每日雅思|奥巴马力挺拜登，特朗普遭世卫谴责

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奥巴马为拜登竞选总统站台

Former President Barack Obama delivered his long-awaited endorsement of Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, recording an 12-minute video to throw his support behind his former vice president. Mr. Obama’s endorsement of his former vice president comes a day after Senator Bernie Sanders gave a full-throated endorsement of Biden’s presidential bid, ending speculation that the two rivals might remain at odds going into the general election season. “I’m so proud to endorse Joe Biden to be president of the United States,” Mr. Obama said. “Choosing Joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a good friend. And I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now.” (cbsnews)

4月14日，美国前总统贝拉克•奥巴马宣布了对乔•拜登竞选总统的支持，这一表态外界期待已久——他录制了一段12分钟的视频，表达了对自己这位前副总统的支持。在奥巴马表态支持前副总统拜登的前一天，参议员伯尼·桑德斯对拜登竞选总统表示了全力支持，此举终结了人们对这两位竞争对手在大选季可能分歧仍存的猜测。奥巴马表示：“我支持拜登成为美国总统，对此我很自豪。选择乔做我的副总统是我做过的最好的决定之一，他成了我的好朋友。我认为乔目前拥有的品质符合我们对总统的所有期待。”

特朗普因暂停资助世卫组织遭谴责

Late on Tuesday Trump declared US funding would be put on hold for 60-90 days pending a review “to assess the World Health Organization’s role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus”. The US is the single largest contributor to the WHO. Richard Horton, the editor-in-chief of the Lancet medical journal, wrote that Trump’s decision was “a crime against humanity … Every scientist, every health worker, every citizen must resist and rebel against this appalling betrayal of global solidarity.” Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, said it was “not the time” to cut funding or to question errors. “The lessons learned will be essential to effectively address similar challenges, as they may arise in the future. But now is not that time … It is also not the time to reduce the resources for the operations of the World Health Organization or any other humanitarian organization in the fight against the virus.” (theguardian)

4月14日晚些时候，特朗普宣布美国将暂停资助世界卫生组织（WHO）60到90天，其间将对WHO进行审查，“以评估WHO是否严重管理不当以及在掩盖疫情传播真相方面所扮演的角色”。美国是WHO最大的资助国。著名医学杂志《柳叶刀》主编霍顿撰文说，特朗普的决定是“犯下了危害人类罪……每个科学家、每个医疗工作者、每个公民都必须抵制这种令人震惊的对全球团结的背叛。”联合国秘书长古特雷斯说，现在“不是削减资金或质疑错误的时候”，“所得到的教训对有效处理类似困难至关重要，因为这类挑战今后还可能出现。但现在不是时候……现在也不是减少世卫组织或其他任何人道主义组织开展抗击新冠病毒工作所需资源的时候。”

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