1.Industrial output rose 2.2 percent in November from a year earlier, missing expectations for a 3.6 percent gain in a Reuters poll and slowing significantly from the 5.0 percent growth seen in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed on Thursday.
国家统计局（NBS）周四公布的数据显示，11月工业产出较上年同期增长2.2%，低于路透社调查中3.6%的增长预期，与10月5.0%的增长相比大幅放缓。
2.A broad-spectrum COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm, which has the potential to protect against variants including Omicron, has been approved for emergency use by authorities in the United Arab Emirates, the company said on Thursday.
该公司周四表示，由中国制药商国药集团开发的一种广谱新冠肺炎疫苗已获阿拉伯联合酋长国当局批准紧急使用，该疫苗具有预防包括奥米克罗在内的变异的潜力。
3.The Biden administration on Thursday added Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip industry to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China’s chip industry, the US Commerce Department said.
美国商务部表示，拜登政府周四将中国内存芯片制造商YMTC和人工智能芯片行业的21家“主要”中国企业列入贸易黑名单，扩大了对中国芯片行业的打击力度。
4.US regulator the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said on Thursday that it was able to inspect the audit firms servicing mainland Chinese companies listed in the United States, removing the risk of delisting hanging over about 170 such firms.This is the first time in China’s history that it has allowed audit records to be taken outside the mainland for inspection.
美国监管机构上市公司会计监督委员会（PCAOB）周四表示它能够检查为在美上市的中国大陆公司提供服务的审计事务所，消除了约170家此类事务所的退市风险。这是中国历史上第一次允许将审计记录带到内地以外进行检查。
5.British nurses on Thursday staged an unprecedented one-day strike as a last resort in their fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings it could put patients at risk.
英国护士周四举行了一场前所未有的为期一天的*工罢**，作为他们争取更好工资和工作条件的最后手段，尽管警告称这可能会使患者处于危险之中。
6.Northern Ireland's agriculture minister acted unlawfully in February when he ordered a “politically motivated” halt to post-Brexit checks on food and agricultural goods coming from Britain, Belfast's High Court ruled on Thursday.
贝尔法斯特高等法院周四裁定，北爱尔兰农业部长2月份下令“出于政治动机”停止脱欧后对来自英国的食品和农产品的检查，这是违法行为。
7.An Irish U.N. peacekeeper was killed and several others were wounded after unidentified attackers opened fire on a convoy in southern Lebanon, Irish and Lebanese military officials said Thursday.
爱尔兰和黎巴嫩军方官员周四表示，身份不明的袭击者在黎巴嫩南部向一支车队开火，导致一名爱尔兰联合国维和人员死亡，另有数人受伤。
8.The United States plans a sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian troops it instructs at a base in Germany, with a new focus on advanced battlefield tactics, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
五角大楼周四宣布，美国计划大幅增加在德国一个基地执教的乌克兰*队军**数量，并将新的重点放在先进的战场战术上。
9.The UK government on Thursday admitted there were serious shortages of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections in children, despite more than a week of denials.
即使一周多的否认，英国政府周四终于承认，用于治疗儿童细菌感染的抗生素严重短缺。