US media report say President Trump is about to make good on his campaign promise and announce plans to withdraw the United Statesfrom the Paris Agreement on combating climate change. His opponents say quitting would be an abdication of American leadership on a pressing international challenge. And UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a last minute appeal to President not to break the commitment.
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abdication：[,æbdə'keʃən]
n. 辞职；退位
Gunmen have stormed hotel and entertainment complex in the Philippine’s capital Manila. Witness’s spoke several gunmen wearing masks and black clothes shooting at guests at hotel in resorts world, close to Manila airport. There are reports of people jumping from the second floor, trying to escape the bullets. The fire service has also reported a blaze on that floor. The army said police were in control of the situation. There are so far not confirmed figuresfor casualties. IS said it was behind the attack.
The former FBI Director James Comey is to testify next Thursday before a US congressional panel investigating allegations of Russian interference in last year’s presidential election. Mr. Comey who was fired by the President last month is expected to confirm that he’s come under pressure for Mr. Trump to drop the FBI’s investigation into his then national security advisor Michael Flynn.
The US has blacklisted 9 companies or government institutions and three people for their support of North Korea’s weapons program.The measures freeze any funds that individual or companies may have in the United States and banned Americans from dealing with them. Two Russian firms are among those sanctioned.
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The former Austrian Foreign Minister Alois Mock has died, aged 82. He made headlines in the summer of 1989 when with his Hungarian counterpart, he cut through the border offense between the two countries. One of the first cracks in the aisleoccurred then. He marked the beginning of the four communism.
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