Italian Highest court has upheld the 60-year jail sentence imposed on the crew ship captain Francesco Sketino. The decision put Sketino behind bars more than 5 years after he steal the cost Concordia on the rocks of the Italian Island of Ginio. 32 people on board died when the ship capsized.
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capsize:[kæp'saɪz]
vt. 倾覆(特指船);翻覆;弄翻
vi. 翻;倾覆;翻覆
Cyber-attacks have been reported on organizations in more than 70 countries, including Britain, Russia, the United States and China. Computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a random ware program that demands payment to restore uses of access. Many security researches are linking the incidents together. Britain’s national heath service said the attack forces some surgeries to divert emergencies.
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divert:[daɪ'vɜːt; dɪ-]
vt. 转移;使…欢娱;使…转向
vi. 转移
n. (Divert)人名;(法)迪韦尔
President Trump has warned the former FBI Chief James Comey against leaking materials to the media following his sacking this week. In a tweet, Mr. Trump said Mr. Comey had better hope there were no tapes of ourconversations. A White House spokesman later declined to comment about whether Mr. Trump has been recording conversations in the oval offices.
Candidates in Iran’s Presidential election have clashed in the sometimes bad tempered final television debate ahead of next week’s vote. One challenge, the mayor of Tran accused the incumbent Hassan Rouhani of lying about wanting to fight corruption. President Rouhani accused his opponent of hypocrisy.
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incumbent:[ɪn'kʌmb(ə)nt]
adj. 现任的;依靠的;负有职责的
n. 在职者;现任者;领圣俸者
hypocrisy:[hɪ'pɒkrɪsɪ]
n. 虚伪;伪善
Soldiers angry over the handing of a page dispute have been firing into the air at the military base across Ivory Coast. The soldiers weren’t consulted before a spokesman announced that it dropped the demand for the payment of bonuses.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has sacked his health minister after she released official figures showing a sharp rise in child mortality and maternity death over the past two years. Venezuela is facing a serious economic crisis and a shortage of many items.