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From NPR news in Washington, I’m Louise Schiavone.
One European prime minister says it could be one of the greatest financial rescue operations the world has seen. Eurozone finance ministers have concluded an emergency conference call today on Spain’s ailing economy. We get details from Lauren Frayer in Madrid.
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos was careful to call the package financial assistance, avoiding the word ‘bailout’. He said the money is being provided on terms much more favorable than what Spain is able to raise on financial markets on its own. De Guindos gave no dollar figure but Eurozone finance ministers say Spain is being offered up to 125 billion dollars. That money will go into Spain’s own bank rescue fund and help shore up(支持) local lenders weighed down by bad real estate debt. Spain will become the fourth Eurozone nation to request aids since Europe’s debt crisis broke out more than 2 years ago. For NPR news, I’m Lauren Frayer in Madrid.
In Washington, House Republicans are rejecting President Obama’s call for new government spending to create jobs. Instead, as NPR’s Tamara Keith reports they remain focused on repealing the President’s health care law and extending tax cuts.
House Speaker John Boehner wasted little time responding to the President.
The American people are still asking the question, ‘where are the jobs?’
President Obama is calling on Congress to pass portions of his jobs agenda that will help local and state governments avoid layoffs and would boost infrastructure spending. But Boehner said at the Capitol Hill press conference, he doesn’t think that’s the right focus.
Government continues to spend money that we don’t have. With these looming(即将来临) tax hikes(赋税增加), we have frozen employers in place, which is to say House Republican leaders have no intention of taking up the President’s jobs agenda and plan to keep working on their own very different plans. Tamara Keith, NPR news, Washington.
As Japan tsunami debris washes up on the shore of West Coast and Alaska, scientists are worried about invasive species, potentially arriving on that debris. At the 5 Gyres Institute in Santa Monica, Emma is one expert sounding the alarm.
Some of those species are necessarily meant to reach another coastline, you know, seven thousand miles away. And then I think it’s just been unknown of the volume of how much is out there and what potential impact it could have washing upon coastline.
A Japanese dock arrived on a beach in Oregon? a few days ago, carrying sewage, shellfish, crabs and star fish from Japan. In Tokyo, a panel evaluating the response to last year’s earth quake and tsunami crisis had damning words about Japan’s former government. A report found that tremendous confusion was added by the nation’s former Prime Minster and his aides. Numerous official calls made to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant at the height of the crisis, distracted plant operators. This is NPR news.
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova won the women’s final of the French open today, completing a career grand slam(大满贯), NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley reports Sharapova was powerful and constant putting her opponent away in just two sets.
Sharapova and Sara Errani ran and shrieked(尖叫) their way through the match on a sunny but blustery(大风的) day at Paris’s Roland Garros stadium. But in the end, Sharapova’s powerful strokes and * advantage was too much Errani, though the Italian battled backward some spin shots and crafty net play. Sharapova is the tenth woman to complete a grand slam, adding her French Open Title to championships at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australia Open. She is also backing No.1 for the first time since 2008 when shoulder surgery almost sank her career and she dropped as low as 126th.
Thank you, I have a… and in an interview with French sports caster after the match, Sharapova said she would save her victory with some French champagne. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR news, Paris.
Ahead of the Belmont Stakes in New York, more disappointment than excitement, as a potential Triple Crown winner was scratched from the race. I’ll have another was diagnosed with tendonitis on Friday. That was described by Belmont Park veterinarian Larry Bramlage.
It has a superficial digital flexor(屈肌) tendonitis. It’s the tendon in the back on the horse’s ankle that acts like a spring. It is actually what makes a horse able to be a horse. We have no analogous structure, our *‘s tendon is close. Dullahan, Union Rags are now the favourites in this evening’s race.
I’m Louise Schiavone, NPR news, Washington.