China on Wednesday slapped one of the country's best-known comedy companies with a 14.7-million-yuan (US$2.13 million) penalty, accusing it of "harming society" after a military joke made by one of its comedians drew strong public criticism.
周三，中国对一家最知名的喜剧公司处以1470万元人民币（213万美元）的罚款，指控其“危害社会”，此前该公司一名喜剧演员的军事笑话引发了公众的强烈批评。
Police in Thailand’s southern province of Satun have apprehended two men and a teenage girl in connection with the death of a Chinese businessman at a resort in Trang province. Police also seized a Honda Accord sedan and other items, including 11 bank books, five ATM cards, one credit card, two passports, three cell phones and 11,700 baht in cash, believed to have been stolen from the victim.
泰国南部沙吞省警方逮捕了两名男子和一名十几岁的女孩，他们与一名中国商人在沙吞省度假胜地死亡有关。警方还缴获了一辆本田雅阁轿车和其他物品，包括11本银行存折、5张ATM卡、1张信用卡、2本护照、3部手机和11700泰铢现金，据信这些物品是从受害者身上被盗的。
China on Wednesday sent a new BeiDou navigation satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
周三，中国从位于中国西南部四川省的西昌卫星发射中心向太空发射了一颗新的北斗导航卫星。
Baidu Inc's experience in tailoring its search engine to Chinese regulatory requirements makes it confident its AI-driven chatbot won't make mistakes , the company said on Tuesday.
百度公司周二表示，百度公司在根据中国监管要求调整搜索引擎方面的经验，使其相信AI驱动的聊天机器人不会出错。
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s e-commerce division will make “huge” investments in its Taobao shopping app, as the newly created arm seeks to ward off competition from social media platforms.
阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司的电子商务部门将对其淘宝购物应用程序进行“巨额”投资，这家新成立的分支机构试图避开社交媒体平台的竞争。
Bushra Khan, the wife of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is facing corruption charges in the same case that led to his arrest on May 9. On Monday, he accompanied her to a court that granted her protective bail.
巴基斯坦前总理伊姆兰·汗的妻子布什拉·汗在5月9日被捕的同一案件中面临腐败指控。周一，伊姆兰·汗陪同她前往一家法院，该法院准予她保护性保释。
Three Russian academics who have worked on hypersonic missile technology face "very serious accusations", the Kremlin said on Wednesday, in a treason investigation that has spread alarm through Russia's scientific community.
克里姆林宫周三表示，三名从事高超音速导弹技术研究的俄罗斯学者面临“非常严重的指控”，这项叛国罪调查在俄罗斯科学界引起了恐慌。
Tesla Inc. is nearing the final stages before starting trial production of its revamped Model 3 sedan in Shanghai, according to people familiar with the matter, which Elon Musk is betting will compete more effectively with Chinese rivals.
据知情人士透露，特斯拉股份有限公司在上海开始试产改造后的Model 3轿车，目前已接近尾声。埃隆·马斯克押注，该公司将更有效地与中国竞争对手展开竞争。