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香格里拉对话举行期间 陈振声与多国防长会面

2026年5月31日 23:27 / 联合早报

公共服务统筹部长兼国防部长陈振声（右）与德国国防部国务秘书希尔默会面，两人同意新德有必要在跨区域安全挑战方面展开合作。 （国防部提供）

多国防长与高官前来新加坡出席第23届香格里拉对话，公共服务统筹部长兼国防部长陈振声在场外与他们会面，就防务合作及区域安全局势等课题进行讨论。

根据国防部星期天（5月31日）晚上发布的文告，陈振声与韩国国防部长安圭伯会面时，两人重申了新韩之间友好的双边防务关系，并就区域安全态势交换意见。

陈振声与澳大利亚副总理兼国防部长马尔斯（Richard Marles）会面时，两人也重申新澳之间长期且密切的双边防务关系；这种关系延伸至五国联防安排。五国联防安排成立于1971年，成员还包括新西兰、马来西亚和英国。

新澳两国去年启动“升级版新澳全面战略伙伴关系”，及签署《强化防务合作谅解备忘录》。两国军队随后改进相互使用对方国防设施的安排，及加强国防科技、国防后勤与供应链，和专业交流方面的合作。陈振声和马尔斯肯定了这些合作进展。

陈振声在会上也感谢澳洲支持两国在澳洲联合开发训练区和先进训练设施，让两国军队得以受益。

陈振声星期天在脸书发文透露，邀请了日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎一同到滨海湾花园和滨海湾金沙，观赏新加坡的城市夜景。这是小泉进次郎首次到访新加坡。今年是新加坡和日本建交60周年，陈振声与小泉进次郎就如何推进两国防务合作进行深入讨论。

陈振声在贴文写道：“我们的国防机构定期进行高层交流，也有紧密的人员交流。这为我们在今年建立的战略伙伴关系框架下开展更多合作，奠定了良好基础。我期待与小泉进次郎密切合作。”

公共服务统筹部长兼国防部长陈振声（右）与多国防长及高官会面，包括印度国防部副部长拉杰什·库马尔·辛格。（国防部提供）

另一方面，陈振声在与德国国防部国务秘书希尔默（Nils Hilmer）会面时，双方重申新德之间牢固而实质性的防务关系。他们同意两国有必要在跨区域安全挑战方面展开合作，包括加强国防供应链的韧性。新德两国在今年3月签署“供应链韧性安排”（Supply Chain Resiliency Arrangement）文件，提升两国国防供应链的运作能力。

陈振声在香会期间，也在场外与挪威国防部长山特维克（Tore O. Sandvik），以及印度国防部副部长拉杰什·库马尔·辛格（Rajesh Kumar Singh）会面，讨论集中在地缘政治和潜在的国防合作这两方面。

Transcript: Sen. Chris Murphy on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 31, 2026

2026-05-31T11:38:00-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on May 31, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And we’re back now with Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. He is the author of a new book, Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America. He joins us from Hartford, Connecticut. Good morning to you, Senator.

SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): Good morning.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to talk about your book in a moment, but just to pick up on where we left it with President Zelenskyy, do you believe that there is enough bipartisan support to press the Pentagon to reallocate some of these patriots, so he can take down all the incoming Russian missiles?

SEN. MURPHY: Yeah, I doubt it. Unfortunately, I think the story here has been pretty simple from the start. Donald Trump does not want to do what is necessary to support Ukraine, and the Republican Party will always follow his lead. We’ve had a bipartisan sanctions bill sitting on the Senate floor for a year and a half that would tighten the screws on the Russian economy, make it harder for them to fund the war. Donald Trump has basically had a veto on that bill. He won’t allow Senate Republicans to bring it forward. He’s been sitting on $400 million that Congress allocated to help Ukraine. He hasn’t spent a dime of it, despite protests loudly, publicly and privately, from Senate Republicans. So I just think ultimately Donald Trump has decided he does not want to help Ukraine, and there doesn’t seem to be enough courage in the Republican caucus to fight back. I mean, I hope I’m wrong about that. This is obviously a critical moment where Ukraine actually looks like it is about to be able to take a real offensive position, and so I’m rooting that they will finally stand up to the President on this.

MARGARET BRENNAN: To your point, on the 400 million, Hegseth, the Secretary of War said that that was to be released, but we haven’t seen anything more. I know you sit on the Appropriations Committee, so you have a chance to ask some of these questions, potentially of Secretary Rubio, when he sits before you on, I believe, Wednesday, asking for $33.6 billion budget. What’s the top priority when you do get to ask questions of the secretary?

SEN. MURPHY: Well, the top priority is ending the war in Iran. This has been an absolute disaster for the United States. Obviously, the primary impact is here at home, as families and businesses are being ruined by gas prices. They’re $6 a gallon in some places, but it’s just been a humiliation for the United States, and it’s made Iran more powerful. Of course, there’s an impact in Russia as well. We’ve had to suspend sanctions on Russian oil in order to get their oil on the market, so the consequence of the Iran war is not just that Americans are dying, the prices are going up, but Russia is also getting more powerful. We’re literally funding their war effort, so we need the Iran war to end. There’s been this talk of a deal for months and months and months. I think the terms of the deal are pretty humiliating in and of themselves, but we just need this war done, no matter the terms, at this point.

MARGARET BRENNAN: On the point about the sanctions, we talked about that, President Zelensky, and you can see that full transcript online, but I know that the White House pushes back and says the money isn’t that significant in terms of what Russia is able to pocket. You obviously disagree.

SEN. MURPHY: Yeah, I mean, I just think from a moral perspective, no matter whether the money is a difference maker, the idea that we are helping Russia fund this war is ridiculous. It’s not small potatoes.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

SEN. MURPHY: Russia is getting billions of additional dollars because of our sanctions relief, that’s allowing them to buy some of the missiles that are on the verge of raining down on Kyiv. People are dying because of our help for Russia. So, it’s just bad enough that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and it’s hurting our economy. The fact that we are adding insult to injury by the war in Iran helping Russia is just unacceptable.

MARGARET BRENNAN: You have written this book that we mentioned, and I know that you said about it in a recent interview that 2028 Democratic contenders are texting you, talking to you about some of the ideas in it. Some of our recent CBS polling found that 62% of registered voters view the Democratic party in a negative light, so how do you take these ideas, and what’s the main one Democrats need to hammer home to redirect the party?

SEN. MURPHY: Yeah, this book is really about the spiritual crisis in the country that led to Donald Trump. This is a country that is feeling more lonely, more adrift, more exhausted by an economy that abuses workers, a culture in which we tell people that they can make themselves happy by just buying things instead of being active citizens, and so it’s a book about the underlying work that we have to do to unrig the economy, so that people feel purpose and value, and unrig our democracy, so that people feel power. And that’s what the book really is about, the emotional state of the country. Here’s what I think Democrats need to do: they need to understand that the people are furious at the fact that our politics have become captured, and people are feeling out of control of their lives because they think we’re all corrupt. They don’t think–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

SEN. MURPHY: –Donald Trump is just corrupt; they think everybody in politics is corrupt. So, Democrats need to be much louder about the ways that we’re going to get billionaire and corporate money out of our politics, because people don’t believe us when we say we’re going to fix the economy–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay.

SEN. MURPHY: –if we don’t also tell them how we’re going to fix our democracy.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay, well, to that point about spirit and character, the campaign for Graham Platner confirmed to CBS on Saturday that the Maine Senate candidate had sent sexually explicit texts to women other than his wife. This is in addition to other past controversies. Does he pass the character test?

SEN. MURPHY: Yeah, I mean, I have not followed this story as closely as others have, but Graham Platner is somebody that served our country, he served his community, he’s also made mistakes.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

SEN. MURPHY: And he has admitted that. Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country, and this race is going to be a contrast between somebody that has put his life on the line for this country against somebody that is literally empowering the moral hollowing out of our nation from the White House. So he certainly admitted that he has made mistakes, but I think this is going to be a pretty clear contrast in Maine between somebody who has spent his life protecting us, versus somebody who seems to be protecting Donald Trump’s corruption.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, you know, I want to ask you as well about an interview that aired right before this program with my colleague Rita Braver on CBS Sunday Morning. She interviewed the former First Lady Jill Biden about the new book she wrote, in which she talks about the infamous 2024 debate, where the then-president really couldn’t answer questions. She says a lot of things, including that she thought her husband was having a stroke because she- he was incomprehensible. She admits that she said to him afterwards that he really screwed up, but that’s what she’s revealing now. Democrats, stridently, including on this program, said time and again that his cognitive abilities were fine. How do you convince the public that Democrats are telling the truth now?

SEN. MURPHY: Yeah, listen, I think Democrats do have to be honest about the mistakes that we made in 2024 Obviously, in retrospect, Joe Biden should have stepped away from that race. We should have had an open contest. And in this book, I frankly talk about how tribal our politics have become, how Republicans are willing to excuse Donald Trump’s corruption, because their entire identity structure is built around their party. And I think that happens on the Democratic side as well, where we are willing to look the other way too often at mistakes that our own party leaders are making, and this book says that that’s not just up to politics to fix that. We actually have to create more healthy identity structures for people outside of politics, so they see their purpose through their work or through their connection to a local community. And that makes our politics less tribal–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay.

SEN. MURPHY: –and maybe allows us on both sides to stand up to our party when we think they’ve gone wrong.

MARGARET BRENNAN: All right, Senator Murphy, we have to leave it there. Thank you for your insights today. We’ll be right back with more Face the Nation.

菲防长再谴责中国拒承认南中国海仲裁 中方重申裁决是非法无效的“废纸”

2026年5月31日 23:32 / 联合早报

菲律宾防长特奥多罗在香格里拉对话全体大会发言时再次提及南中国海主权问题，批评中国拒绝接受有关裁决。 （张俊杰摄）

南中国海主权议题在香格里拉对话上再次发酵，菲律宾国防部长特奥多罗指责中国拒绝接受裁决结果，并重申菲律宾会继续遵循国际法，通过现有机制，以公平且透明的方式解决争端。

中国驻新加坡大使馆同日通过社交媒体回应，重申中方一贯立场，指有关仲裁“非法无效、没有拘束力”，中方不接受、不承认所谓的“裁决”，也不接受任何基于这项“裁决”提出的主张和行动。

菲律宾国防部长特奥多罗（Gilberto Teodoro）星期天在香格里拉对话全体大会发言时说，今年是南中国海仲裁裁决作出10周年，但中国至今仍未接受这项裁决。

中国与菲律宾、越南、马来西亚等在南中国海存在主权争议，但中菲之间的摩擦最为频繁。荷兰海牙仲裁庭2016年裁定，中国以“九段线”对南中国海的主权声索无法律依据。对于相关裁决，北京坚持“不参与、不接受”。

特奥多罗指出，中方拒绝参与仲裁程序，并不意味着可免除履行裁决的责任。他还批评中方未履行《联合国海洋法公约》的相关义务，反而一味地促菲律宾“回到谈判轨道”，并暗示这存在欺骗性。

他说：“依我们的经验看，谈判未必是解决冲突的途径，反而可能成为争取战略优势的工具。我们绝不能被欺骗。”

特奥多罗强调，菲律宾将继续依据国际法维护海事权益，并通过联合国现有机制和平解决争端。“这些机制公平、透明，旨在解决争端的根源，而不是掩盖重大矛盾或问题。”

在区域层面，特奥多罗指出，菲律宾会维护亚细安成员国的战略自主，确保东南亚保持和平稳定，并避免受到任何单一强权的影响。

进入提问环节，中国人民解放军国防大学代表张弛提出质疑，菲律宾一方面推动制定行为准则，一方面却派员进入南中国海争议海域，是否自相矛盾。

特奥多罗回答时反问，在已有《联合国海洋法公约》等国际规范的情况下，为何仍需制定行为准则，问题在于“就有某一方拒绝遵守规则”，并直接点名中国。他指问题从来不在亚细安国家，而是“由某一个占领方所引发，既无合法且正当权利，也不愿在国际法庭如仲裁裁决中公正地证明声索有效”，才导致海上冲突。

他最后强调，菲律宾不会牺牲领土完整与主权；会继续“依循国际法，以透明、清晰、可信的方式”解决争端。

中方：所谓的“仲裁案”实乃越权处理 违反国际法原则

针对香会上的交锋，中国驻新加坡大使馆星期天在脸书发文，指特奥多罗借“南海仲裁案”对中国无端指责抹黑，损害中国形象。

大使馆重申中方立场，强调相关“裁决”，“是一张非法无效、没有拘束力的废纸”；“中国在南海的领土主权和海事权益在任何情况下不受这项‘裁决’影响”。

中方指，这起所谓的“仲裁案”违反国际法基本原则，“仲裁”由菲律宾单方面提起，未履行事先与中方充分沟通的必要前提。此外，陆地领土问题不属于《联合国海洋法公约》管辖范畴，所谓的“仲裁庭”，实乃“越权审理”。

中方也指出，“仲裁庭”在事实认定和适用法律上存在重大缺陷，作出的裁决因此“错误明显，漏洞百出”。

大使馆最后重申，中方主张通过谈判协商同有关国家和平解决争议，并与亚细安国家推进落实《南海各方行为宣言》，尽快达成南中国海行为准则，以维护地区和平稳定。

“我们奉劝有关国家不要再拿非法‘裁决’这张废纸说事，更不要企图以此为借口进行侵权挑衅，其结果只能是得不偿失，自食恶果。”

Platner controversies fuel speculation about little-known Maine ballot replacement provision

May 31, 2026 11:08am EDT / Fox News

Platner has faced criticism over a tattoo linked to Nazi imagery, inflammatory Reddit posts, and sexually explicit messages

By Amanda Macias, Fox News

Fox News Digital spoke to Maine Republican State Sen. Trey Stewart about the position Democrats find themselves in supporting Graham Platner’s chaotic Senate campaign.

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As controversy surrounding Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner continues to mount, attention is turning to a little-known provision of Maine law that could allow Democrats to replace him on the general election ballot after the primary.

The question has taken on new significance because Maine election law provides a mechanism for replacing a nominee who withdraws after winning a primary.

Under Maine law, a candidate who wins the June 9 primary and subsequently withdraws by 5 p.m. on July 13 may be replaced by a nominee selected by party officials. Any replacement candidate must be chosen no later than 5 p.m. on July 27. The timeline would give Democrats just 14 days to settle on a replacement candidate and prepare for the general election campaign.

GRAHAM PLATNER VOWS TO ‘COME AFTER’ BEZOS AS SENATE HOPEFUL ESCALATES BILLIONAIRE TAX FIGHT

Senate candidate Graham Platner, D-Maine, speaks at a town hall at the Franco Center in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 15, 2025.(Libby Kenny/Sun Journal via AP)

While there is no public indication that Democrats are pursuing such a strategy, the provision has fueled speculation about what options the party would have if concerns about Platner’s candidacy continue to grow.

The scrutiny comes as Platner has faced a series of controversies in recent weeks, including criticism over a tattoo with links to Nazi imagery, resurfaced Reddit posts in which he made inflammatory comments about veterans, sexual assault and political opponents and reports about sexually explicit messages exchanged with other women during his marriage.

Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, has defended himself against the criticism and retained the support of prominent Democrats, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Still, some party figures have questioned whether the allegations could complicate Democrats’ efforts to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races.

BERNIE SANDERS DEFENDS MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE UNDER FIRE FOR REDDIT COMMENTS

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner stand together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine last weekend.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Among the Democrats who have publicly criticized Platner is Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., who described the candidate’s tattoo controversy as “personally disqualifying.” Former Maine state Rep. Genevieve McDonald, who previously served as Platner’s political director, resigned from the campaign and has publicly questioned his viability, reportedly describing him as unelectable.

Although Maine law provides a post-primary window for Democrats to replace Platner on the general election ballot if he voluntarily withdraws, any such effort would face significant political hurdles. Platner remains the overwhelming favorite to win the June 9 primary, and there is currently no public evidence that party leaders are organizing a campaign to force him from the race.

Sen. Susan Collins blasts Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s mocking of a U.S. wounded soldier as the two are headed toward a likely November showdown as resurfaced Reddit posts continue to resurface from Platner.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

But the political reality may be more important than the procedural one. Following former Gov. Janet Mills’ decision not to run, much of the Democratic establishment has consolidated behind Platner, and national Democratic figures have continued to support his candidacy despite the controversies.

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For now, the question remains largely hypothetical. While Maine law provides a mechanism for replacing a nominee under certain circumstances, Democrats have shown little public appetite for revisiting the race absent a major new development.

Amanda covers the intersection of business and politics for Fox News Digital.

卫塞节礼佛浴佛 逾万信众齐聚佛光山

2026年5月31日 23:40 / 联合早报 安诗一

卫塞节当天，新加坡佛光山举行庆祝仪式，新加坡佛光山住持妙穆法师（前排左二）与新报业媒体信托主席、前内阁部长许文远（前排右二）供灯祈福。 （林明顺摄）

新加坡佛光山庆祝开山30周年之际，趁卫塞节前往佛光山礼佛、浴佛的信众超过1万人次。

今年的卫塞节落在星期天（5月31日），佛光山以“共生与共荣”为主题，5月30日至6月1日一连三天，在榜鹅坊佛光山本寺和地铁站旁的帐篷内举行盛大庆典，包括浴佛、素食园游会、毓麟祈福典礼、供佛、佛传人物彩妆造型秀、双亲节感恩晚宴和文娱表演等活动。

新加坡佛光山住持妙穆法师受访时说，星期一是公共假期补假，前去庆典的信众预计比去年多15%，星期天当天信众约有1万人次。

在星期天晚上的献供及供灯仪式上，108名信众身着清装、汉服、藏族服饰、印度纱丽、韩服等不同国家的民族服饰，向佛陀献上香、花、灯、涂、果、茶、食、宝、珠和衣10种供养，以“十供养”仪式表达虔诚与敬意。

妙穆法师说，在如今的世界动荡之中，这样的仪式也代表着将佛法落实在生活之中。“我们要用清净的心去面对无常，用慈悲的心去化解纷争，用包容的心去对待身边的每一个人。”

新报业媒体信托主席、前内阁部长许文远（左二）以主宾身份出席活动，图为他在新加坡佛光山住持妙穆法师（右）和会长苏政文陪同下浴佛。（林明顺摄）

新报业媒体信托主席、前内阁部长许文远以主宾身份出席活动，参与了浴佛、献供等仪式。

许文远在致辞中说，在当今社会，和平与和谐尤为重要。佛陀的慈悲精神，能够帮助我们化解纷争，增进理解；佛陀的智慧思想，能够引导我们寻找解决之道。

许文远说：“让慈悲成为社会的温暖，让智慧成为发展的力量，让和谐成为共同的目标。卫塞节在新加坡不只是宗教的庆典，更是文化的交流、社会的凝聚。”

为纪念开山30周年暨开山祖师星云大师百岁诞辰，即日起至12月31日，新加坡佛光山在大雄宝殿举办佛教弘法史展览。

新加坡佛光山5月30日至6月1日期间，在榜鹅坊佛光山本寺和地铁站旁的帐篷内举行卫塞节庆典，包括浴佛、素食园游会、毓麟祈福典礼、供佛、佛传人物彩妆造型秀、双亲节感恩晚宴等活动，星期天当天吸引约1万人参与。（林明顺摄）

卫塞节是佛教徒纪念佛陀诞生、成道和涅槃的重要日子，又称“佛陀日”。

光明山普觉禅寺星期六傍晚至星期天则举行三步一拜仪式，约有8000人参与。

与往年不同的是，由于聚缘坊前方路段进行封路施工，原本大雄宝殿前的三步一拜起点，改至多层停车场，路线也有所缩短，以往约两小时完成的仪式，今年缩短至约一小时。

Unveiling the history beneath the Lincoln Memorial

May 31, 2026 / 9:27 AM EDT / CBS News

To call Washington a “swamp” is a metaphor, but also the literal truth. So, when planning began for the Lincoln Memorial in the early 1910s, builders faced a real sinking problem. Their solution led to one of Washington’s best-kept secrets, hidden for over a century … until now.

Underneath the Lincoln Memorial is what’s known as the memorial’s Undercroft (a term usually reserved for the vaulted basement of a medieval castle or cathedral). Here, 120 massive concrete pillars sink 50 feet into the ground, down to the bedrock, to support the weight of the marble above.

The Undercroft, constructed to support the weight of the Lincoln Memorial above. CBS News

The entire space, 50,000 square feet (almost twice the size of the memorial above), has never been seen by the public before, said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. He also pointed out the stalactites: “They’re still dripping. And of course, as the rainwater comes through cracks in the granite, it seeps down here, picks up calcium,” he said.

Visitors will be able to see it for themselves starting this June, in a new museum hanging directly beneath the memorial. “I thought it would be a good idea just to have more of an educational role for the Lincoln Memorial,” said philanthropist David Rubenstein, who helped bring the Undercroft out of the shadows, donating a quarter of the $69 million needed for its transformation.

“You can’t really be a great country if you don’t really honor your history and understand your history,” Rubenstein said.

The Undercroft, now containing a museum, lies beneath the Lincoln Memorial. CBS News

He hopes it expands our understanding of Abraham Lincoln, whose own life wasn’t as grand as the marble above suggests. “He had a very complicated life,” Rubenstein said. “He had a lot of tragedy in his life. A lot of his children died before they were very old. He had a very complicated marriage as well. But in the end, he rose up to the occasion and became, I think, our greatest president.”

Some of the exhibits will also be about the memorial itself. Howard University historian Edna Greene Medford sees the memorial as a stage for America’s changing ideas of freedom. “I think it’s still about freedom, hope, and today it’s about inclusion,” she said.

A new museum was built within the Undercroft’s 50,000-sq. ft. space. CBS News

In 1939, contralto Marian Anderson, barred by Whites-only policies at the city’s indoor venues, moved her concert performance here, delivering the opening notes to a decades-long battle for civil rights where the memorial often took center stage.

As Martin Luther King Jr said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time.”

Medford said, “The memorial becomes not just a symbol for freedom for Black people, but it becomes a symbol of freedom for various groups. They feel that this is their memorial. And they are interpreting freedom in their own way.”

The museum touches on this history, but it is opening at a moment when other national park sites are removing signs and reviewing exhibitions related to slavery and racism. The administration calls it “restoring truth and sanity to American history.”

But with slavery and racism such a fundamental part of the story of the Lincoln Memorial and the new museum, who gets to determine the truth? According to Secretary Burgum, “There’s a place to have current cultural debates. And then, there’s a place to just tell and celebrate our history. We’re not a nation without flaws, but we are a nation that was based on continuous improvement. And we may have ‘over-rotated’ towards a point of some kind of massive self-criticism, ’cause maybe it was expedient, politically, in the short term. It’s important, when we’re using federal dollars, that we tell the story that celebrates this country.”

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shows correspondent Faith Salie one of the Undercroft’s columns that still bears graffiti by the original construction workers. CBS News

The Undercroft invites visitors to see the Lincoln Memorial in its entirety – not just the ideal in marble above, but the work, the weight, and the imperfections underneath. A fitting view perhaps, for Lincoln, and for a country still gathering at his feet.

13小将获羽总发展奖学金 两退役前国手获退役酬金

2026年5月31日 23:50 / 联合早报

前国手努尔因斯利亚（左二）和金羽佳（中）获得退役酬金，在台上和杰特科术执行董事汪佑任（左一）、兼新加坡羽毛球总会会长廖振兴（右二）和总裁胡凯威合影。 （新加坡羽毛球总会提供）

新加坡羽毛球总会星期六（5月30日）颁发第二批由杰特科术有限公司（JK Technology）赞助的“杰特科术长期运动员发展计划”（JK Tech LTADP）奖学金，同时也向前国手金羽佳和努尔因斯利亚发放“退役酬金计划”（Post-Career Gratuity Programme）款项，以表彰她们这些年的贡献，并协助其开启人生新阶段。

杰特科术长期运动员发展计划在2025年设立，当时有12名年龄介于13岁至17岁的年轻球员受惠。今年，共有13名有潜力的学生运动员获颁这笔奖学金。

此外，两名前国手金羽佳（女双）与努尔因斯利亚（女单）当天也获颁退役酬金，分别是10万元和1万6000元。

金羽佳职业生涯曾与搭档黄嘉盈升至女双世界排名第16位，她也在东南亚运动会和共和联邦运动会取得铜牌。

努尔因斯利亚则长期为我国女团出战，她连续五届东运会随队获得女团铜牌，也在2022和2023年赢得全国锦标赛女单冠军。

金羽佳说：“羽毛球带给我很多——纪律、韧性，以及在困难时继续坚持的能力。但长期以来，和许多运动员一样，‘下一步怎么办’这个问题始终存于心里。获得这份退役酬金后，一切都不同了。我感到非常荣幸和感激，也希望把羽毛球教会我的一切带进人生下一个阶段，并让年轻运动员看到，体育竞技与个人前途并非单选题。”

杰特科术执行董事汪佑任说：“通过杰特科术长期运动员发展计划和退役酬金计划，我希望家长能看到羽毛球是一条可行的职业道路——甚至在运动员穿上代表新加坡的国家队战袍之前，完善的制度支持已经存在。长远来看，我希望这能强化并扩大新加坡羽毛球的人才储备，在国际舞台取得更大突破。”

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印尼二战遗留炸弹爆炸 造成五死五伤

2026年5月31日 23:38 / 联合早报

印度尼西亚东部巴布亚省发生二战遗留炸弹爆炸事件，造成五人死亡、五人受伤入院，另外还有三人下落不明。

《雅加达环球报》报道，事件发生在星期天（5月31日）下午，强大的爆炸威力导致附近至少六栋房屋被夷为平地。

巴布亚省警察发言人卡约说，爆炸疑似由一枚二战时期遗留炸弹引起。

警方仍在调查爆炸的确切原因，但根据目击者的描述，当局怀疑可能是居民试图打开炸弹时引发的爆炸。

一位不愿透露姓名的居民告诉记者：“据称，炸弹爆炸是因为有人意图打开它，想取出里面的火药。在拆卸过程中，炸弹引爆了。”

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但警方说，这一说法尚未得到证实，目前正在通过现场法医鉴定和证据收集进行调查。

警方也在事发现场附近发现另一枚二战时期遗留的迫击炮弹，并确认它仍有爆炸风险。为防止更多人员伤亡，警方设立了警戒线，限制公众进入有关区域。

Book excerpt: “View From the East Wing” by Jill Biden

May 31, 2026 / 9:30 AM EDT / CBS News

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In “View From the East Wing” (to be published Tuesday by Gallery Books), former first lady Jill Biden writes of her four years in the White House, her husband’s debate performance, her advocacy, and the challenges facing the Biden presidency, from the COVID pandemic and the January 6 insurrection to the president’s health.

Read an excerpt below, and don’t miss Rita Braver’s interview with Jill Biden on “CBS Sunday Morning” May 31!

“View From the East Wing” by Jill Biden

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In the year before we left the White House, Joe began waking up repeatedly at night. This symptom, I knew, was common in men his age, and almost always caused by something benign. Joe never missed his annual physical—at his February 28, 2024, exam at Walter Reed Medical Center, his doctor proclaimed him “a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency”—and he had access to the best medical care available. Right there in the residence, there’s a fully staffed twenty-four-hour doctor’s office. You stop in because you have a headache, because your throat is sore, because you need your flu shot or COVID booster.

Knowing that Joe would prefer to speak about any urological issues with his male doctors rather than with his wife, I alerted one of them to make sure they knew. “He was up seven times last night,” I said. “I’m worried about him.”

Now that the doctors had been made aware of the issue, I trusted that Joe would be examined and treated. But as far as I could tell, the issue persisted. Even knowing this, I never imagined that the cause of this very common symptom of age would turn out to be cancer.

While it surely sounds old-fashioned that I spoke about the issue to the doctors rather than to Joe directly, it’s always been the nature of our relationship that we’ve maintained a veil of discretion around personal health. When I went through menopause, I never spoke about it with him, even though I experienced two years of horrible insomnia, and when I did manage to fall asleep I was jolted awake by night sweats.

Back in Wilmington, I realized that Joe’s symptoms had gotten worse, and I encouraged him to make an appointment with a urologist.

Joe went up to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia for the appointment. At the very first examination, the doctor said, “There’s something here. We need to find out what it is.” He sent Joe for a biopsy May 15.

We got a call later that same day. The urologist told us that Joe had cancer, and he ordered various other tests to find out if the cancer had spread.

One of the questions we’ve been asked is why Joe hadn’t had a recent prostate exam. That was a question I had, too. I’ve since learned that the American Urological Association doesn’t recommend routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for men older than seventy. The thinking is that prostate cancer usually spreads more slowly in older men. Cancer at that age doesn’t tend to affect life expectancy, which for men in the US is about seventy-six. Sometimes the risk of performing a biopsy in an older man can outweigh the benefits.

Due to a high PSA, Joe’s cancer appeared to be advanced. We still had hope, though, that the cancer was localized to his prostate. Joe went for a PET scan, also at Jefferson Hospital, on May 16. We waited for the scan results in an exam room that was the size of a closet. It had a curtain, not a door. Joe was in the exam chair, and I was sitting on a chair they’d brought in for me.

The results didn’t take long, about half an hour. The doctor opened the curtain. As soon as I saw her face, I knew.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “Oh, I’m so sorry.” She wouldn’t stop saying “I’m sorry.”

Stage IV. It had spread to his bones.

Prostate cancer is very common—one in eight men receive the diagnosis in their lifetime, and it is highly treatable when found early. So many men have notably had it and treated it successfully—John Kerry, Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Colin Powell, Warren Buffett … Yet, in all the cases I knew about, they’d caught it earlier; it hadn’t spread to their bones.

I walked out of that closet of a room, past the Secret Service.

Breathe, I kept repeating to myself as I headed to the ladies’ room to compose myself before I faced anyone.

Then the questions began—starting with what course of treatment would be best. We had to act fast. We needed a plan. Joe could do radiation and hormone therapy. Thanks to that regimen, he would have every hope of many more years left. His doctors said that it was unlikely the cancer would kill him; he would likely live out his natural life.

Breathe.

The press statement went out May 18. Joe’s staff, the younger staffers in particular, were devastated. But we couldn’t dwell in the grief because we were put immediately on the defensive, accused of having hidden his illness. The question became: How was it possible that the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, a man who has a medical team—not just a doctor, a medical team—around him twenty-four hours a day could wind up with cancer so advanced? Joe couldn’t stub his toe without ten people wanting to run at him waving bales of gauze. You put the president in bubble wrap, and he ends up with stage IV prostate cancer? It made no sense.

Truly, I did not know what to say to people who were baffled like that doctor on the beach. I felt the same way. I was stunned. And yet, I didn’t want to waste too much energy looking back and asking how this could have happened. We had no time to lose. He had to get started on treatment. Joe went in for a bone density test on May 21, and the next day he began hormone therapy. The hormone pills can cause serious side effects, particularly fatigue and moodiness. That has been true for Joe.

As anyone who’s ever loved someone through a major illness knows—and I went through it with both my parents, and both Joe’s parents, and, most excruciatingly, with Beau—you live in a world of questions: What time is the physical therapist coming? Did he take his medicine? What did he have for breakfast? How much water is he drinking? He didn’t sleep well last night—do I need to call the doctor?

Worry becomes your constant companion

Excerpted from “View From the East Wing” by Jill Biden. Copyright © by Jill Biden. Reprinted by permission of Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, LLC.

Children “held like criminals” inside ICE detention center

2026-05-31 9:52 AM EDT / CBS News

Joel Andre is a 17-year-old immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a soccer-obsessed high school junior who now lives just outside of Portland, Maine. At the moment, for Joel and his younger sister, Estafania, homework is taking a back seat to this summer’s World Cup – which is the perfect distraction at this dinner table for a family that badly needs one. “Every time I’m doing something, I always think about Olivia,” said Joel.

Olivia is their 19-year-old sister. All three, along with their mother, Carine, were detained last November at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

“In Dilley was very hard, very hard,” said Joel. “Especially to kids, right? The food, the water you drink, even the water you shower, is the worst.”

But when Joel, Estafania and their mother were released in March, Olivia, at 19 years old, had to stay. Joel said, “We all went like, why? Why?”

Estafania said, “I have a hope that we can all be together, but I don’t know when, where.”

Olivia, an asylum seeker, was kept in detention at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, after her mother and siblings were released. Family Photo

The family had fled the Congo after Carine, an activist, was brutalized for speaking out against the ruling regime. They came here seeking political asylum.

Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants Rights Clinic at Columbia University, and the family’s lawyer, says if Carine and her children did not leave the DRC, chances are they would not be alive.

According to Mukherjee, when the family arrived in 2022, they were vetted and released to await their hearing after they were deemed to pose no threat. They complied with all their check-ins. “They showed up for every single appointment, and did everything they were supposed to do,” she said.

But it wasn’t enough.

In February of 2025, a judge ordered them deported. Scared of being sent back to the Congo, they tried to go to Canada, but were denied entry and sent back to the U.S., where they were then sent to Dilley.

The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. CBS News

Mukherjee has been inside Dilley. “It is a series of trailers,” she said. “Families and children alike consistently report that they do not have access to sufficient clean drinking water, that they found live worms, bugs and mold in their meals. The lights are on 24/7, making it really difficult for everyone detained there to sleep.”

Those accounts have been repeated by dozens of detainees in sworn testimony, written letters, and interviews.

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More than 6,300 children under 18, some as young as two months old, have been detained by federal immigration authorities during President Trump’s second term. Nearly half have been detained at Dilley. Ninety-seven percent had no criminal record.

“It’s the only place I can think of in America where we imprison young children who have done absolutely nothing wrong,” said Congressman Joaquin Castro. “Instead of treating them like asylum seekers who were vetted to come into the country, they’re treating them like criminals.” The Democrat Representative from San Antonio is calling for Dilley to be shut down.

Asked what the policy objective could be for creating conditions such as those reported from inside Dilley, Castro replied, “I think it’s meant to send a very ugly message, that we don’t want you here, that you’re not welcome.”

Dilley opened in 2014. President Obama intended to hold migrant families there who’d been caught crossing the southern border illegally. President Biden closed it a decade later.

When President Trump reopened Dilley in 2025, a for-profit company, CoreCivic, was given a contract worth $180 million annually to run it.

CoreCivic denies the charges of any substandard care or conditions at Dilley, telling “Sunday Morning,” “The conditions described in your inquiry do not reflect the operations, standards or care provided at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.” See full statement below.

Joel, Estafania and Carine. CBS News

Joel, Estafania and Carine were held at Dilley for almost four months. “For, like, all we’ve been through,” said Estafania, “going to Dilley just, like, broke our hearts.”

That alone violated something called the Flores Settlement, a federal order that’s been in place for nearly 30 years requiring the prompt release of children. One federal court has said that means no more than 20 days.

Asked if he’d thought that there were laws in place that would prevent them from being held in Dilley more than 20 days, Joel replied, “Yes. But they broke all those laws.”

While a federal court has rejected a White House effort to terminate the Flores Settlement, the administration is appealing.

Inside Dilley

This past week, we went with Congressman Castro to Dilley, where families also complain about a lack of health care and a lack education for their kids. “These kids, they’re hugging my leg and they’re asking me to get ’em outta there,” Castro said. “I mean, they are four years old, six years old, and they’re basically in a trailer prison.”

Our CBS News crew got as far as the front gate. The restrictions in place at Dilley say no reporters are allowed. And even those who do get in, like Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, have to surrender their phones upon entry, meaning there are somewhere near 100 children inside Dilley – and not one picture of the conditions in which they live.

Rep. Joaquin Castro outside the ICE detention facility at Dilley. CBS News

It was Castro’s sixth trip to Dilley since President Trump returned to office. Upon leaving, he said, “They told us that there are three kids who are under the age of three. We met with a 15-year old boy, he said that he hasn’t eaten in days because he doesn’t feel like eating, he’s depressed.”

I asked, “Are you surprised that even you can’t use your camera, use your phone?”

“Yeah, I’m surprised that we let them get away with this,” Castro replied. “I’m surprised that we have not taken a stronger stand and said, when you’ve got a group of people, including kids, that have committed no crime, we’re not gonna put up with that, we are going to be able to see what’s going on.”

According to its 2027 budget proposal, the White House wants to add 30,000 more beds in family detention centers.

Our requests to the Department of Homeland Security to discuss Dilley were denied. But they did provide a written statement: “Another day and another hoax about the South Texas Family Residential Center … Any claim that there are subprime conditions at ICE detention facilities is FALSE. All detainees are provided with proper meals, quality water, blankets, medical treatment.” The statement also called the Flores Settlement “a tool of the left.” See full statement below.

Elora Mukherjee said, “Americans don’t yet know what is happening at the Family Detention Center in Dilley. And once more people know, people will feel motivated to speak out against the abuses there.”

As for Joel, Estafania and Carine, while we were still with them in Maine, they got the call: Olivia would be released, after more than five months in detention.

A few days later, an airport reunion gave this family’s Dilley story a happier ending than most.

Olivia (in white) is welcomed home at Portland International Jetport. CBS News

While Joaquin Castro and others share the family’s joy, he says this is the exception, not the rule. “The government knows they’re not criminals, and yet they’re being held like criminals,” he said.

And it’s what we can’t see where Congressman Castro thinks we should train our focus: “To really understand that’s going on with Dilley, we gotta be able to see what’s going on behind those walls. There’s a brutality behind those walls.”

Full statement from DHS

The following statement was provided to “Sunday Morning” by a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security:

“Another day and another hoax about the South Texas Family Residential Center. Nearly every single day, this office responds to media questions on FALSE allegations about illegal alien detention centers. The media is clearly desperate for these allegations of inhumane conditions at this facility to be true. Here are the facts: Dilley does meet federal detention standards and actually undergoes regular audits and inspections. When will the media stop peddling hoaxes about illegal alien detention centers and start focusing on American victims of illegal alien crime?

“Any claim that there are subprime conditions at ICE detention facilities is FALSE. All detainees are provided with proper meals, quality water, blankets, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers. ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens. It is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody. This includes medical, dental, and mental health intake screening within 12 hours of arriving at each detention facility, a full health assessment within 14 days of entering ICE custody or arrival at a facility, and access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care. This is the best healthcare many aliens have received in their entire lives. Meals are certified by dieticians. All of this is funded the by the U.S. taxpayer.

“Children residing in the facility have access to educational programming, age-appropriate books and toys, and outdoor activities. Infant care packages include formula, baby food, bottles, diapers, wipes and hygiene items; the facility also provides sippy cups and cribs. Staff also provide for special diets and allergy accommodations when necessary.

“For years, the Flores consent decree has been a tool of the left that is antithetical to the law and wastes valuable U.S. taxpayer funded resources.

“Parents have a choice if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates. This is consistent with past administrations’ immigration enforcement.

“DHS takes its responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal law enforcement to ensure that children are safe and protected. Parents, who are here illegally, can take control of their departure. Through the CBP Home App, the Trump Administration is giving parents illegally in the country a chance to take full control of their departure and self-deport, with the potential ability to return the legal, right way and come back to live the American dream. It is free and available for all mobile devices.”

Full statement from CoreCivic

The following statement was provided to “Sunday Morning” by Brian Todd, manager, Public Affairs, at CoreCivic:

“Nothing matters more to CoreCivic than the health, safety and well-being of the people in our care. The conditions described in your inquiry do not reflect the operations, standards or care provided at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center (DIPC).

“The responsive information we have provided below is independently verifiable and directly contradicts the allegations in your inquiry. We would welcome the opportunity to review any evidence CBS Sunday Morning has gathered that it believes supersedes this record before broadcast.

“DIPC gets the same clean drinking water the local utility supplies to the surrounding community.The City of Dilley Water Department conducts monthly independent tests on DIPC’s water supply to verify its safety and cleanliness for drinking. Consumer Confidence water quality reports, which are available for public review, are also provided annually by the City, consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. State officials at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality have also performed their own assessments, confirming that the water is safe and clean for consumption. As an added measure, locations where drinking water is accessed at the facility are equipped with filters to help ensure consistent taste quality.

“We provide three nutritious meals daily at DIPC, including fruits and vegetables, with menus reviewed and approved by a registered dietitian. On religious dietary accommodations, DIPC provides halal, kosher and other religious dietary options as appropriate. The suggestion that religious dietary needs are being denied is false and not consistent with our documented practices.

“Staff routinely drink the water and eat the meals at DIPC.

“The children and their families at DIPC receive health care that is clinically rigorous, federally overseen and delivered with dignity.Residents receive:

• Timely medical evaluation by providers trained in pediatrics, including general pediatricians, child and adolescent psychiatrists, therapists and psychologists.
• Trauma-informed mental health screeningat intake, using validated clinical tools, with ongoing reassessment and access to continued support.
• Care froman interdisciplinary team, including nurses, dentists, advanced practice providers and specialists, operating within a medical home model to ensure continuity of care.

“We would direct you to this comprehensive statement from CoreCivic’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kristen Dauss, which provides additional detail on the care provided at DIPC.

“Democratic U.S. Representative Henry Cuellarrecently visited the DIPC and comments on a number of these issues, includingfood, water and medical care, beginning at 4:44 in this Facebook post.

“Currently,staff educators are facilitating age-appropriate educational programsand activities for children housed at the facility. All educators are bilingual, and additional language services are available at the facility based on any needs. CoreCivic has finalized plans to further expand educational program offerings, with the expectation that all educational requirements will be fulfilled by mid-July.

“We also encourage you to take thisvirtual tourof the facility.

“We also point you to the following link, which directlyaddresses many of the concernsat DIPC you raised in your inquiry – https://www.corecivic.com/news/setting-the-record-straight-dilley-immigration-processing-center

“It’s worth noting that family residential centers have operated under federal authority since the Obama administration, across administrations of both parties. CoreCivic does not set or enforce immigration law. What we do — and what we’re committed to — is ensuring that every person in our care receives safe, humane and appropriate treatment while that law is administered. The record we have provided here reflects that commitment.”

Story produced by Sara Kugel. Editor: Jason Schmidt.