本期内容: A rise in global nationalism paired with a worldwide drop in oil prices has brought about significant shifts in the global economy over the past year. As a result of these developments, certain destinations that have long been some of

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本期内容: Men who delay starting a family are more likely to have geekier sons, a study suggests. They were brighter, more focused and less bothered about fitting in - according to the Geek Index devised by King's College London. The mother's a

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本期内容: Volkswagen will pay more than $10 billion in compensation to settle American claims arising from its emissions-test fiddlings; its former boss, Martin Winterkorn, is also under investigation for concealing an inquiry in order to manip

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本期内容: Hillary Clinton declared a historic victory with a decisive win in the California primary. But her rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders, said he would remain in the contest until the party convention in Philadelphia in

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本期内容: G7 leaders meeting in Japan warned that Brexit could harm the world economy and promised more forceful (but unspecified) measures to boost growth. Barack Obama laid a wreath at Hiroshima and decried nuclear weapons, without apologizin

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本期内容: Rescuers searched for wreckage from an EgyptAir Paris-Cairo flight which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. The Airbus A320, carrying 66 passengers and crew, disappeared from the radar shortly after entering Egyptian airspace. Greece

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本期内容: Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor of West Germany between1974 and 1982, died, aged 96. A pioneer of European and transatlantic co-operation, his brainy, abrasive style made enemies. The highly pragmatic Social Democrat once said that any

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本期内容: Quick, Which of these menu items can be included in a typical Chinese meal? Egg Foo Young? Chicken Chow Mein? Hot and Sour Soup? None of the above. Your answer will probably depend on where you live in the world.Those inside China wou

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本期内容: The global climate-change talks in Paris began with a stream of speeches, policy initiatives and behind-the-scenesdiplomacy. Franois Hollande linked the fight against terrorism (a world free of terror) to that against global warming (

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本期内容: The New York Post reported that Americas Federal Trade Commission was planning to block the merger of Staples and Office Depot, the countrys only two national office-supplies chains. The deal, worth $6.3 billion, was announced in Febr

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本期内容: A South Korean court has sentenced the 95-year-old founder of Lotte Group to four years in prison for embezzlement. Shin Kyuk-ho was indicted last year, along with three members of his family, on charges including tax evasion and frau

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本期内容: A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has been arrested after four days on the run following the death of one of his patients. Police say Dr Denis Furtado was detained in Rio de Janeiro thanks to an anonymous tip. H

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本期内容: Supermarket sales have grown at their fastest rate this year with demand stimulated by the World Cup and the warm weather, research suggests. Market research firm Kantar Worldpanel said food and drink sales in the 12 weeks to 15 July

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本期内容: Eli Lilly said that a clinical trial for a new drug to slow the onset of Alzheimers had failed. The drug, solanezumab, was tested on patients with mild cases of Alzheimers, who showed only a slight improvement after 18 months of treat

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本期内容: Auticon, previously known as Mindspark, is one of only a handful of companies that cater exclusively for employees who are on the autistic spectrum. It was founded by Gray Benoist who, as the father of two autistic sons, saw few optio

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本期内容: McDonald'swillsoonbanishcheeseburgersandchocolatemilkfromitsHappyMealmenuinanefforttocutdownonthecalories,sodium,saturatedfatandsugarthatkidsconsumeatitsrestaurants.TheHappyMealhaslongbeenatargetofhealthadvocatesandparentswholinkittoc

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本期内容: The Bank of England halved its base rate to a wafer-thin 0.25% and announced a big monetary stimulus: buying £60 billion of British government bonds and £10 billion from selected companies. An unprecedented downgrade slashed its 2

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本期内容: Russias Olympic athletes will not all be banned from competing in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee announced. Instead, decisions over bans will be left to individual sports federations; the IAAF, the athletics feder

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本期内容: Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination at the partys convention in Cleveland, amid plaudits from family members and raucous attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. After a mock trial conducted by Chris Christie, the

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本期内容: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in desert catacombs in Minya province, the antiquities ministry announced Saturday. Archaeologists found the non-royal mummies in a series of corridors after following the trail of bu

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