Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt recently severed relations with Qatar over allegations of tolerating or supporting extremist groups, including al-Qaida's Syria branch. 近日,沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋、巴林、埃及与卡

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(6月)

DUBAI, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's biggest lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) said here Saturday that its Middle Eastearn branch achieved in 2012 a pre-tax profit of 54 million U.S. dollars, up 69 percent year on year, while its to

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This is AP News Minute. President Trump arrived at Paris Thursday morning. He's spending Bastille Day in France and is set to meet with French President Macron and US military leaders. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Kuwait and Qatar, as

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(七)月

Egypt's Release of Journalist Welcomed, With Caution LONDON The release of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste from a jail in Cairo has been greeted as a small step forward for basic rights in Egypt. But two of his colleagues remain behind bars. The j

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Qatar Denies World Cup Corruption 卡塔尔否认世界杯腐败 LONDON The head of Qatars organizing committee for the 2022 World Cup has insisted that the bid was completely clean despite the widespread corruption at the sports world governing body

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苏丹总统巴希尔目前在邻国厄立特里亚。自从国际法院以巴希尔在达尔富尔的战争罪名签发针对他的逮捕令之后,这是他首次出国访问。自从2003年以来,巴希尔的政府一直在达尔富尔与反政府武装分子作战。按照预定日程,巴希尔本月底将在卡塔尔出席一个阿拉伯峰会。苏丹最高

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Broadcast: Apr 04 2003 Officials at the coalition command center in 2) Qatar say more than 2,000 soldiers of Iraq's Republican Guard have surrendered to U.S. forces. Coalition spokesman Captain Frank

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India Suffers Fifth Deadliest Heat Wave in World History 印度遭遇史上最严重热浪 In the news today... Indian officials are blaming extremely hot weather for more than 2,000 deaths in the country. The extreme heat has been a problem for near

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Kerry: It Will Take Years to Defeat Islamic State 美国务卿克里称打败伊斯兰国需要很多年 U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday it will take years to defeat the Islamic State militant group. He also said that airstrikes agai

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Amnesty: FIFA Scandal Masking Abuse of Qatar Workers 人权组织:国际足联丑闻掩盖卡塔尔虐待工人事件 LONDON Human rights group Amnesty International says the corruption crisis in footballs world governing body, FIFA, is drawing atten

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国际足联被控忽略移民工人权利 Amnesty says in recent months, Qatar has made some progress in improving the rights of migrant workers.Under the new so-called Wage Protection System, big companies must now regularly pay their employees by

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Security has been increased around the venues, hotels and routes for diplomats here in Beijing for the start of the APEC meetings today. The Public Security Bureau in Beijing has established an information sharing system to deal with security concern

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Paul: So Todd, we're talking about football and recently there was the World Cup bidding process that occurred and the English campaign lost to the Russians and the American campaign lost to Qatar. How do you feel about that? Todd: Yeah, it was a bit

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Egyptians Lash Out at Qatari 'Meddling' 埃及人抨击卡塔尔的干预 CAIRO After years of growing influence, Qatar's apparent ambitions as a regional powerhouse have faltered in Tunisia and Syria and with what some experts say is its latest stum

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China's hope to advance to 2018 FIFA World Cup finals dimmed as they lost 0-2 to Uzbekistan on Tuesday night, collecting only one point from four matches played and standing last but one in the six-team Group B. 在本周二晚以0比2的比分输给乌

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This is AP news minute. 1. President Trump arrived in Paris Thursday morning. He is spending the Bastille day in France and is set to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron and U.S military leaders. 2. U.S secretary of state Rex Tillerson visited

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The U.S Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai to defuse tensions after the Afghan government boycotted the U.S peace talks with the Taliban. One of the reasons for the discontent was a sign at Taliban's new o

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Glencore PLC and Qatar have agreed to sell the bulk of their nearly 20% stake in Russian oil giant PAO Rosneft to a Chinese energy company. The deal, worth about 9 billion U.S. dollars, gives China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC) a 14.2% stake in Rosnef

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This week, the Trump administration signed a $12 billion deal to sell the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar three dozen F-15 fighter jets made by Boeing. The deal comes a week after President Trump labeled Qatar a funder of terrorism in the Middle East. F

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

The Afghan government has reacted angrily to a US deal in which five senior Taliban militants from Guantanamo Bay were handed over to Qatar in exchange for the release of an American soldier held captive by the Taliban. Sergeant Berg Dahl is now reco

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