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As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns

February 9, 2026 11:04 AM UTC / Reuters

Feb 9 – Joyce Kenney is even happier with Donald Trump today than when she voted for him in 2024.

“I would gladly vote for him any time,” said the 74-year-old retiree in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

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As Trump heads into the second year of his presidency, Kenney hopes he continues his crusade against government waste and fraud, cuts costs for senior citizens, and deports more criminal immigrants – but also makes it easier for law-abiding immigrants to stay in the U.S., even those who entered illegally.

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“He needs to find a gentler way on the illegal aliens, not to just say everything’s black or white, because there is a lot of gray in everything,” she said. “We need to show a lot more humanity to people that are not Americans as well.”

With Trump confronting nationwide protests against his immigration policies, mounting cost-of-living complaints, and tensions with countries from Denmark to Colombia, Kenney and 19 other Trump voters spoke to Reuters about what they want him to accomplish in the year ahead.

Almost all of them praised his first-year performance. They backed policies that polls – surging immigration enforcement in U.S. cities, tariffs on trading partners, deep cuts to the federal workforce and capturing Venezuela’s president.

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TRUMP UNDER PRESSURE TO DELIVER BEFORE MIDTERMS IN NOVEMBER

The voters – whom Reuters has spoken with monthly for the past year – said they hoped the president would deliver further change in the months ahead, as pressure builds to help his fellow Republicans keep control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.

Six of the voters had virtually no criticism of Trump’s presidency to date, while three were highly dissatisfied with his performance last year. The remaining 11 voters were more mixed in their appraisals, though none of them said they regretted their vote.

The most common objectives the voters wanted Trump to pursue were immigration reform and a sharper focus on domestic issues – healthcare reform, cutting fraud in public programs and lowering the national debt – over foreign policy.

Fourteen said they were disappointed by the president’s recent rhetoric about annexing foreign countries and his tendency to inflame divisions through social media posts.

“I would like him to really focus way more on America,” said Robert Billups, 34, an unemployed accountant in Washington state.

Billups voted for Trump hoping for cheaper healthcare and more transparent government spending. Although he sees little improvement on those fronts, Billups maintains Trump was still “probably the best option” in the 2024 election.

Asked for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement: “The Trump administration remains laser-focused on continuing to cool inflation, accelerate economic growth, secure our border, and mass deport criminal illegal aliens.”

Trump’s tariffs, disdain for U.S. judges and officials with whom he disagrees, and recent “saber-rattling” about taking over Greenland and other countries – earned the president a “failing grade” from Steve Egan, 65, a promotional product distributor in Tampa.

Egan said his main hope for 2026 was that Trump would “stay in his lane” and not trigger a constitutional crisis.

“When Trump’s out of office, I’m sorry, I can’t vote Democratic generally, but if there’s a Democrat that talks more sense than Trump’s doing, then I’ll probably vote for him,” said Egan.

IMMIGRATION REFORM

The voters’ top ask for this year was a clearer pathway to legal status for law-abiding immigrants who are already contributing to the U.S. economy. Trump backed some such measures in his first term, but has not done so since retaking office.

Item 1 of 5 Joyce Kenney sits for a portrait at her home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, U.S., May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

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Last spring, 14 of the voters told Reuters they wanted Trump to ease legalization for deserving foreigners. In January, eight of the voters said immigration reform should be a second-year priority.

Juan Rivera, a 26-year-old content creator near San Diego who has some relatives seeking legal residency in the U.S. and others who work for Border Patrol, said he was “a little disappointed” that Trump had not pursued it.

Rivera, who does Latino outreach for California’s Republican Party, said prioritizing immigration reform would help the party in November’s midterm elections.

“Latino voters, Asian-American voters who voted for the president, they voted because they wanted to see immigration reform,” Rivera said. “I don’t think all Republicans realize that the president would not have won if it wasn’t for those voters.”

Across the country, Pennsylvania state corrections worker and former National Guardsman Brandon Neumeister, 36, also wants the president to focus on immigration reform this year.

“If they’ve been here, they’ve been productive, they’ve stayed out of trouble, I feel like those are the type of people we would want,” Neumeister said.

Rather than deporting immigrants “after they’ve been a fixture in communities for decades,” he added, the administration should create “a more streamlined method for them to attain citizenship.”

Like Rivera and Neumeister, Lesa Sandberg of St. George, Utah, said she approved of Trump’s efforts to secure the U.S. border but would “love to see the same emphasis on making it legal to be here as there is on getting rid of the criminals.”

Of roughly 60,000 people currently detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as of late January, about 44% had no pending criminal charge or prior conviction, according to agency statistics.

‘JUST CHILL’

As with most of the voters, Sandberg hoped Trump would continue his signature economic policies this year.

Sandberg, 58, who runs an accounting business, rents properties and works for a Republican political action committee, said last year’s deregulatory moves and tax cuts left her “satisfied” and “hopeful.” She said her grocery and gas bills had fallen, although the U.S. Consumer Price Index in January showed food prices were up while gas prices were down across the country.

But Sandberg is unsure how Trump plans to pay for hiking the military budget by two thirds over what Congress approved, and wants to know where the savings went after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed the federal workforce.

Trump’s top priority in 2026 should be “to balance a freaking budget and stop the progression of the debt,” Sandberg said.

Terry Alberta, 65, a pilot in Michigan, agreed that while “in my world, the economy is doing great,” he hoped Trump would do more this year to curb government waste.

“I had high hopes with DOGE and all that, and I thought we were really gonna get a handle on it, but you’re just taking a big wad of cash from one group and giving it to another group,” said Alberta. “I don’t see the deficit actually going down.”

Alberta also vented frustration with Trump’s penchant for lashing out at critics. “Stop making the people that disagree with you get all lathered up. Just chill,” he said.

In Georgia, David Ferguson, 54, a mechanical engineer and account manager for an industrial supply company, said Trump should keep trying to shift manufacturing back to the U.S. through tariffs and other tactics.

Ferguson agreed with Alberta that Trump had “a certain arrogance that sometimes comes across as a little too much,” but, he said, it “works for what he needs to do.”

Reporting by Julia Harte; Additional reporting by Ted Hesson; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Claudia Parsons

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Trump’s push to audit voter rolls is already snaring US citizens

2026-02-09T11:00:46.171Z / CNN

Sofia Minotti was surprised to receive a letter last October from her local elections office, saying she would be dropped from the voting rolls in 30 days unless she provided proof of her US citizenship.

Minotti, who was born in Argentina and moved to the United States with her parents as a toddler, has been a US citizen for years. She said she quickly sent a scan of her US passport to the Denton County Elections Office, preserving her right to vote in next month’s Texas primary elections. Denton County, north of Dallas, confirmed she had shown proof of citizenship.

“I felt offended,” the 24-year-old graduate student said of the scrutiny. “I’ve voted in every election since I was 18, and now my vote was coming under question.”

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Minotti is among dozens of US citizens in Texas alone to have been ensnared in a massive drive by the Trump administration to search for immigrants and other ineligible voters on state voter rolls.

The impact goes well beyond one state. Texas is among some two dozen states using a federal database overhauled last year to try to verify voters’ citizenship — and has flagged potential problems on just 0.0003% of queries nationwide. One Republican election official in another state told CNN that “the vast majority” of voters in their state flagged by the system turned out to be citizens after further investigation.

“The federal databases are not up to date,” said the person who asked not to be identified for fear of drawing the ire of the Trump administration and other Republicans. “They are not accurate. The last thing we want to do is disenfranchise eligible voters.”

As President Donald Trump has vowed to nationalize elections, his administration has already launched several efforts to insert itself into functions traditionally left to the states. That’s sparked worries about whether the exercise of flagging noncitizen voters will ultimately provide the administration a tool with which to challenge midterm results.

Trump has long baselessly claimed that improper voting by immigrants has affected election outcomes, notably the presidential contest he lost in 2020.

“It’s an attempt to exert pressure and control that is completely inappropriate and to lay the groundwork to be able to call into question the results if they don’t go the way that the administration wants them to go,” said Eileen O’Connor, a former voting rights attorney in the Justice Department who is now a senior counsel with the left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson argued in a statement that federal laws give the Justice Department “full authority” to ensure that states maintain accurate voter rolls.

“President Trump is committed to ensuring that Americans have full confidence in the administration of elections, and that includes totally accurate and up-to-date voter rolls free of errors and unlawfully registered non-citizen voters,” she said.

CNN spoke with state and local election officials to examine how voter rolls are being checked against a tool known as Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE.

Federal law requires states to make “reasonable” efforts to ensure that ineligible individuals are removed from the rolls. States already use an array of tools to maintain voter registration lists on a rolling basis, including obtaining data on people who have moved from the US Postal Service and motor-vehicle agencies and reports on people who died from state and federal sources.

Trump administration officials are increasingly arguing that state lists covering more than 200 million registered voters should be error-free to preserve election integrity. “Even one person voting who shouldn’t have voted is one too many,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a recent video.

SAVE has long been used to verify the citizenship and immigration status of people seeking government benefits. For years, some election officials also had agreements with the federal government to use the tool, for a fee, to check the citizenship status of voters. Some Republican officials and conservative activists called for expanded access to federal data to help vet voters.

The Trump administration dramatically expanded SAVE last year, linking it to Social Security and US passport data and allowing states to make bulk uploads of voter records for free. The administration has strongly encouraged states to use it.

In a letter posted online last year by Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, Trump praised Hargett for participating in SAVE, saying it demonstrates the Republican’s “commitment to safeguarding American elections.”

Officials in Democratic-led states have largely refused to participate in Trump’s voter-verification program, arguing that SAVE is unreliable and could lead to faulty matches that put legitimate voters at risk of being unable to cast a ballot.

States have made nearly 59 million voter verification queries since April, according to agency data provided to CNN. SAVE has flagged more than 18,000 suspected noncitizens among them.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesperson Matthew Tragesser said in a statement that the agency “is just getting started with SAVE enhancements and is committed to strengthening the program and expanding its reach.”

“We encourage all states to utilize SAVE to help eliminate voter fraud and restore trust in American elections,” he added.

Some Republican election chiefs say SAVE is another useful way to check their state voter rolls — provided that officials carefully vet the results.

Using SAVE as part of its research, Idaho turned up about 760 potential noncitizens among the nearly 1.1 million people on the state’s voter rolls, Phil McGrane, Idaho’s secretary of state, told CNN last year. Most of the people flagged were indeed US citizens, said McGrane, a Republican. Eventually, election officials winnowed the list to about a dozen cases that were sent to Idaho State Police for possible criminal investigation.

McGrane said enhanced citizenship verification is worthwhile to ensure “that there’s public trust in elections and confidence in the process.”

“The fact that we’re taking action (and) showing that the numbers are minimal, I think that’s really important for the voting public,” he said.

Texas was among the first states to use the revamped SAVE tool, running its entire list of more than 18 million registered voters through it last year. Secretary of State Jane Nelson, an appointee of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, said the analysis found 2,724 suspected noncitizens and referred them to individual counties to investigate further.

The state directed counties to give voters 30 days to verify their citizenship. But election officials across Texas have identified citizens flagged in error.

“It’s pretty clear that the list isn’t as close to accurate as the federal government thinks,” said Chris McGinn, the executive director of the Texas Association of County Election Officials.

A spokesperson for Nelson’s office did not respond to CNN’s questions.

In Denton County, where Minotti votes, the state identified 84 potential noncitizens on the county rolls. Frank Phillips, the county’s election administrator, said his review found that 14 had indicated they were not citizens on voter registration forms but had been improperly added to the registration rolls. None had a history of voting in the county. They have been removed from the rolls.

Fifteen, including Minotti, have provided documents establishing their citizenship and remain on the rolls.

But the majority of those flagged as suspected noncitizens — 55 — have not responded to the county’s notices and have had their registrations canceled, according to the county’s tally. Some could be US citizens and might show up to vote in upcoming elections without realizing they had been removed from the rolls.

“My fear is that they got the letter during a time period when there was a lot of campaign mail going out, so never looked at it or just threw it away and now they have been removed,” Phillips said.

Emily French, policy director at the voter advocacy group Common Cause Texas, said the process so far appears to mostly affect foreign-born people who later gained US citizenship.

“The No. 1 victim of this is always newly naturalized citizens because they have years and years of data saying they are not citizens and then they become one and cast their first vote,” she said.

French notes that, under Texas law, voters incorrectly removed can be restored to the voting rolls as soon as they provide proof of citizenship. She suggests voters check their registration status with their election office if concerned they were improperly removed.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services has cautioned states to “take additional steps” to verify voters’ status and to provide due process before removing them from the rolls. Trump administration critics argue the approach used widely in Texas — sending out notices giving voters 30 days to prove their citizenship — puts the burden on voters to prove they have done nothing wrong and find paperwork to show to the government.

“The upshot here is that they have imposed a backdoor documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement, which is something that folks in the Trump administration have been trying to pursue through other avenues,” said Nikhel Sus, chief counsel of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, pointing to unsuccessful efforts in Congress to pass that requirement.

CREW represents voting rights and privacy advocates who are suing in federal court to block the administration’s continued use of SAVE. The lawsuit contends that, among other issues, SAVE is unreliable for voter verification because the Social Security Administration does not automatically update the citizenship status of people who become naturalized after they obtain Social Security numbers.

Early voting in Texas starts on February 17 ahead of March 3 primaries, which include closely watched races for US Senate and several potentially competitive House races.

Minotti, who is working on her master’s degree in counseling, said she nearly missed the Denton County notice because she doesn’t pay much attention to mail and, at first, ignored the plain white envelope from the election office.

Minotti said she’s now paying close attention to everything election related. “Voting is just one of the ways we can express our opinion,” she said.

In the meantime, she said, the dates for the upcoming elections are circled on her calendar.

Other trump administration moves to ‘nationalize’ elections

• Trump urged Texas Republicans to draw new US House districts to help his party gain additional seats ahead of this year’s midterms, setting off an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting battle.
• The president signed an executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and ordering that all ballots be received by Election Day. Courts have blocked several provisions of the order.
• The Justice Department has demanded complete voter lists from states, including voters’ personal information, such as partial Social Security numbers. Notably, Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded voter rolls from Minnesota after federal agents shot and killed two protesters. The DOJ has sued two dozen states that have refused to comply.
• The administration is asking states to let the DOJ analyze voter rolls and agree to “clean” them within 45 days of any ineligible voters flagged by the federal government.

CNN’s Tierney Sneed and Ethan Cohen contributed to this report.

“进口新娘”言论引发外交风波 韩国地方官员被开除党籍

发布/2026年2月9日 20:52

韩国地方官员近日发表“进口外国女性提高生育率”言论引发轩然大波，不仅激起舆论强烈反弹，更招致越南政府正式抗议，演变为一场外交风波。

据悉，韩国全罗南道珍岛郡郡守（相当于中国的县长）金希洙（71岁）2月4日在地方行政会议直播中说，为应对人口锐减问题，应考虑从斯里兰卡、越南等国“进口”年轻姑娘，帮助农村青年成家。这番言论随即在网络广泛传播，引发舆论哗然。

越南驻韩国大使馆6日向全罗南道政府（相当于省政府）及珍岛郡政府递交抗议函，批评金希洙的言论物化女性、损害越南妇女尊严，并可能对韩越30多年的战略伙伴关系造成负面影响。

声明强调：“将女性称为‘进口对象’不仅侮辱个人尊严，也伤害两国人民共同的名誉。”

越南移民社区、女性团体及人权组织随后纷纷发表声明，要求金希洙作出真诚道歉并采取实际补救措施。

对此，全罗南道政府再发表官方道歉声明，明确指出“‘进口’一词严重物化女性，侵犯人性尊严，在任何情境下都无法辩解。”金希洙本人也公开致歉，承认用词不当，表示深感遗憾。

珍岛郡（县政府）方面则辩称，其初衷是“为引进人口而发言，但错误地使用了‘进口’一词”，并解释因地方人口危机而心情非常迫切。

尽管如此，争议持续发酵。韩国执政党星期一（2月9日）宣布将金希洙开除党籍。该党首席发言人朴洙贤严正说：“女性不是移民政策的工具，更不该被物化。”党内高层全体通过了对其紧急惩戒决议。

随着金希洙出局，今年6月3日即将举行的地方选举格局也受影响。政界人士指出，尽管被开除党籍，金希洙仍可能以无党籍身份参选，凭借现任优势争取连任，但其争议性言论无疑将成为选民判断的重要变量。

在低出生率危机背景下，韩国中央和地方政府纷纷加大支援力度。

据韩国保健福祉部与育儿政策研究所2月1日发布的《2025年生育支援政策分析报告》，2025年度各级地方政府生育相关预算首次突破3万亿韩元，达3万172亿韩元（约26亿新元），为历年来最高。两年内增长近三倍，反映出各地政府为稳住生育率回升趋势，积极推动婚育激励、住房支援等政策措施。

韩国合计生育率在2024年回升至0.75后，2025年预计可达0.8，实现连续增长。然而，专家警告，若要持续提升出生率，必须摆脱一次性补贴模式，建立可持续的育儿与就业支持体系。

隐藏式车门把手有安全隐忧 陆交局密切关注或增新条规

2026年2月9日 18:12 / 联合早报

中国官方宣布从2027年起禁止隐藏式车门把手后，我国陆路交通管理局也在探讨相关条例。受访专家指隐藏式把手在紧急状况下，可能因断电而耽误逃生和救援工作，因此应该订立明确的规范。

中国工业和信息化部门在2月2日发布新安全标准，规定在中国销售的汽车必须配备机械释放车门外把手，意味着禁用隐藏式门把手。

陆交局在答复《联合早报》询问时说，当局知晓国外对隐藏式车门把手的相关新条例，并在密切关注事态的发展，以考虑本地是否适用。

陆交局正与业界商讨相关条例，包括要求具备电子车门的车辆增设紧急机械解锁功能；以及若决定实施类似的条例，应预留多少时间让未配备这项功能的车型做出调整。

“为了紧跟业界和技术的发展，陆交局定期检讨车辆技术要求，包括隐藏式电动门把手。”

当局建议若车子配有紧急机械解锁功能，车主应查阅车主手册，咨询车商或前车主，以熟悉解锁操作模式和位置。

隐藏式门把依赖电力 断电情况下或失效

新加坡国立大学设计与工程学院机械工程系主任李宝胜教授受访时说，为了提高空气动力学效果和车身美感，许多新款汽车改用隐藏式把手。这种把手与车门平齐，通过触摸或按压启动小型电机解锁车门，或弹出把手。

李宝胜说，隐藏式门把理论上能减少风阻，但实际效益却微乎其微。乐观估计，车辆每行驶100公里，因风阻减少而省下来的电量只有约0.6千瓦时，甚至不足以驱动一台冷气机连续工作一小时。

他解释说，机械式把手利用杠杆原理，当使用者一拉把手，就会同时拉动另一个隐藏在车门里的连接绳索或连杆，松开车门锁扣。因此除非车祸导致车门变形被卡住，否则很少发生打不开车门的情况。

而在车祸等突发状况下，汽车可能因线路系统受损而断电，导致电力操作的隐藏式把手失效，车门无法打开。在浓烟、失火、光线不足、恐慌等情况下，也可能导致车外的人无法第一时间锁定隐藏式把手的位置，因而耽误逃生和救援行动。

李宝胜研判，隐藏式门把手的风险虽然不及高田（Takata）安全气囊问题急迫，但也应该对这一类车型进行针对性的安全审查。

“我国未必要照搬中国的做法，全面禁止隐藏式门把手，但可制定一套明确的安全要求。”

本地销售汽车中 约23%配隐藏式门把

非官方数据显示，在本地出售的汽车款式中，约23%配有隐藏式门把，其中大部分是电动汽车。

新加坡汽车商公会委员会主席、意美集团产品总监李日能受访时说，本地消费者购车时，通常以产品设计和生活需求为主要考量。而较注重安全的消费者或许会把车门把手的机制纳入购车考量，倾向于选购经过验证、具“故障安全”（fail-safe）机制的产品。

所谓“故障安全”机制，是一种设计原则，确保设备或系统发生故障、断电或操作失误时，会自动进入一种安全状态，不会对人员、设备或环境造成危害。

李日能说，还不清楚中国的最新禁令是否会影响本地汽车的销售。但中国做为重要的汽车制造枢纽和汽车市场，新条例将促使各热门电车做出设计调整。这样一来，市面上隐藏式门把手的汽车进入新加坡市场的选择也将减少。

意美集团是斯巴鲁汽车的本地经销商。

环线接驳巴士除夕傍晚不运行 接驳列车照常服务

2026年2月9日 18:21 / 联合早报

陆路交通管理局星期一（2月9日）在脸书发文说，下周一除夕早上尖峰期间仍将提供37A和38号接驳巴士服务，但傍晚尖峰时段将不会有接驳巴士。初一和二也全天没有接驳巴士服务。 （林明顺摄）

下星期一（2月16日）是大年除夕，配合地铁环线隧道加固工程推出的接驳巴士，在傍晚尖峰时段将不会运行，接驳巴士在初一和二也将暂停服务，直到初三（19日）早上恢复服务。

陆路交通管理局星期一（2月9日）在脸书发文说，下星期一除夕早上尖峰期间仍将提供37A和38号接驳巴士服务，但傍晚尖峰时段将不会有接驳巴士。初一和二也全天没有接驳巴士服务。

往返巴耶利峇站和蒙巴登站之间的接驳列车当天将照常运行。

由SMRT经营的环线，从1月17日开始进行隧道加固工程，预计持续至4月19日。这是为了在巴耶利峇站、达科达站和蒙巴登站之间的隧道安装钢板，使隧道结构更稳固，防止隧道沉降。

施工期间，衔接上述三个地铁站的两条隧道轮流关闭，任何时候只有一条隧道供列车通行。列车趟次间隔时间也从平时的三分钟，延长至10分钟。

为缓解工程影响，陆交局在平日早晚尖峰时段，各安排44辆双层巴士提供接驳服务。

高市：日美同盟为安全基轴 对华将冷静应对

2026年2月9日 18:22 / 联合早报

日本首相高市早苗星期一（2月9日）在东京自民党总部发表讲话。 （路透社）

日本首相高市早苗星期一（2月9日）在记者会上称，她计划于3月访问美国，并与美国总统特朗普举行会谈。她强调，日本将继续以日美同盟为安全政策基轴，同时加强与韩国、澳大利亚、菲律宾等国家的合作。

“关于与特朗普总统的会谈，我们将重申日本与美国之间牢不可破的团结，并在外交、经济、安全等广泛领域进一步推进合作，从而开启日美同盟历史的新篇章。”

高市还重申，将提前修订三份安全保障相关文件，“从根本上强化安保政策，全面守护日本的领土、领海、领空，以及国民的生命与安全”。

谈及对华外交时，高市指出，推进日中战略互惠关系的基本方针不变，但强调日本将立足国家利益，“冷静且妥善地应对”对华关系。

泰国新政府4月底就职 官员：无蜜月期

2026年2月9日 18:30 / 联合早报

泰国看守首相阿努廷领导的泰自豪党在大选中取得超出预期的胜利后，预计未来几天将启动组阁谈判。 （法新社）

泰国政府官员称，泰自豪党赢得选举后，泰国下届政府预计将于4月底前正式就职。

路透社报道，泰国政府发言人西里蓬星期一（2月9日）说：“不会有蜜月期。”

泰国选举委员会星期一公布的94%计票结果显示，泰自豪党在国会下议院选举中获得193席，将成为下议院第一大党，但因未能获得过半席位，需与其他政党组建联合政府。

新报业媒体与Taboola合作 内容推荐更精彩

2026年2月9日 18:50 / 联合早报

新报业媒体和Taboola展开合作后，早报读者今后也可通过更具个性化、数据驱动的内容推荐系统，看到更多更“对味”的数码内容。 （档案照片）

今后浏览《联合早报》《海峡时报》等新报业媒体旗下新闻平台和网站时，读者看到的推荐新闻和资讯，将更贴近个人阅读兴趣。

总部设在美国纽约的数码内容推荐技术平台Taboola，星期一（2月9日）发文告宣布，与新报业媒体展开合作，为集团旗下主要刊物的数码平台，提供内容推荐工具与技术支持，协助读者更容易发现感兴趣的报道，同时提升整体阅读体验。

这些平台包括《联合早报》《海峡时报》《商业时报》《每日新闻》《淡米尔之声》，以及数码平台Stomp。

双方合作的一大重点，是通过个性化、数据驱动的内容推荐系统，有效吸引并留住年轻一代及新兴受众群体。新报业媒体也会与Taboola一起测试和优化新的人工智能内容推荐技术。

目前，新报业媒体旗下平台，每周可触达约86％的本地15岁及以上人口。

新报业媒体副首席执行官郭又铨指出，集团一直在寻找更好的方式，提升数码产品的使用体验，并拉近与不同读者群的距离。

他说，集团期待与Taboola团队紧密合作，为读者带来更贴近个人兴趣的阅读体验。

Taboola创始人兼首席执行官辛格尔达（Adam Singolda）也期待协助新报业媒体扩大受众群，特别是吸引年轻读者，同时开拓新的营收渠道。

这项合作已正式生效，相关技术将在新报业媒体旗下数码平台陆续推出。

高市：日美同盟为安全基轴 对华将冷静应对

2026年2月9日 18:22 / 联合早报

日本首相[高市早苗]星期一（2月9日）在记者会上称，她计划于3月访问美国，并与美国总统特朗普举行会谈。她强调，日本将继续以日美同盟为安全政策基轴，同时加强与韩国、澳大利亚、菲律宾等国家的合作。

“关于与特朗普总统的会谈，我们将重申日本与美国之间牢不可破的团结，并在外交、经济、安全等广泛领域进一步推进合作，从而开启日美同盟历史的新篇章。”

高市还重申，将提前修订三份安全保障相关文件，“从根本上强化安保政策，全面守护日本的领土、领海、领空，以及国民的生命与安全”。

谈及对华外交时，高市指出，推进日中战略互惠关系的基本方针不变，但强调日本将立足国家利益，“冷静且妥善地应对”对华关系。

俄军无人机夜袭乌克兰两地 造成三人死亡

发布/2026年2月9日 15:05

2月8日，乌克兰顿涅茨克州克拉马托尔斯克市的一处居民楼被俄罗斯袭击损毁。 （法新社）

乌克兰官员星期一（2月9日）清晨说，俄罗斯夜间对敖德萨和哈尔科夫的空袭造成至少三人死亡。

法新社报道，据敖德萨市军事管理局局长利萨克称，伊朗制造的无人机猛烈袭击了南部港口城市敖德萨，引发火灾，并损毁了公寓楼和一条天然气管道。

“一名35岁男子在夜间袭击中丧生。另有两人受伤，其中包括一名19岁的女孩。”

敖德萨州州长基佩尔说，该市遭到“大规模袭击”，并证实发生火灾，但尚未公布伤亡人数。

在哈尔科夫州，州紧急事务部门说，他们在无人机袭击后找到了两具遗体，分别是一名妇女和一名10岁男孩。

该部门在Telegram上发帖称：“另有三人受伤。”

俄罗斯、乌克兰和美国正在进行三方会谈，旨在结束战争。

尽管华盛顿希望战争在年中结束，但基辅和莫斯科在领土划分问题上仍存在分歧。俄罗斯坚持要完全控制乌克兰东部的顿涅茨克地区。

俄罗斯目前占领了乌克兰约20%的领土。