「双语」芬兰成北约第31个成员国；强生89亿美元和解滑石粉致癌案

1) Highlights From NASA’s Reveal of the Artemis II Moon Astronauts.

美国宇航局公布阿特米斯2号月球宇航员。

时隔50年，美国将再次登月，宇航员由3位美国人和1位加拿大人组成。上次登月是1972年阿波罗17号。

此次登月计划在2024年底进行。在此之前，将有美国和其它一些国家的多次其它尝试。今年4月底，日本的私人公司iSpace将发射登月机器人；2019年印度和以色列的一家非盈利公司试过机器人登陆，以失败告终；美国宇航局另外资助了两家私人公司，尝试今年发射宇宙飞船和登陆机器人；除了这些私人公司，印度、日本和俄罗斯政府也在紧锣密鼓地准备登陆月球。

For the first time in more than half a century, NASA has named a crew of astronauts headed to the moon.

NASA hopes to chart a path to putting humans on Mars, while scientists expect to use what is found there to answer questions about how the solar system formed.

2) Finland officially joins NATO in ceremonies held at alliance headquarters in Brussels.

芬兰在布鲁塞尔北约总部举行加盟仪式。

芬兰成为#北约#第31个成员国，实现其历史性的战略转变。其国旗在北约总部升起。

Finland on April 4 became the 31st member of NATO, wrapping up its historic strategic shift with the deposit of its accession documents to the alliance.

Finnish military personnel install the Finnish national flag at the NATO Headquarters on April 04, 2023 in Brussels, Germany.

3) J&J will pay $8.9 billion to settle claims cosmetic talc products caused cancer.

#强生#婴儿爽身粉致癌一案将以89亿美元和解。

强生公司基于滑石粉的产品受到数千起法律诉讼，已停止销售相关产品。强生将在接下来的25年时间里支付共89亿美元做为和解金，但强生仍然不接受滑石粉致癌的指控，认为这些指控缺乏科学依据。

强生在2020和2021两年时间里花在法律诉讼上的费用有74亿美元。

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