The United Arab Emirates said it was leaving OPEC after nearly 60 years as a member. The UAE has long resent(怨恨，不满)ed the quotas on output that the oil cartel imposes to keep prices stable, and preferably high, and has regularly broken them. However, the Emirates is unlikely to be able to ramp up(增加，提升) production or exports in the short term. The decision highlights a deepening rift(裂痕，分歧) with Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest exporter. It also underscore(强调，凸显)s the tensions among Gulf countries that have intensified as a result of the Iran war.
阿拉伯联合酋长国宣布将退出石油输出国组织（OPEC），此前其已作为成员近60年。阿联酋长期不满该石油卡特尔为稳定且优先维持高价而施加的产量配额，并时常突破这些配额。然而，阿联酋短期内难以增加产量或出口。这一决定凸显了其与OPEC最大出口国沙特阿拉伯之间日益加深的分歧，也突显了因伊朗战争而加剧的海湾国家之间的紧张关系。
Diplomatic efforts stall(停滞，暂停)ed between Iran and America to find a deal to end their conflict. Donald Trump cancelled a trip by his peripatetic(巡游的，四处奔波的) envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to Islamabad for more talks. Iran put forward a new proposal to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which would leave negotiations over the country’s nuclear programme to a later date. America rejected the idea. America and Iran maintained their blockade(封锁)s of the strait. In a social-media post Mr Trump said that Iran “better get smart soon”.
伊朗与美国之间为结束冲突而寻找协议的外交努力陷入停滞。唐纳德·特朗普取消了其经常出使的特使史蒂夫·维特科夫和贾里德·库什纳前往伊斯兰堡进行更多会谈的行程。伊朗提出了一项结束冲突并重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的新提案，但将有关该国核计划的谈判推迟到日后。美国拒绝了这一想法。美伊双方继续封锁海峡。特朗普在社交媒体上发文称，伊朗“最好快点放聪明点”。
Mali’s defence minister was killed in an apparent suicide-attack, as militants from JNIM, the Sahel’s dominant jihadist(圣战分子) network, and ethnic Tuareg separatists staged co-ordinated assaults on military targets across the country. The attacks weakened the grip of the military junta(军政府) that has ruled Mali since a coup in 2021, and raised doubts about the capability of the Russian mercenaries it has hired for protection.
马里国防部长在一次明显的自杀式袭击中丧生，萨赫勒地区主要的圣战网络JNIM的武装分子以及图阿雷格族分离主义分子在该国各地对军事目标发动了协同袭击。这些袭击削弱了自2021年政变以来统治马里的军政府的控制力，并引发对其雇来保护的俄罗斯雇佣兵能力的质疑。
Human endurance
人类耐力