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Canadian Chinese were convicted of drug trafficking between the United States and Canada by federal courts.
New york PostJudge John Cologne state of the Los Angeles Federal District Court recently said that Qiu Yintai’s trial date will be set for August 4, when Qiu Yintai will face 10 years to life imprisonment in a federal prison.
According to reports, during the seven-day trial in the Federal District Court of Los Angeles, the federal prosecutor accused 43-year-old Canadian Chinese Qiu Yintai of committing federal felonies such as premeditated sale of controlled drugs, premeditated export of controlled drugs, and sale of cocaine, heroin and ecstasy. Evidence shows that the defendant Qiu Yintai and his drug gangs obtained many pounds of cocaine and heroin from underground channels and handed them over to the freight company, which carried them to Canada for sale in containers.
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1. White House: Biden plans to levy a new minimum income tax of 20% on billionaires.
New york TimesOn the 26th, local time, a document released by the White House showed that when US President Biden announced the 2023 budget, he proposed to impose a new minimum tax on billionaires.
According to the document, Biden’s "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" plan will impose a minimum tax rate of 20% on families with assets exceeding $100 million, which is mainly aimed at more than 700 billionaires in the United States. The document also said that this tax will help to reduce the budget deficit of about $360 billion in the next 10 years.
2. The US Secretary of State announced that it would provide Ukraine with 100 million US dollars in new aid.
[Reuters]US Secretary of State Blinken said in a statement on March 26th local time that the United States plans to provide Ukraine with an additional $100 million in aid.
According to the statement, this assistance aims at strengthening the capacity of Ukraine’s internal affairs departments to provide basic border security, maintain civil law enforcement functions and safeguard key government infrastructure.
3. The United States announced the development of male contraceptive pill mice, which proved to be 99% effective.
Capitol hillAmerican researchers recently announced the development of a non-hormonal male contraceptive pill, which has an effective rate of 99% in mouse experiments and no obvious side effects. Mice can recover their fertility after stopping taking the drug for several weeks.
According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, lack of vitamin A can lead to male infertility. This research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, and is currently cooperating with a pharmaceutical company, and it is planned to start human clinical trials in the third or fourth quarter of this year.
4. The disintegration area of an Antarctic ice shelf is comparable to that of Los Angeles.
【CNN】Affected by the abnormal temperature rise, the 1,200-square-kilometer Kanger Ice Shelf in the eastern part of Antarctica recently collapsed, with an area similar to that of the American city of Los Angeles. It is reported that the Concordia Antarctic research station jointly built by France and Italy recently measured a temperature of MINUS 11.5 degrees Celsius, a record high. This figure is about 40 degrees Celsius higher than the average level in the same period of last year.
Ted Scambos, chief scientist and glaciologist of the National Snow and Ice Data Research Center of the United States, said that the reason for the disintegration of the Kanger Ice Shelf was that the temperature was high recently, the sea ice melted to a record level, and the ice shelf was hit by waves.
5. Wildfires spread rapidly, and 19,000 people were evacuated in Colorado, USA.
【ABC】On the afternoon of March 26th, local time, a protected field caught fire in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Due to the rapid fire, the local emergency rescue department issued an evacuation order to mobilize 19,000 people to evacuate. According to reports, as of the evening of the same day, the fire was still not under control, and the fire area had reached 50 hectares.
The report said that at present, the cause of the fire is still unclear. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says wildfires are moving south and southeast. The weather in Boulder County was fine that day, the temperature was around 23 degrees Celsius and the wind speed was 40 kilometers per hour. According to reports, the fire broke out near a wildfire in Boulder County at the end of last year.
6. With the rising oil price, the online search volume of electric vehicles in the United States reached a record high this month.
Capitol hillWith the recent surge in gasoline prices, the online search volume of electric vehicles in the United States hit a record high this month. According to the statistics of Google Trends, the search volume of electric vehicles in March reached the highest level since the tracking survey began in January 2004.
According to the report, the number of people searching for "how much does it cost to charge an electric car" has increased by more than 400%. California is the state with the largest number of registered electric vehicles in China, and it is also the state with the largest number of searches centered on electric vehicles during this period. Related to this trend, the price of natural gas in the United States has also reached a record high.
7. new york plans to dismantle the homeless camp. Many cities in the United States have taken similar measures.
【ABC】New york recently asked all homeless people in the city to clear the camps in the city within two weeks. new york Mayor Adams recently disclosed this initiative. He predicted that the work would start within two weeks, but did not provide many details.
In the latest estimate, new york City said that about 1,100 people were sleeping in parks and streets. According to the report, more and more cities in the United States, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., have been dismantling homeless camps and taking other measures to solve the problem of homelessness.
8. US police were awarded tens of millions of compensation for violent law enforcement against demonstrators.
New york Times美国一陪审团近日裁定，在2020年5月和6月因非洲裔男子弗洛伊德遭警察跪压致死而举行的抗议活动中，丹佛市警方对示威者过度执法导致12人受伤，须向受伤的示威者赔偿1400万美元。
发起诉讼的示威者表示，警方当时直接攻击抗议者的头部，并向他们喷洒胡椒喷雾、投掷闪光弹和催泪瓦斯，导致多人受伤严重，其中一人头骨骨折，颅内出血。经过近5个小时的庭审，陪审团裁定，丹佛市警方的过度执法行为侵犯了示威者的权利。
9、世界最大巨型悍马Hummer H1亮相！有2层楼高
[Daily Mail]阿联酋阿布达比一名昵称为“彩虹谢赫”（Rainbow Sheik，谢赫为酋长之意）的王室成员哈玛德近日公开一辆SUV悍马（Hummer）H1，不仅有2层楼高，甚至还有单独的卫浴设备。报道称，其向来以收藏巨大尺寸车辆闻名，甚至还有一座金字塔博物馆用来收藏。
报道称，该辆SUV高6.6公尺、宽6公尺、长14公尺，是原尺寸车辆的足足3倍之大，因此又被哈玛德取名为H1x3，该辆全球最大的悍马车可以实际操纵驾驶的车辆。据悉，目前H1x3的内部装修尚未完工，不过其巨大尺寸为该车辆内部提供足够空间，预计设有2个独立楼层、厨房、卧室、浴室等。
10. A dentist in the United States deliberately damaged a patient’s teeth just to make more money.
National postChamorry, a 61-year-old dentist in Jackson, Wisconsin, USA, first drilled or damaged patients’ teeth, then repaired them and charged them a fee, according to federal prosecutors recently. In this way, Chamoli installed 434 crowns for patients in 2014, earning $1.4 million, and installed more than 1,000 crowns a year later, earning $2.5 million.
A few days ago, after a four-day trial, Chamoli was convicted of five counts of medical fraud and two counts of making false statements about the treatment of his patients. He will be sentenced in June. The maximum sentence for each crime of medical fraud is 10 years, and the maximum sentence for the other two crimes is five years. According to the federal prosecutor, from 2016 to 2019, Chamoli installed more crowns for patients than 95% dentists in Wisconsin.
11. An American duck mother accidentally broke into the obstetrics and gynecology department to hatch eggs and was escorted out of the hospital by medical staff.
【CNN】A mother duck in Jacksonville, Florida, USA recently accidentally broke into the obstetrics and gynecology department to hatch eggs. When she was discharged from the hospital, the medical staff escorted her and 10 newborn ducklings to leave.
It is reported that this mother duck accidentally came to the courtyard of this obstetrics and gynecology department to hatch eggs. The staff joked that it "came to the right place" and said that they would be monitored later.
12, rare! The "Love Two-headed Fish" was surprised at Italare Beach in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[Mirror]A Brazilian cleaner accidentally discovered an extremely rare "love two-headed fish" when he was in the clean beach of Itarare Beach in Sao Paulo. Because of his strange appearance, he took a picture of it and shared it on the Internet, which caused a heated discussion.
In this regard, biologists say that it is very rare that only one pair of every five pairs of two-headed fish can survive. At present, there is no technology to separate the bodies of two-headed fish.
13. The paraglider pilot photographed himself passing the top of the pyramid at close range.
[Daily Mail]Yanis Tezis, a 35-year-old paraglider from Brazil, recently shared his thrilling picture of passing close by on the famous pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The video shows that Yanis flew to a huge pyramid in the air, and it seems that he almost hit the bricks at the top of the pyramid, but in the end his feet just passed the top of the pyramid.
According to reports, Yanis shared the video on social media, and some netizens commented: "What a great trip! I want to do the same." Others questioned whether such a flight was legal. Yanis said that he took part in a special activity and was allowed to fly over the pyramids of Giza.
14. An American sandhill crane spreads its wings on a golf course to drive away crocodiles.
【ABC】A sandhill crane in Orlando, Florida, USA recently approached a crocodile on the golf course, then stood beside it and spread its wings. The crocodile immediately crawled away, and the sandhill crane followed it until the crocodile crossed the golf course and walked to the pond.
Savannah Boan, coordinator of crocodile breeding, said that sandhill cranes are not afraid of crocodiles, and crocodiles rarely target them, and even think sandhill cranes are "monsters".
15. An American woman who was allergic to fillers became a "sausage mouth" after lip plastic surgery.
[Daily Mail]Kelly Jones, a woman from Pennsylvania, USA, recently underwent lip plastic surgery. However, because she was allergic to fillers, her lips were so swollen that she could not speak or drink water for 48 hours. It looks like a character in an animated cartoon.
Kelly sought the help of a doctor, who prescribed drugs to relieve her swelling and reminded her that severe swelling might cause her difficulty breathing, but fortunately, the swelling began to subside after three days.
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