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Rubio heads to Rome with Trump’s Iran clash looming over Pope Leo, Meloni talks

May 7, 2026 4:00am EDT / Fox News

The secretary of state referenced Ice Cube’s rap song while warning of ‘catastrophic destruction’ to Iran’s economy

By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News

Secretary Rubio: Iran should ‘check themselves before they wreck themselves’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio responds to Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich’s questions about his ‘DJ name’ and the constitutionality of the War Powers Act during a press briefing.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio previewed a high-profile trip to Rome from the White House briefing room Tuesday, delivering sharp warnings to Iran and flashing easy command of the podium that drew praise from conservative allies online.

“The trip is really not tied to anything other than the fact that it would be normal for us to engage, and other secretaries of state have done that in the past,” Rubio said at the White House press conference on Tuesday of his trip to Italy.

The briefing came two days before Rubio is set to visit the Vatican and Italy for meetings amid heightened tensions between President Donald Trump, Pope Leo and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the U.S.-Iran conflict. Rubio used the briefing to defend the administration’s posture toward Tehran, downplay the timing of the Italy visit and signal that Washington is not backing off its pressure campaign.

RUBIO TO VISIT ITALY, VATICAN AMID TROOP DRAWDOWN CALL, TENSION WITH TRUMP, POPE LEO: REPORTS

Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks out to speak to reporters at the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington on May 5, 2026.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

“The message to Iran … these guys are facing real catastrophic destruction to their economy, generational destruction to their economy, generational destruction to the wealth of their country imposed on themselves by the actions that they’re taking,” said Rubio of Iran on Tuesday.

“They should check themselves before they wreck themselves in the direction that they’re going,” Rubio quipped, referencing Ice Cube’s rap song, “Check Yo Self.”

Rubio, a Catholic, is expected to meet with Pope Leo on Thursday morning, at a time when the pontiff has criticized the Trump administration’s Middle East peacemaking efforts.

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“There has also been this threat against the entire people of Iran, and this is truly unacceptable,” the pope said in April. “There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole entire population.”

Rubio emphasized that the move to give military support to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz near Iran is a “defensive operation,” saying the U.S. will only fire if fired upon.(Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The comments were seemingly in reference to one of Trump’s Truth Social posts, where he wrote, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will… God Bless the Great People of Iran!”

Trump told reporters on Wednesday in the Oval Office he only has one message for the pope.

“I can tell you this, that as far as the Pope is concerned, and it’s very simple. Whether I make him happy or I don’t make him happy, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And he seemed to be saying that they can. And I say they cannot, because if that happened, the entire world would be hostage. And we’re not going to let that happen,” he said.

The Vatican announced it will not participate in President Trump’s Gaza recovery board.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

TRUMP MEETS WITH ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI AT HIS MAR-A-LAGO RESORT

Rubio will also meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has been distancing herself from the U.S. amid mounting domestic and political pressure over the widening Middle East conflict.

The meeting comes as President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on NATO allies to align with the U.S. against Iran, including ordering the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany — a drawdown expected to unfold over the next six to 12 months.

Rubio will travel to Italy on Wednesday for meetings with Pope Leo and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.(Maria Grazia Picciarella/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Meloni said Tuesday she would not support any effort to reduce the U.S. military presence in Italy, drawing a contrast with Trump’s broader push to reposition American forces in Europe.

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Italy remains a key U.S. security hub in Europe, hosting nearly 13,000 active-duty American troops across six bases as of the end of 2025.

Rubio heads to his high-profile meetings fresh off of social media commenters and conservative leaders applauding how well he stepped in for Karoline Leavitt behind the podium after she took maternity leave late last month. The secretary joked with reporters, fielded questions in multiple languages and delivered pointed warnings to Iran, giving supporters a glimpse of the presence he will likely carry into the Rome trip.

“Marco Rubio is showing the nation & the world what we’ve known about him for decades,” said Republican Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez on X. “Rubio is one of the most eloquent, articulate, & incredibly capable statesmen of our times.”

“President Trump made an EXCELLENT choice in him. He proves it every single day,” he added.

Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.

Trump pardon recipients face congressional investigation over “pay-to-play” questions

May 7, 2026 / 5:00 AM EDT / CBS News

Senate and House Democrats have launched an investigation into whether pardons and commutations issued by President Trump were driven by “pay-to-play dynamics,” according to letters obtained by CBS News.

Among the pardons being probed by lawmakers are those granted to cryptocurrency billionaire Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to money laundering; nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz, who was convicted of tax crimes; and entrepreneur Trevor Milton, sentenced to four years in prison in 2023 after being convicted of lying to investors.

On Thursday, California congressmen Dave Min and Raul Ruiz, as well as Vermont senator Peter Welch sent letters to more than a dozen recipients of executive clemency — seeking to unearth how they may have received favorable treatment from Mr. Trump or his advisers “through intermediaries, financial contributions, or other forms of influence.”

The Democrats are also examining the impact of pardons and commutations on thousands of financial victims. The letters note that Mr. Trump’s acts of clemency are “depriving victims of compensation and justice,” citing the president’s elimination of hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution — money owed to crime victims — and fines.

Clemency has come under scrutiny during Mr. Trump’s second term with his pardons or commutations of the sentences of a number of allies who faced prosecution —as well as those who hired people close to him. In the letters, the Democrats argued the president has appeared to reward his allies in a manner that departs from the Supreme Court’s description of executive clemency “as ‘an act of grace’ exercised for the ‘public welfare.’”

The lawmakers asked for any contracts showing how much money has been paid by the clemency recipients to lawyers, lobbyists, social media influencers and others who advocated on their behalf to Mr. Trump.

File photos of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao; real estate developer Timothy Leiweke; and Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Corp. Getty Images

They also requested communications between the recipients or people acting on their behalf with federal officials, records showing any donations to Mr. Trump or groups affiliated with him and other documents related to clemency efforts.

“If they don’t respond, they run the risk of highlighting themselves — of being the subjects of future congressional investigations and creating more of a target on their backs for potential further criminal prosecutions,” Min told CBS News, adding that the idea that people can “get around the justice system” after being convicted “gets to the heart of what is wrong with America right now under this administration.”

Because Democrats are in the minority in both the House and the Senate, they lack subpoena power and can only request cooperation from the pardon recipients. But this unusual pipeline for clemency will likely be a top oversight area for Democrats should they take back majorities in either chamber of Congress in the midterm elections this year. That would give them the authority to compel documents on clemency and other areas of oversight.

Perhaps the most high-profile clemency act that the lawmakers are investigating is Mr. Trump’s pardon last year of Zhao, the founder of crypto exchange Binance. Federal disclosures show that the clemency push was led by Ches McDowell, a lawyer and lobbyist who is a friend of Donald Trump Jr., as well as Teresa Goody Guillén, a lawyer who has represented Zach Witkoff, the son of Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.

In a letter to Zhao, Democrats cited reporting on how Binance partnered with World Liberty Financial, a crypto company founded by the Trump and Witkoff families. “Public reporting also indicates that you and Binance played an important role in brokering a massive investment in the Trump family’s crypto business, surging the Trump Stablecoin to a $2.1 billion valuation,” the letter read.

The White House denied any impropriety in the Zhao pardon and others. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that anyone “spending money to lobby for pardons is foolishly wasting their money” and that the administration has a “robust pardon review process.” Goody Guillén has also said there was no “quid pro quo.”

“President Trump’s abuse of the presidential pardon has let criminals walk free and deprived victims of hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution, with little to no explanation,” said Welch, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees clemency at the Department of Justice. The DOJ traditionally handles pardons and commutations but its former pardon attorney, Liz Oyer, previously told CBS News that the Trump administration “appears to be working around” the agency rather than with it “to vet and review applications for pardons.”

“This was a departure from over 100 years of practice,” Oyer said, claiming that clemency has been run out of the White House “without input from the Office of the Pardon Attorney.”

The letters to the clemency recipients asked for responses by May 22.

Schwartz, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a $38 million payroll tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned, had served just three months of his three-year prison sentence outside New York City when Mr. Trump pardoned him. It followed Schwartz’s payments to right-wing operatives and lawyers who are close to the president and Alice Marie Johnson, Mr. Trump’s “pardon czar,” the New York Times reported.

The lawmakers are also probing clemency to former healthcare executive Lawrence Duran — who was convicted of Medicare fraud and received a commutation from Mr. Trump wiping away $87 million in owed restitution. And they sent questions to Milton, the founder of the since-bankrupt automotive company Nikola.

In March 2025, Mr. Trump pardoned Milton — letting him off the hook for roughly $680 million in restitution to shareholders. It came after Milton and his wife donated at least $3 million to Mr. Trump’s 2024 campaign and other political groups in his orbit.

A White House official said earlier this year that Milton’s donations “played absolutely no role” in his pardon.

Others facing congressional scrutiny include former private equity executive David Gentile, who was convicted of running a $1.6 billion Ponzi scheme and saw his $15.5 million in restitution wiped away when Mr. Trump commuted his sentence. Senate Democrats raised concerns about the commutation last December — arguing that it “represents a betrayal of more than 17,000 innocent Americans from all walks of the political spectrum that lost over $1 billion in life savings because of his crimes.”

Also receiving letters were Paul Walczak, a pardoned tax cheat whose mother raised millions of dollars for Mr. Trump, and real estate developer Timothy Leiweke — who was pardoned after hiring lawyer and Trump ally Trey Gowdy following a conviction for alleged contract bid rigging. After that pardon, senior Justice Department officials “felt completely kneecapped by the president,” a former Trump administration official told The Free Press.

“The thing that rankles me even further is the deprivation of restitution, money that they were supposed to pay back to the victims of their frauds,” Min, a member of the House Oversight Committee, told CBS News.

“Now the victims get hit twice, because not only are the people that defrauded them not serving their time — not paying their debt to society — they’re literally not paying their debts to the people they defrauded,” the congressman added.

美国考虑开采军事基地下石油 补充石油储备

2026年5月7日 18:52 / 联合早报

在军事基地的地底钻探石油的计划，短期内不太可能立即压低能源价格，但却能让美国政府直接拥有所开采的石油，而不必向私人生产商购买原油来补充库存。在美国得克萨斯州一处油田，一台抽油机正在运行。 （路透社档案照片）

（华盛顿综合电）知情者透露，特朗普政府正在研究利用美国军事基地及其他战争部设施地下的石油资源，协助补充已大幅减少的石油储备，但当局尚未作出最终决定。

美国能源信息署星期三（5月6日）公布的数据显示，美国上周的石油产品日均出口量增至820万桶，创下历史新高，而美国战略石油储备目前的储量预计跌至1982年以来最低水平。

此前，拜登政府为应对俄乌战争导致的高油价曾大规模释放石油储备；特朗普政府早前则下令释放1亿7200万桶石油以缓解美伊冲突引发的能源价格飙升，导致储备进一步减少。

在军事基地的地底钻探石油的计划，短期内不太可能立即压低能源价格，但却能让美国政府直接拥有所开采的石油，而不必向私人生产商购买原油来补充库存。

美国能源部长赖特上个月曾暗示，政府计划“务实地”利用联邦政府控制的能源资源，并称需要“创新方式”来补充石油储备。

虽然并不常见，但在军事基地进行钻探并非全新做法。去年9月，特朗普政府就曾出售路易斯安那州巴克斯代尔空军基地近2000英亩（约809万公顷）土地的油气开采权。

美国地质调查局去年的分析显示，包括战争部、内政部以及其他机构拥有的美国联邦土地，地下蕴藏约294亿桶技术上可开采的石油，以及391万亿立方英尺天然气。

美国的油品出口量创下历史新高，在一定程度上缓解了全球燃料供应短缺压力，但消耗了国内库存。由于此时消费者和企业正面临高昂燃料价格，这给特朗普政府带来政治风险。

据美国汽车协会数据，星期二（5日）汽油零售价已飙升至每加仑4.50美元（约5.70新元），为2022年7月以来最高点。

The GOP’s enthusiasm problem

2026-05-07 05:00 AM ET / CNN

Analysis by

Aaron Blake

Republicans would have turnout challenges in the 2026 midterm elections regardless of how President Donald Trump was doing. After all, his base has proven they largely only come out in droves when his name is on the ballot.

So what happens when we add in Trump’s historic unpopularity and a series of moves that have alienated even many of his own supporters?

We’re starting to find out, and it doesn’t look good for the GOP.

A series of polls in recent weeks have taken an early look at enthusiasm and motivation to vote ahead of the 2026 election, and Republicans are suffering from a real deficit.

The party has trailed significantly on such measures for months, as CNN polling has showed. But what’s particularly remarkable is how unenthused Republicans are, compared to other recent midterm elections — including those involving Trump.

A Washington Post-ABC News poll this week, for instance, showed 73% of Democrats said the upcoming election is more important than past midterms. But just 52% of Republicans said the same.

That’s well shy of the 72% of GOP voters who said the same in September 2022, as well as the 63% who said the same in October 2018, just ahead of the last midterm when Trump was in office.

Similarly, the most recent CNN poll from late March showed just 48% of Republicans agreed that their vote would be cast to “send a message that you support Donald Trump.”

That was far less than the 76% of Democrats who said their vote would be cast to send a message of opposition to Trump.

And it was also far less than the 71% of Republicans who said their 2018 vote was intended to show support for then-President Trump, in a CNN poll in November of that year.

It’s also a smidge below the 51% of Democrats who said their 2022 midterm vote was meant to show support for then-President Joe Biden in October of that year.

That’s particularly striking because Biden has never commanded anything close to the level of loyalty and devotion in the Democratic Party that Trump has in the GOP. And yet, their numbers are similar.

House Republicans to discuss an upcoming House vote on funding for the US Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 5.

Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Jim Parks, Coconino County state committeeman, thumbs through paperwork while waiting to check in proxy voters during the Arizona Republican Party’s annual statutory meeting at Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on January 24, 2026.

Rebecca Noble/Reuters

Also, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released Wednesday showed the percentage of Democrats who say they’re “very enthusiastic” about voting today (61%) is about the same as October 2018 (60%). But Republicans’ number has dropped from 65% back then to 53% today.

In all of these numbers, we’re comparing polling from the spring of this year to later polling in previous midterms. And it’s possible GOP enthusiasm picks up in the months to come, as often happens when the election is more imminent.

But comparing the recent polling to previous springs tells a similar tale.

The Post-ABC poll, for instance, showed 72% of Republicans said they were “certain to vote” in the midterms. That’s less than Democrats (79%), and it’s also less than where both Democrats (78%) and Republicans (83%) were at about this point in the 2022 cycle.

And that 2022 Democrat number was, quite notably, before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and gave the party a shot in the arm. It also occurred when a less-galvanizing Biden was in office. But it was still higher than where the GOP is today.

Finally, a Marquette University Law School poll last month showed just 28% of Republicans and GOP-leaning independent voters said they were “very enthusiastic” about voting in the midterms.

That’s 19 points less than the number for Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters (47%). It’s also far less than the May 2022 number for Republican-leaning voters (50%) and less than the May 2022 number for Democratic-leaning voters (34%).

Shortly after that May 2022 poll was released, the Supreme Court swooped in and changed the midterm calculus by overturning the long-held constitutional right to an abortion. And plenty will happen in the six months between now and when voters render their judgments.

But right now, the GOP’s non-presidential-election turnout problem is looking even more problematic than usual.

美国考虑开采军事基地下石油 补充石油储备

2026年5月7日 18:52 / 联合早报

在军事基地的地底钻探石油的计划，短期内不太可能立即压低能源价格，但却能让美国政府直接拥有所开采的石油，而不必向私人生产商购买原油来补充库存。在美国得克萨斯州一处油田，一台抽油机正在运行。 （路透社档案照片）

（华盛顿综合电）知情者透露，特朗普政府正在研究利用美国军事基地及其他战争部设施地下的石油资源，协助补充已大幅减少的石油储备，但当局尚未作出最终决定。

美国能源信息署星期三（5月6日）公布的数据显示，美国上周的石油产品日均出口量增至820万桶，创下历史新高，而美国战略石油储备目前的储量预计跌至1982年以来最低水平。

此前，拜登政府为应对俄乌战争导致的高油价曾大规模释放石油储备；特朗普政府早前则下令释放1亿7200万桶石油以缓解美伊冲突引发的能源价格飙升，导致储备进一步减少。

在军事基地的地底钻探石油的计划，短期内不太可能立即压低能源价格，但却能让美国政府直接拥有所开采的石油，而不必向私人生产商购买原油来补充库存。

美国能源部长赖特上个月曾暗示，政府计划“务实地”利用联邦政府控制的能源资源，并称需要“创新方式”来补充石油储备。

虽然并不常见，但在军事基地进行钻探并非全新做法。去年9月，特朗普政府就曾出售路易斯安那州巴克斯代尔空军基地近2000英亩（约809万公顷）土地的油气开采权。

美国地质调查局去年的分析显示，包括战争部、内政部以及其他机构拥有的美国联邦土地，地下蕴藏约294亿桶技术上可开采的石油，以及391万亿立方英尺天然气。

美国的油品出口量创下历史新高，在一定程度上缓解了全球燃料供应短缺压力，但消耗了国内库存。由于此时消费者和企业正面临高昂燃料价格，这给特朗普政府带来政治风险。

据美国汽车协会数据，星期二（5日）汽油零售价已飙升至每加仑4.50美元（约5.70新元），为2022年7月以来最高点。

摩根士丹利：人形机器人将推动中国出口优势迈入新阶段

2026年5月7日 15:39 / 联合早报

摩根士丹利最新研究指出，中国在人形机器人领域的先发优势，将助力北京在全球制造业和出口领域开启新一轮主导地位。图为浙江省杭州市一个扮成交警的人形机器人。 （法新社）

摩根士丹利最新研究指出，中国在人形机器人领域的先发优势，将助力北京在全球制造业和出口领域开启新一轮主导地位。

据彭博社报道，由摩根士丹利亚洲首席经济学家阿亚（Chetan Ahya）领衔撰写的报告称，类似10年前中国率先将电动汽车确立为增长引擎，中国在人形机器人领域的投入和领先布局，预计将使它全球制造业占比从目前的15%提升至2030年的16.5%。

过去几年间，机器人技术已从实验室走向现实应用，中国的科技园区、工厂和高校已陆续部署人形机器人。此外，政府采购也逐步启动，为更广泛应用铺平道路。

阿亚在报告中说，中国在提前识别新一轮增长领域并进行前瞻性布局方面“拥有良好记录”，并以已占据主导地位的中国电动车和电池产业为例指出，“机器人产业正沿着类似路径发展”。

在产业布局上，中国正如同发展电动车产业一般，加快完善人形机器人全产业链产能体系。与此同时，包括特斯拉在内的美国企业也在加大投入，争夺这一领域主导权，使人形机器人竞争成为中美更广泛战略博弈的一部分。

摩根士丹利经济学家分析，美国路径更侧重于高成本、高规格原型机研发，在扩大生产前强调充分测试；而中国企业则更快推动产品落地，并以本土市场作为试验场。

但报告也指出，保护主义可能带来不确定性。中国电动车已在全球遭遇关税及其他限制。尽管人形机器人仍属新兴产业，对既有就业与生产者的保护需求相对较低，但围绕安全与技术依赖的担忧可能上升。

此外，过度投资与激烈竞争可能压缩利润空间导致产能过剩，也是行业潜在风险。报告称，机器人供应的快速增长可能推动自动化设备价格持续下行，“这是一把双刃剑”；一方面，更便宜的机器人有助于加快全球普及、提升生产效率并抑制终端产品通胀；另一方面，供给过快扩张也可能削弱行业定价能力与回报水平。

中国AI初创企业月之暗面新一轮融资后估值破200亿美元

2026年5月7日 15:42 / 联合早报

中国人工智能（AI）初创企业月之暗面创始人杨植麟今年3月25日在北京中关村论坛上演讲。 （路透社）

在经过新一轮融资后，中国人工智能（AI）初创企业月之暗面（Moonshot AI）的估值突破200亿美元（253亿新元）。

华峰资本星期四（5月7日）在微信公众号上介绍，中国头部大模型公司月之暗面完成了新一轮约20亿美元融资，投后估值突破200亿美元。本轮融资由美团龙珠领投，水木资本、中国移动、CPE源峰等参投。华峰资本担任这次交易部分买方的财务顾问。

华峰资本称，至此，月之暗面在半年内累计融资超39亿美元，总融资额超376亿元人民币（69亿新元），成为中国大模型创业公司中累计融资最多的企业。商业化方面，受益于模型能力迭代，月之暗面年度经常性收入在4月已超2亿美元。

月之暗面发言人暂未回应彭博社的置评请求。美团龙珠代表则向彭博社证实参与了本轮融资。

最新一轮融资显示，月之暗面的估值在短短数月内增长约四倍。

彭博社报道，去年底，这家总部位于北京的AI初创公司以43亿美元估值融资5亿美元；今年较早时再以100亿美元估值融资7亿美元，随后在扩展融资轮中寻求筹集最多10亿美元资金。

妇女被指带刀擅割店前芦荟 店家报警

2026年5月7日 15:50 / 黄佑解 / 新明日报

妇女被指偷偷割走芦荟叶片。 （受访者提供）

妇女自备刀具、环保袋，偷偷到店铺门前割走10片芦荟，全程被闭路电视拍下，店家报警。

这起事件发生在星期二（5月5日）早上约8时半，地点是兀兰13街第166座组屋底层的一家美容美发院Seemralicious Beauty Services外。

业者希穆兰（43岁）告诉记者，员工星期三（6日）早上10时许开门时，发现门口的一株芦荟遭人恶意切割。业者后来向警方报案。

“我之后查看电眼画面，发现是一名妇女趁我们还没营业，拿了一把刀来割芦荟，然后带走。”

根据电眼画面，一名黑衣妇女手提环保袋，走到店门口四处张望后，从袋子里拿出一把刀，割下芦荟并装袋带走。

希穆兰透露，芦荟是丈夫一年多前花了近30元买下来送她的礼物，因此意义非凡。

“我们印裔传统习俗认为，把芦荟放门口可以辟邪，我们每天都悉心照顾它，没想到会发生这种事，真的很心痛。”

芦荟遭人切割，叶片几乎所剩无几。（黄佑解摄）

她也说，没有见过那名妇女，也不清楚对方的动机。“如果她想要芦荟，大可以过来跟我们说，不需要趁我们不在时来破坏。我们平时任由它生长，都舍不得修剪，岂料却被人割成这种模样。”

记者星期三走访时，看见芦荟被切割后，叶片几乎所剩无几。

警方受询时证实接获报案，案件正在调查中。

事后上门道歉 店家：没诚意

店家事后将电眼画面发上网，要求妇女在24小时内前来道歉。

职员苏塔（28岁）指，妇女当天下午5时许上门致歉，但老板娘不在，就让对方直接联系老板娘。

“她（妇女）只是进来说‘对不起，我剪了你的植物’，仅此而已，让人觉得没诚意。”

希穆兰说，妇女之后没有联络她，所以才选择报警。“我丈夫担心我的人身安全，让我报警备案。”

她说，没想到帖子在网上引起不少网民议论，也感谢大家对此事的关注。“没想到我们的芦荟一夜之间成名，目前就把事件交给警方处理。”

货车疑打滑冲草坪撞柱 30岁司机助查

2026年5月7日 15:53 / 新明日报

在强大的冲撞力下，货车车头毁坏，部分零件和车牌都脱落。 （读者提供）

货车行驶中疑失控打滑后撞到柱子，司机助查。

这起车祸发生在星期三（5月6日）下午4时25分，地点是沈氏道和芽笼一巷的交界处。

读者马先生（60岁）告诉记者，他傍晚7时经过上述路段时，货车还停在原处，旁边还有数名交警。据他观察，有数名男子一直站在货车旁，相信是司机和乘客。

根据马先生提供的照片，货车冲上草坪后，撞上走廊的柱子，柱子明显被撞歪。在强大的冲撞力下，货车车头毁坏，部分零件和车牌都脱落。

警方受询时指出，一辆货车相信在上述地点自行打滑，30岁男司机协助调查，案件仍在调查中。新加坡民防部队受询时证实接获通报，但无需提供协助。

国际足联扩大禁赛范围 普雷斯蒂亚尼或缺席世界杯前两场赛事

2026年5月7日 15:54 / 联合早报

国际足联扩大禁赛范围，若普雷斯蒂亚尼入选世界杯阵容，他将没有资格参加阿根廷的前两场比赛。 （路透社）

阿根廷前锋普雷斯蒂亚尼（Prestianni）此前在欧冠联赛辱骂巴西球员维尼修斯（Vinicius）被欧洲足联禁赛，国际足联同意扩大禁赛处罚范围，前者可能错过本届世界杯前两场比赛。

效力于葡萄牙球队本菲卡（Benfica）的普雷斯蒂亚尼2月时在欧冠联赛中疑似种族歧视皇家马德里（Real Madrid）球星维尼修斯，欧足联对他处以六场禁赛处罚。

当时，普雷斯蒂亚尼在两人发生冲突时用球衣遮住嘴巴，说了一些话，但他否认使用种族歧视字眼，只承认说了带有恐同意味的言论。

国际足联星期三（5月6日）批准欧足联的请求，将禁赛令扩大至欧洲赛事以外的所有比赛。

他们在声明上写道：“国际足联纪律委员会决定，将欧足联给予的六场禁赛处罚扩展为全球范围。”

普雷斯蒂亚尼的六场禁赛已执行一场，其中三场将在两年观察期内缓期执行。

目前还不确定普雷斯蒂亚尼是否会入选卫冕冠军阿根廷的世界杯大名单。迄今为止，他仅代表阿根廷出场过一次，即去年11月对阵安哥拉的友谊赛。

若这名球员入选世界杯阵容，他将没有资格参加阿根廷的前两场比赛，对手分别是阿尔及利亚和奥地利。

此外，国际足联也为本届世界杯设立新规，若球员在与对手发生冲突时用手或衣服遮住嘴巴说话，将被视为试图掩饰种族歧视言论，从而被直接出示红卡罚下。