kaiser said, comparing the need for domestic computing infrastructure to energy independence.

“We want to have the right to compute,” she said. “We want to be able to process data within our own borders as a national security priority, but also for our own intellectual property to make sure we’re not sending our data abroad.”

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Kaiser has launched a campaign called “Right to Compute,” advocating for domestic data center development alongside sustainability standards and regulation.

“We should have the right to both energy independence as well as compute power,” she said, “so that Americans and American companies can process all of our sensitive data within our own borders.”

Amanda Macias covers the intersection of business, economics and politics, with a focus on how policy decisions shape markets, businesses and American workers.

尼泊尔灾难疑冰川崩塌所致 印度加强冰川监测

2026年8月29日 16:21 / 联合早报

截取自中国解放军媒体中心视频的截图显示，8月28日，在中国西藏自治区和尼泊尔巴格马蒂省交界地区的冰川崩塌处，水和泥浆流入湖泊。 （路透社）

尼泊尔致命洪灾疑似由冰川崩塌引发，印度正在加强对它与中国和尼泊尔接壤的喜马拉雅地区的监测。

法新社引述美国地质调查局称，星期三（8月26日）发生在西藏-尼泊尔边境的这场灾难是由冰川崩塌造成的，崩塌引发了泥石流，造成近3000人失踪，633人确认死亡。

虽然冰川崩塌的确切原因尚不清楚，但气候变化正在导致全球冰川融化，增加了此类灾害的风险。

印度喜马拉雅邦北阿坎德邦（Uttarakhand）灾害管理部长马丹·考希克星期六（8月29日）说：“由于我们与尼泊尔是接壤的邻国，而且地理位置也相似……​​我们已要求相关部门监测该地区的所有冰川和已知的冰川湖（glacial lake）。”

他说：“我们已要求各团队保持警惕，密切监测邦内是否出现类似情况。”

政府数据显示，北阿坎德邦是印度生态环境最为脆弱的地区之一，拥有1266个冰川湖。

科学家警告，由于气候变化，为近20亿人口提供关键水源的喜马拉雅冰川正以前所未有的速度融化，使当地社区面临难以预测且代价高昂的灾害风险。

冰川融化和永久冻土融化还会导致山坡不稳定，增加山体滑坡的风险。

专家指出，气候变化加上规划不善的发展，正在加剧灾害的发生频率、强度和影响。