The events surrounding the death of Kim Jong Nam continue to evolve. While authorities haven't been able to identify the cause of death yet, police have expanded their suspect list to include Hyon Kwang Song, the second secretary at the North Korean

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In 2014, although no one knew it at the time, ISIS had reached its high point. In June of that year, said Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk, Mosul, a city of nearly 2 million people, fell to ISIS; and it

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At the recently concluded session of the UN Human Rights Council, the U.S. played a key role in shaping the international response to urgent human rights situations. 在最近结束的联合国人权理事会上,美国在为国际社会如何应对紧

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Terrorists with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the western part of Mosul face two options: surrender or die, said the spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve. 伊拉克以及叙利亚摩苏尔西部的IS恐怖分子

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According to the Daily Telegraph of September 20, the world's ten most unanswerable questions include what is the meaning of life, does God exist, showed a study made by Ask Jeeves, a popular search engine in US。 The search engine has now compiled

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1. The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold; 400 pages 1. 《可爱的骨头》,艾丽斯西伯德著(400页) Because Susie made us trust -- and cry for -- a ghost. 推荐理由:(女主人公)苏西让我们信任一缕孤魂,并为之哭泣。

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Once, pretty much everywhere, beating your wife and children was regarded as a father's duty, homosexuality was a hanging offense, and waterboarding was approved. Through the middle of the 19th century, the US and other nations in the Americas condon

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I read a post about TCBN Charter Member David Wolf's latest piece. Writing about increasing antipathy to foreign brands in China's domestic market, Wolf characteristically hit the nail on the head: Suddenly, just as people in China were starting to w

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1. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi 1. 《不是你的就不是你的》海伦欧叶密著 Keys are a recurring theme in Helen Oyeyemi's highly imaginative short story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours keys both metaphorical an

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I can't wait to get my hands on all of these books! From the soul-soothing words of Brene Brown to the historical observations of Margo Jefferson, there's something here for everyone. 这些书我全都迫不及待想一睹为快。从布琳布朗安抚

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备受关注的第二场美国大选电视辩论已经落下帷幕,对于希拉里和特朗普二人此次的交锋,多数美国媒体认为前者占了上风,但也有不少媒体表示特朗普表现出人意料,发挥不错。 The US media

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The world's first hamburger doesn't come from where you think it comes from. It wasn't invented in the United States, and it didn't originate in Germany. No, the world's first hamburger comes from China. 世界上第一只汉堡从哪来?不是你想

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Chen Guangbiao, a bespectacled, babyfaced Chinese millionaire, really wants you to know who he is. He wants you to know how influential he is. How charismatic he is. How beloved he is. How prominent he is. But ultimately, Chen Guangbiao really just w

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Everyone from pollsters to pundits got the result of the US presidential election wrong. 所有的民调机构和权威专家对美国总统选举的结果预测都是错误的。 But few can have made it in such an expensive manner. 但很少有人会

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