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Accused Oregon serial killer charged with murdering 5 women: “My sister isn’t here anymore”

2026-06-04 10:10 EDT / CBS/AP

A man accused of killing several women and dumping their bodies in the Portland area was arraigned Wednesday on a fifth murder charge.

Jesse Calhoun’s defense attorney entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf in a Portland courtroom where victims’ family members were present. The hearing, during which Calhoun remained silent, came after he was indicted last week on the most recent second-degree murder charge over the death of Ashley Real, 22, in 2023.

Calhoun has now been charged with five counts of second-degree murder for five victims, along with four counts of abuse of a corpse. The victims’ bodies were found over multiple months in early 2023, sparking concern at the time that a serial killer might be targeting young women in the region.

Calhoun was previously indicted in the deaths of Kristin Smith, 22; Charity Perry, 24; Bridget Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32.

Real, Perry, Webster and Smith were found in northwestern Oregon, while Speaks was found near an abandoned barn in southwestern Washington. Their bodies were found in a roughly 100-mile radius, including in wooded areas and in a culvert.

Jesse Calhoun, left, sits in court Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Portland, Ore., as he is arraigned over the death of Ashley Real. Isabel Funk/The Oregonian via AP, Pool

Real’s father, Jose Real, previously told The Associated Press that he had called police in November 2022 after his daughter showed up at his Portland home crying. She had marks on her throat, he said, and told him that she had been choked by Calhoun. Real said he took her to a hospital and that an initial police report was taken, but the case was then transferred to a different jurisdiction, where it became difficult to reach those overseeing it.

Real’s body was found in May 2023 by a man who was fishing in a pond southeast of Portland.

Calhoun was arrested in June 2023 on unrelated parole warrants and then indicted in 2024 and 2025 in the other four women’s deaths. The initial indictment came weeks before Calhoun was due to be released from state prison, where he was returned in 2023 to finish serving a four-year term for assaulting a police officer, trying to strangle a police dog, burglary and other charges.

He was initially released in 2021, a year early, because he helped fight wildfires in 2020 under a prison firefighting program. Gov. Tina Kotek revoked the commutation in 2023 when police began investigating him in the deaths.

A trial date has yet to be set. Calhoun remains in custody at the Multnomah County Detention Center. His defense attorneys declined to comment.

Jose Real, center, and Masciell Real, right, the father and sister of Ashley Real, speak to reporters in Portland, Ore. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Claire Rush via AP

Jose Real was in tears as he spoke with reporters after the hearing. He spoke through a Spanish interpreter, according to CBS affiliate KOIN.

“I never thought or imagined that my family would experience something like this,” he said. “I’m still really grateful with God because now there’s someone responsible. He’s named for what happened to my daughter.”

Masciell Real, Ashley’s sister, also spoke through tears.

“My sister isn’t here anymore and he’s allowed to be behind bars, maybe with still a life,” she said, according to KOIN. “But my sister doesn’t have a life anymore. And she was … her dignity was taken away from this.”

Relatives of other victims were also present for the arraignment. Diana Allen, the mother of Charity Perry, told KOIN that it was the first time she had been in the room with Calhoun.

“So the strong part is that I’m here for the other families, and that gets to release me from the emotional attachment,” Allen said. “The other side is, do you have any idea, as a parent, what it is not to fly across that room and show him what a woman can do?”

US Postal Service not expected to run out of cash next year, official says

2026-06-04 1:44 PM UTC / Reuters

By David Shepardson

June 4, 2026 1:44 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

[1/2]A United States Postal Service (USPS) collection box is pictured in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

• USPS faces financial issues despite recent relief measures
• USPS reforms did not stop losses, slowed mail delivery, official says
• Postmaster General warned USPS may be out of cash as soon as ​February

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – The ‌U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission told lawmakers on Thursday it does not believe the financially troubled Postal Service will run out of cash next year, but it faces significant issues that must be addressed.

Robert Taub, ​vice chair of the commission responsible for the Postal Service’s oversight, told a U.S. ​House subcommittee that recent actions to provide financial relief have extended the ⁠time period before USPS’s “reported insolvency” by at least another several years if it makes ​key decisions about its expenditures.

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“Given the Postal Service’s severe and worsening financial situation, we as a ​nation must respond. I do not believe that we can leave it up to the Postal Service to save itself,” Taub’s testimony said.

Postmaster General David Steiner has warned USPS could run out of cash as soon ​as February.

Taub also said the reform plan USPS adopted six years ago has not ​halted ongoing losses and has “consistently slowed mail delivery across the United States, specifically in rural areas.”

One key question ‌is ⁠whether USPS should continue to deliver to 170 million addresses six days a week, which costs $3.4 billion annually.

USPS has reported net losses of about $120 billion since 2007, as first-class mail, its most profitable product, has fallen sharply with the shift to digital communication even as the ​agency must maintain costly ​nationwide delivery operations.

USPS ⁠said last week it was suspending non-essential spending on travel, office supplies and consultants. Steiner told officers in a memo the moves were “to protect ​core operations and ensure we can continue meeting all essential obligations.”

Last ​month, the ⁠Postal Service said it would temporarily suspend employer payments for a federal pension program and plans to raise the price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents from 78 cents, effective July ⁠12.

Suspending ​employee pension contributions will conserve $2.5 billion through September 30 ​and potentially $15 billion through 2030.

In March, Steiner said the Postal Service was hiring restructuring advisers to help address its ​financial troubles and has asked Congress for additional reforms.

Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Joe Bavier

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北京首禁访台新西兰议员入境 制裁措施或成新趋势

2026年6月4日 23:21 / 联合早报

新西兰外交部星期四（6月4日）证实，北京向访问台湾的四名新西兰国会议员列入禁止入境名单，一年内不得进入中国大陆、香港和澳门。图为台湾副总统萧美琴（中）5月7日在总统府与新西兰议员麦克劳尔（左一）、普格（左二）、韦布（右三）和威尔逊（右二）合影。 （法新社）

中国大陆将四名访问台湾的新西兰国会议员列入禁止入境名单，一年内不得进入中国大陆、香港和澳门。新西兰外交部星期四（6月4日）证实，这是北京首次制裁访台的新西兰国会议员。

澳大利亚媒体报道，新西兰和澳洲将向北京提出正式抗议。

中国大陆外交部发言人毛宁指，新西兰个别议员“执意窜访中国台湾地区，违反一个中国原则”。台湾外交部则对北京的惩戒行为表示严正谴责，呼吁北京停止对他国民选议员与台湾进行交流的施压干预。

受访学者分析，北京进一步压缩台湾的国际空间，以及其他国家跟台湾的交往空间，旨在为两岸统一创造更有利的外部环境；对以官方身份访台的外国国会议员实施制裁，或将成中国大陆的新政策趋势。

综合外电、新西兰与澳洲媒体报道，新西兰四位国会议员在5月初以跨党派代表团成员身份访问台湾五天，并与台湾副总统萧美琴见面。其中三人来自执政联盟，分别是普格、麦克劳尔和威尔逊；另一人为反对党工党议员韦布。这是新西兰“跨党派台湾议会小组”自2023年成立以来安排的第三次访问。

四名议员返国后从国会秘书处获悉，北京已将他们列入禁止入境名单。

新西兰外长彼得斯的发言人星期四说，外长对北京首次因新西兰国会议员访台而发出旅行禁令感到惊讶，并称议员对台湾的此类访问已持续数十年之久，并不违背新西兰的“一个中国政策”。新西兰外交部也说，尽管惠灵顿与台湾没有外交关系，但并不妨碍双方维持贸易、经济、文化和原住民领域的交流。

台湾是新西兰第七大出口市场，中国大陆则是新西兰最大贸易伙伴。

据新西兰国家广播电台报道，中国驻新西兰大使馆表示，如果相关议员愿意道歉，制裁措施可能缩短或取消。

对此，赴台访问的麦克劳尔表明拒绝道歉。她告诉《新西兰先驱报》，相关禁令是“一种外国干预”，并认为北京似乎意在阻止其他国会议员进行类似访问。另一名议员韦布则说，中国大使馆在行程前曾警告，访台将导致禁入中国大陆。

据澳洲广播公司报道，北京针对新西兰议员实施的入境禁令，属“史无前例之举”。在西方国家议员访台案例中，也较为罕见。过去被北京制裁的外国政界人士，多为频繁访台，或在外交领域具有影响力的人物。例如日本众议员古屋圭司长期推动日台关系发展，美国众议员麦考尔则在2023年担任众议院外交事务委员会主席期间访台。

另有五名德国国会议员在5月下旬，以德台议会小组名义访台，并与台湾总统赖清德会面。德国记者星期四在中国大陆外交部例行记者会上问，北京会否禁止德国和其他国家访问过台湾的议员进入中国大陆？毛宁说：“在台湾问题上踩踏红线，一定会付出代价。”

新加坡南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究院副教授李明江向《联合早报》分析，向四位访台新西兰国会议员实施旅行禁令，有可能成为北京的新政策趋势，接下来对以官方身份访台的外国国会议员将采取更严厉反制措施。

李明江说，北京可能评估自身实力已有所增长，为了给两岸统一创造更好的条件，在国际层面要压缩台湾的国际空间，以强化论证“一个中国”事实存在。

至于北京向新西兰祭出制裁措施后，能否有效向其他国家发出威慑信号，李明江评估，在经济上对北京依赖程度较高的国家，估计会约束行为；好些西方国家的立法机构跟行政部门权力分离，在这样的体制下，就难约束立法机构人员到台湾进行官方交流。

上海海峡两岸研究会研究员包承柯则评估，北京是经过综合考量才制裁访台的新西兰议员。一是美国总统特朗普访华后表示，不希望台湾走向独立，不想美军长途跋涉9500英里去打仗；二是新西兰与日本近来加强军事联系，甚至可能向日本采购护卫舰，北京对此必须有所回应。

森州大臣确认周五解散州议会

2026年6月4日 23:43 / 联合早报

马来西亚森美兰州务大臣阿米努丁星期四（6月4日）晚上大约11时30分召开临时记者会宣布，已获得森州最高统治者（又称严端）慕力兹的同意解散州议会，星期五（5日）生效。

他说：“我觐见严端，严端御准解散州议会，明天开始，6月5日。”

森美兰将在未来60天内迎来新一届州选举，预计会与柔佛同步举行州选。

Trump admin bypasses Tehran’s isolation campaign to reach Iranians directly

2026-06-04T09:44:19-04:00 / Fox News

The outreach comes as Washington and Tehran continue discussing a potential nuclear agreement

By Morgan Phillips Fox News

Published June 4, 2026 9:44am EDT | Updated June 4, 2026 9:47am EDT

State Department bypasses Tehran with direct message to Iranian people

A State Department spokesperson delivers a rare direct-to-camera appeal to Iranians, praising its people and culture while arguing Iran’s leadership — not its citizens— is responsible for holding the nation back. (Credit: U.S. Department of State)

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FIRST ON FOX: As the Trump administration continues negotiations with Iran, it is also taking its message directly to the Iranian people.

In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, the State Department bypasses Iran’s leadership to tell ordinary Iranians that their country’s problems stem not from its citizens, but from a government that “chooses confrontation over opportunity.”

“The Iranian people are not the problem. A leadership that fears openness and chooses confrontation over opportunity is the problem.”

The video will run Thursday in Persian language outlets Iran International and BBC Persian.

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The video is likely to be viewed by some regime opponents as symbolic support at a time when many critics of the Islamic Republic have called for more concrete measures from Washington.

It also comes as millions of Iranians regain access to the outside world after months of digital isolation.

Iranian authorities recently began restoring internet access following an 88-day nationwide blackout that was initially imposed during anti-government protests and later expanded after the outbreak of war with the United States and Israel. Internet monitoring groups say connectivity has improved, though significant restrictions remain in place across the country.

Members of the Iranian police stand guard at a protest in front of the British embassy following anti-government protests in Tehran, Iran, January 14, 2026.(Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via)

Earlier in 2026, anti-government protests spread across the country and evolved into one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic in decades before being crushed by a sweeping government crackdown. Protesters faced mass arrests, internet blackouts and lethal force from security services, according to human rights groups and international monitors.

Iran’s opposition remains fragmented, divided among monarchists, reformists, ethnic movements and other factions, and intelligence assessments have questioned whether any unified alternative is positioned to take power should the Islamic Republic fall.

Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026.(UGC via AP)

Throughout the new video, the State Department, through a narrator speaking Farsi, emphasizes themes of freedom, opportunity and self-determination, portraying the Iranian people as capable of building a more prosperous future while suggesting the country’s leadership has prevented it from reaching its full potential.

“When Americans see Iran, we see a great people with a rich history and a generation full of talent and potential,” the video’s translation says. “Today, millions of Iranians want what people everywhere want: opportunity, stability, a chance to speak freely, and live without fear. Iran has the talent, resources, and educated young people to be among the world’s most prosperous nations.”

“The future of Iran should be shaped by its people, not by intimidation or fear. It should be built by the people themselves,” the video goes on. “Iran’s story is still being written. Its best chapter may still lie ahead.”

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“The Iranian people deserve to hear the truth directly, without the lies and propaganda of a regime that has spent decades violently suppressing dissent, enriching itself, and ignoring the needs of its own citizens,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggott told Fox News Digital about the video.

“Speaking directly to the people of Iran is important because our disagreement has never been with them, it has always been with a regime that prioritizes funding terror and pursuing a nuclear weapon over the aspirations, prosperity, and freedom of the Iranian people. By speaking directly to them, we’re making clear that America stands with the people of Iran.”

The outreach comes as U.S. and Iranian officials continue discussing a potential agreement, creating the unusual dynamic of Washington negotiating with Iran’s government while simultaneously telling its citizens that the regime is holding the country back.

The message echoes comments from President Donald Trump earlier in 2026 suggesting that meaningful political change in Iran would ultimately have to come from within the country.

“We hope the Iranian people can overthrow the government,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 2, shortly after the U.S. launched offensive strikes known as Operation Epic Fury.

While the Trump administration has publicly maintained that negotiations with Tehran remain active, significant obstacles remain, including Iran’s nuclear program, sanctions relief and security arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz.

Rubio told lawmakers in recent days that any agreement would require major Iranian concessions and insisted the administration would not ease sanctions simply in exchange for reopening the strategic waterway.

“We hope the Iranian people can overthrow the government,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 2, shortly after the U.S. launched offensive strikes known as Operation Epic Fury.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

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The protests featured prominently in administration messaging at the time, with Trump and other senior officials voicing support for demonstrators and drawing a distinction between the Iranian people and the country’s leadership.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations could not immediately be reached for comment.

Guide missing for a week on Mount Everest found crawling to base camp: “Nothing short of a miracle”

2026-06-04T08:35:00-0400 / CBS/AP

A Sherpa guide who went missing last week while descending Mount Everest with a client has been found alive, according to the crew that led the search for him. His survival amid treacherous conditions on the world’s tallest peak has been hailed as “a miracle” by the mountaineering community in Nepal.

Dawa Sherpa, 52, was located while crawling down to base camp and has since been reunited with his family, who said they had given up hope for his return.

“This is nothing short of a miracle surviving so many days on the mountains facing such harsh condition,” said Ang Tshering Sherpa, a leading figure in the community. “Sherpas are built tough growing up in the mountains. … If there was someone else in his place they might not have survived.”

Dawa was last seen around May 29 descending the mountain, but he did not reach base camp even though his client did. The pair were among the last climbers on the mountain as the climbing season came to an end and the route was dismantled.

Dawa was located by a cleaning crew Thursday morning as he was crawling down the snowy slopes around the Khumbu Icefall, just above base camp, said Pemba Sherpa of 8K Expeditions, which coordinated the search.

He was quickly carried down to safety and given food and water. A rescue helicopter flew him to HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, where his wife and daughter, who already had begun funeral rituals for him, were waiting.

“We first heard that he was still alive on the local news and from a person we know who called with the news that … he is being brought down,” said his wife, Damu Sherpa.

Though Dawa had been missing since last week, there was a delay in organizing a search team. No reasons were given for the delay, but when helicopters were finally sent to look for him, they could not find him.

Medics take Dawa Sherpa, a mountain guide who had been missing for several days in the Everest region, for treatment after he arrived at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 4, 2026. AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

His family had given up hope. Dawa’s teenage daughter, Mendo Lhamu Sherpa, said they were on the second day of a funeral ritual, which lasts for several days.

“When we first heard about it (the rescue), we could not be sure if that person was indeed our father,” Mendo Lhamu said. “So to be certain we asked for photos to be sent and then only we were sure and very happy.”

Dawa’s wife told AFP that she had begun to offer last rite prayers for her husband’s soul before learning of his survival. She said he was conscious at the hospital and recovering from “some frostbite.”

The team that spotted him was part of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, which lays the ladders and ropes on the route at the start of each climbing season and then removes the equipment and cleans up the site after climbers have left.

Dawa was last seen at spot called Yellow Band above the Camp 3, which is located at 23,622 feet. The base camp is at 17,388 feet.

Dawa works for a small Kathmandu-based company called Himalayan Traverse, and he was guiding a Polish climber. He comes from the town of Okhaldhunga, south of Everest.

A helicopter carrying Dawa Sherpa arrives at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 4, 2026. AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

Members of the Sherpa community were mostly yak herders and traders living deep within the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders in the 1950s. Their stamina and familiarity with the mountains quickly made them sought-after guides and porters, eventually allowing them to dominate the Himalyan climbing business.

More than 1,000 climbers and their guides scaled Everest this May, which was the busiest climbing season ever on the world’s highest mountain. It began late because of a massive ice block on the route just above the base camp that took about two weeks to clear.

Climbers set a record on May 21, when 274 of them successfully ascended Nepal’s side of the mountain in a single day, officials said. Experts have warned of the potential dangers of overcrowding, especially after two climbers died around the time of that record-setting day.

Increasing popularity not only increases congestion on the mountain, but also means less experienced climbers are more likely to be among the groups attempting the trek, one sherpa told AFP.

“There is a need for authorities to control this number,” Kami Rita Sherpa said. “They should let in only climbers of quality — there should be a limit.”

Everest’s 29,032-foot high peak was first climbed on May 29, 1953, by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay.

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Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche as US Attorney General

2026-06-04 12:32:33 / Reuters

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche responds to U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean’s question during his testimony before a House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee oversight hearing on the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabRead more

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• Trump expected to make formal nomination of Blanche as chief U.S. law enforcement officer
• Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, has moved against Trump adversaries
• Blanche has faced backlash ​over scuttled plan for ‘weaponization’ fund

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he would move to nominate acting U.S. ‌Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday to permanently lead the Justice Department, which would make his former personal lawyer the nation’s top law enforcement officer.

“He’s acting attorney general. Tomorrow. I’m instructing Dan (Scavino) and everybody else that’s involved in that very complicated process – ​which is going to go, I think, very quickly – that we are going to make him permanent ​attorney general,” Trump said at a White House event, according to a video posted ⁠on X late on Wednesday by his aide Scavino.

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Blanche, 51, took over leadership of the Justice Department after Trump ​fired Pam Bondi in April amid tension over the agency’s release of files related to convicted child sex offender ​Jeffrey Epstein and frustration that the department was not moving forcefully enough against the White House’s supposed political enemies.

Blanche has faced backlash from Republican senators, and even some White House aides, over the Justice Department’s now-scuttled plan to create a $1.8 billion fund for victims ​of alleged government “weaponization.” To be confirmed, Blanche would need near-unanimous Republican support in the Senate, which Republicans control ​by a narrow 53-47 margin.

He said on Tuesday that the DOJ would not be moving forward with the plan, which sparked fierce ‌bipartisan opposition ⁠and threatened to derail a $72 billion funding package for Trump’s immigration crackdown.

But Trump on Wednesday would not say whether the fund had been terminated or was on hold, saying, “I’d have to ask the lawyers. I don’t know.”

“I love it. I think it’s so important,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “The weaponization fund, as far ​as I’m concerned, was a ​beautiful thing.”

Some lawmakers have ⁠called for a ban on the fund to be documented in writing or codified into law. Blanche told members of Congress this week that he would not commit ​to putting anything into writing.

Trump said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he was ​likely to ⁠nominate Blanche to the permanent position.

Blanche has moved quickly as acting attorney general to ingratiate himself to Trump and his political movement. In addition to the fund, the DOJ under Blanche has removed press releases detailing cases arising from ⁠the January ​6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, released a report condemning ​past prosecutions of anti-abortion activists and secured criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center civil rights group and former FBI Director James ​Comey, a longtime Trump foe.

Reporting by Doina Chiacu, Andrew Goudsward, Jacob Bogage; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Mark Porter

黎真主党：只要占领存在 抵抗就将继续

2026年6月4日 23:32 / 联合早报

2月4日，在黎巴嫩东北部贝卡谷地赫尔梅勒市附近的伊玛目阿里的什叶派回教徒难民居住区，黎巴嫩什叶派运动真主党领导人纳伊姆·卡西姆（左）的海报与真主党已故领导人哈桑·纳斯鲁拉的海报并排展示。 （法新社）

黎巴嫩真主党领导人纳伊姆·卡西姆强调，黎巴嫩和以色列的停火必须包括黎巴嫩全境，只要以色列的占领仍然存在，真主党的抵抗就将继续。

卡西姆（Naim Qassem）星期四（6月4日）在黎真主党旗下灯塔电视台发表电视讲话时说，把解除真主党武装作为任何协议的基本目标，都意味着削弱黎巴嫩的力量，并对坚持抵抗的黎巴嫩人构成生存性威胁，“这无异于破坏黎巴嫩的主权及稳定，在人民内部制造内乱和分裂”。

新华社引述卡西姆说，以色列试图通过政治途径实现其未能通过战争实现的目标，这不可接受。

卡西姆强调，真主党拒绝将“抵抗力量”的存在与停止侵略及以色列撤军问题挂钩，呼吁有关方面停止这场所谓“直接谈判”的闹剧。

卡西姆指出，停火必须全面，不能将黎巴嫩南部与黎巴嫩其他地区区别对待，也不能允许以军在黎境内肆意杀戮。只要占领仍然存在，抵抗就将继续。“真主党关注的只有全面停止侵略、实现停火以及以色列撤军。”

黄永宏：全球新秩序未定 霸权真空引竞争 亚洲恐难避战火

2026年6月4日 23:47 / 联合早报

前国防部长黄永宏（右）星期四（6月4日）在野村亚洲投资论坛的炉边对话上说，美国过去10年在金融、贸易与外交政策上的根本性转变，相当于一场地缘政治地震，而“海啸尚未来临”。主持对话的是野村环球市场（除日本外）销售部联席主管、流动信贷销售环球主管张施琳。 （郑一鸣摄）

美国过去10年在政策上的根本性转变是这一代人经历的最重大“地缘政治地震”，而且“海啸正在来袭”。新加坡前国防部长黄永宏警告，在全球新秩序尚未成形的这段时间，霸权真空将引发竞争，无法保证下一代不会目睹亚洲爆发战争。

黄永宏星期四（6月4日）在野村亚洲投资论坛的炉边对话上说，要掌握大局，就必须厘清每个时代的重大关键事件及背后的驱动力。对这一代人而言，这个关键事件已经发生，那就是美国过去10年在金融、贸易与外交政策上出现根本性转变。

黄永宏形容，这个转变相当于一场地缘政治地震，而海啸正在来袭。“如果你认识到并相信这一点，那么我们正在看到的所有变化都是必然结果。你还会看到更多这样的变化。”

黄永宏认为，过去80年建立的世界秩序，即将被新的世界秩序取代。每一个世纪都是由霸权支撑起全球秩序，所谓强者能为所欲为，弱者只得逆来顺受。

“几乎所有霸权都声称自己不是霸权，但它们都是。总有人在制定规则，而基于规则的秩序之所以存在，是因为有人愿意执行这些规则。规则一旦改变，秩序就随之改变。”

黄永宏说，令他惊讶的是，很多人并没有在仔细听取这些信号。

“当战后自由主义秩序正在我们脚下发生根本性变化时，我们却还在缅怀旧日，并且问错了问题。真正应该问的是：新的世界秩序是什么？谁在塑造？新规则是什么？”

至于美国改变背后的驱动力，黄永宏认为，美国2025年发布的《国家安全战略》已给出清晰的答案。

这份战略明确表明，美国的目标是“确保在未来数十年继续成为世界上最强大、最富有、最有实力、最成功的国家”，一切以美国利益为先，不允许任何国家强大到足以威胁它的利益。

黄永宏说，只要掌握这个框架，就能预判美国的行动方向。但美国战略的核心依然是美国优先，而其他一切都可以被武器化来服务这个目标。

他认为，关键的问题并非美国是否会把美国优先武器化，而是美国的盟友可不可以接受这做法。美国当年在亚太部署军事力量，有它的合法性，是为了对抗各国共同感到威胁的共产主义。

但如今美国的叙事已变，任何部署是为确保美国第一。黄永宏说，但亚细安国家对中国的看法与美国截然不同。“亚洲被要求把国内生产总值（GDP）的3.5%用于应对什么威胁，很多人心里有答案，只是不说出口。”

在上星期六（5月30日）于我国举行的香格里拉对话会，美国国防部长赫格塞斯要求印太盟友与伙伴提高国防支出至GDP3.5%的具体目标，以应对中国快速军事扩张带来的区域安全挑战。

谈到亚太地区的热点，黄永宏说，他担任防长期间，最大心愿是亚洲在他有生之年不爆发战争。三五年前，他认为这个风险是零；两年前修改为非零；而今日则是：“我无法保证我子女这一代不会目睹亚洲爆发战争。”

他说，亚洲过去80年的和平在宏观历史上是“不寻常的”，因为有一个强权愿意为这份稳定提供保障，然而如今美国已判定自己不再承担这个角色。“自然界厌恶真空，霸权亦然。总会有人来填补这个位置，出现争夺是必然的。”

黄永宏说，他最担心的不是南中国海，而是日本、韩国、中国之间的关系。他认为，尽管美国叙事已变，美军仍然有必要存在于亚洲。“若美国军事撤出，日本和韩国会怎么做？日本会发展核武。如果日本发展核武，我认为韩国别无选择。东北亚的核扩散才是潜在威胁。”

他警告，一旦日本、中国、韩国，以及美国这些大国之间发生冲突，就会失去亚洲整整一代人的时间。亚洲将无法吸引投资，资产价格崩塌，增长也会转移他处。

对于世界秩序能否短期内重新稳定，黄永宏并不乐观。他说，金融体系以美元为基础，而美元随时可以被武器化，波及贸易、战略物资与技术。这对外贸规模逾GDP三倍的新加坡而言，冲击将尤为深重。

他把新加坡比喻为地铁站里的店铺来加以说明。“我不在乎哪条线路的列车经过，只要它们停靠、只要有人流，我就有生意可做。但如果贸易量骤降50%，我就麻烦了。我们是全球贸易这座‘煤矿里的金丝雀’。”

对于小国能做什么，黄永宏说，新加坡从来没有能力制定规则，但可以向大国说真话，推动美国、欧盟和中国三大贸易主力继续贸易流通。

“三方若能像以前一样自由贸易，那当然最好。我不认为我们能回到过去的美好时光。我不需要三方都做到，只需要三方中的两方这么做。”

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Dems face major defeat after party ‘missed the cue’ in top targeted district: candidate

2026-06-04 9:17am EDT / Fox News

The 34-year-old veteran is challenging Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in a top pickup opportunity for the GOP

By Peter Pinedo Fox News

Published June 4, 2026 9:17am EDT | Updated June 4, 2026 9:53am EDT

South Texas congressional candidate Eric Flores says Democrats have “missed the cue” when it comes to Hispanic voters.

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EXCLUSIVE: Republican candidate Eric Flores believes that, despite national headwinds, Democrats are heading for a major defeat in a critical South Texas swing district after he said the party has “missed the cue” with a key demographic: Hispanic voters.

Democratic leaders have been projecting confidence that they will retake the House of Representatives this midterm election. However, Texas Congressional District 34, which is primarily made up of Hispanic voters, is one race that could complicate those plans.

Currently held by Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, District 34 has been trending hard toward Republicans in the last several elections. And with Republicans’ razor-thin House majority at stake, Flores’ race is considered a top pick-up opportunity for the GOP.

Flores, a 34-year-old veteran and former U.S. attorney, spoke with Fox News Digital after a meeting with shrimping business leaders at the Port of Brownsville. He asserted that South Texas Hispanic voters “can see through the smoke and mirrors.” With Democrats like Senate candidate James Talarico at the top of the ticket in Texas, Flores believes voters are seeing the distinction between the two parties even more clearly.

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Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (left), D-Texas, is facing a difficult reelection race against Republican challenger Eric Flores (right).(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Eric Flores campaign)

“Here in South Texas, we’re conservative. We go to church … we want to keep the family unit whole, whereas James Talarico is talking about six genders, right? He’s talking about the first thing that he loves outside of his family and friends are transgender children. That’s not what we’re about here in South Texas,” said Flores.

“We’re about taking care of our family values of keeping Christ first. They’ve absolutely missed that.”

Further, Flores said that South Texans are not connecting with Democrats’ messaging in opposition to President Donald Trump and the administration’s immigration policy.

“The issues that I’m hearing right now from the South Texas constituent is not the mainstream media point or the invisible villain that folks like Vicente Gonzalez, AOC and James Talarico are casting right now,” he said. “I’ll tell you what the constituent and what the voter is focusing on right now. They’re focusing on the cost of living. They’re focusing on affordability.”

“We’re talking about the one big, beautiful bill, the working family tax cut. That is what they’re talking about. They want the prices to continue to go down, and they want the future generation to be able to afford a house,” he added.

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Republican congressional candidate Eric Flores (center) inspects shrimping boats at the Port of Brownsville.(Peter Pinedo/Fox News Digital)

Meanwhile, he accused Gonzalez of not having passed “a single substantive piece of legislation for South Texas” during his nearly 10 years in Congress.

“I don’t know any job that you can have for 10 years and not be able to point to one substantive thing that you’ve done other than, well, I got this earmarked money, or I got these boys and girls grant. We appreciate that, but South Texas is deserving of much more than just that,” said Flores.

“He is using excuses that President Trump is wanting to deport brown people, and that’s not the truth,” he went on.

In response, Gonzalez called it “beyond hypocritical for Eric Flores and Republicans in Washington to feign concern for the economy when they openly celebrate stripping affordable health care and food assistance away from millions of families through their One Big, Ugly Bill.”

Gonzalez told Fox News Digital that “when Democrats retake the majority in November, I will focus on ending these ‘America Last’ policies that cater to the wealthiest few at the expense of hardworking South Texas families.”

“While Eric panders to the Administration like a lapdog, I’ve delivered more than $8 billion in federal funding to support law enforcement, improve infrastructure, assist veterans, and strengthen public education in my district,” he continued, adding, “South Texans deserve a fighter who puts our community first, not someone like Eric, who served as the lead defense counsel for a child predator and will only work for party bosses.”

Additionally, JT Ennis, a spokesperson for Talarico, commented to Fox News Digital that “there is a growing backlash in South Texas to the corruption we’re seeing from politicians like [GOP Senate candidate] Ken Paxton.”

“They promised to make everything less expensive and put working families first, but now everything is more expensive and working families are further behind – all because they’d rather cut taxes for billionaire mega-donors than help working Texans,” said Ennis. “While Ken Paxton hurls cheap insults to distract from his career of corruption, James will continue bringing working people together to fix this broken political system and lower costs for families.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Paxton, who currently serves as Texas attorney general, for comment.

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Eric Flores, Republican candidate for Texas Congressional District 34, speaks with a shrimping business owner at the Port of Brownsville.(Peter Pinedo/Fox News Digital)

Meanwhile, in a statement to Fox News Digital, Zach Kraft, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, criticized Gonzalez and Talarico for having “fought as transgender warriors for a decade, trying to convince Texans there are six genders and men can become women using your tax dollars for sex change surgeries.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for comment.

Though South Texas has been dominated by Democrats for roughly a century, Flores concluded that “folks down here feel absolutely abandoned by the Democrat[s].”

“We can say 50 to 100 years, people are tired of not having results. They’re tired of the Democrats coming down here and saying that they’re the representative party for this area. And it’s just false,” he said.

“This is the number one targeted seat in the entire nation. And why is that? Because we continue to see the Hispanic voter moving closer and closer to the Republican Party. What drives that? A lot of people don’t understand this. Here in South Texas, we’re really about three things: It’s faith, family, and hard work.”

Fox News Digital also reached out to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for comment.

Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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