When your mum tries to use slang do you blush? Do you cringe when she calls you by your childhood nickname in front of your friends? And how about searching for the nearest exit when your father engages in a dad dancing routine? Loving them dearly do
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Background: 12个大型恶魔雕塑被新安置在泰国曼谷国际机场，众人都在讨论此举背后的原因到底是为了美观还是为了迷信。相关人士说这些颜色鲜亮的雕塑每个都有6米多高，它们是仿照多年前在
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Background: 高盛投资银行英国分部的高层老板决定把去年的工资和奖金额度限定在一百万英镑或一百六十万美元之内。 After a year of strong profits, Goldman Sachs bankers could have been in line for even larger bo
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Background: F1 也就是一级方程式赛车，因其动力十足、昂贵和耗油的特点向来都不是一项与环保相关联的运动。但是现在，一级方程式赛车的组织者宣布他们正在计划减少这项比赛的碳排放量。
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背景：波罗的海正面临5年来最大的海藻疯长问题。海藻的泛滥不仅对海洋生物的生长造成影响，同时也给对环境变化亮起了一个指示灯。 Satellite images show the green algae spreading across the Baltic fr
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BBC News with Marion Marshall The internationally recognised winner of the presidential election in Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has called on the West African regional grouping Ecowas to send in special forces to remove his rival Laurent Gbagbo f
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The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohamed Ghannouchi, has named the ministers in the interim government intended to fill the vacuum left by the overthrow of President Ben Ali. Six ministers stay on in their posts, despite street protests in the capital
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Official figures released in the United States, the world's largest economy, show that the income of the average household fell last year and that more Americans than ever are living in poverty. Paul Adams reports from Washington. 世界最大的经济
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The long-serving president of the governing body of world football Depp Blatter has recognized the corruption scandal engulfing the organization has brought shame and humiliation to football. But addressing the opening of FIFA's annual congress in Zu
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BBC News with Jonathan Izard American officials have announced new sanctions against what they are calling dangerous terrorist groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The financial sanctions against five named individuals come as the United Sta
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European Union foreign and defense ministers have approved plans to establish a new EU military mission to combat gangs, trafficking people into Europe from Libya. It could eventually include operations to destroy smugglers boats in Libyan territoria
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Shares have fallen on Asian markets after President Trump announced plans to impose tariff on steel and aluminum, triggering fears of aluminum trade war. 在特朗普总统宣布计划对钢铁和铝征收关税后，亚洲市场的股价下跌，引发
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One of president Trump's top advisers, his son-in-law Jared Kushner has had his White House security clearance downgraded. Mr. Kushner who's had interim clearance for about a year, will now be unable to view many sensitive documents. Wigue Bran repor
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Saudi Aribia has replaced its top military commanders including the chief of staff. The move comes as the war in Yemen where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting rebels, is nearing the end of its third year. Sebastian Usher has more details. It's a flor
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Pro-government forces in Syria have continued their assault on the rebel-held territory of eastern Ghouta. The United Nations Secretary-General, Antnio Guterres has demanded an immediate ceasefire for the enclave. 叙利亚亲政府武装力量仍在继
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The International Olympic Committee has kept the ban on Russia at the Winter Olympics in South Korea in place for the short term. Russian athletes at Pyeongchang will not be allowed to march under their own flag at the closing ceremony in the few hou
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Senior Olympic Officials meet to consider Russia's suspension. A second Russian athlete has been excluded from the Winter Games in South Korea for failing a drugs test. The court of arbitration for sport has confirmed that Bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeev
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The UN Security Council is expected to meet shortly to again consider a call for humanitarian ceasefire in Syria as government forces bombard the rebel-held area Eastern Ghouta for a sixth day. A plan vote on Thursday was called off because of Russia
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Stock markets have tumbled in Asia after a selloff in United States. The Nikkei Index in Japan has fallen nearly 7% while share values in Hong Kong are down about 5%. Hours earlier, the Dow Jones index has suffered its biggest one-day drop in percent
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Brazil's president Michel Temer says organized Criminals have all but seized control of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Temer made the comments after signing a presidential decree authorizing an army general to supervise Crime fighting operations in
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