The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Russia for talks as tensions grow between Moscow and Washington over Syria. He’s the most senior US official to visit Moscow since President Trump took office. Earlier, Mr. Tillerson warned that Russia was at risk of becoming irrelevant in the mid-east by continuing to support President Al-Assad.
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irrelevant：[ɪ'relɪv(ə)nt]
adj. 不相干的；不切题的
There’ve been 3 explosions near the team bus of the German Football Club Borussia Dortmund. It was on its way to a Champions League quarterfinal against Monaco. The tie has been postponed for 24 hours. One Dortmund player, the Spanish defender Marc Bartra was taken to the hospital with a hand injury caused by pieces of glass shattered in the blasts.
President Trump has formally approved Montenegro's membership of NATO, moving the Balkan nation a step closer to becoming the alliance as 29th member when Republican Senator warned this would antagonize Russia.
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vt. 使…敌对；使…对抗；对…起反作用
vi. 引起反抗
There’s been a fall in shares in United Airlines which has faced a storm of criticism since forcefully dragging a passenger off an overbooked plane on Sunday. At one stage, it dropped 4%.
The frontrunners in the French presidential election Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have called for changes in migration poll after a fire on the French north coast, destroyed a camp for some 1500 migrants hoping to cross the channel to England. The spokesman for Macron said an agreement with Britain left the French acting as its bodyguards would have to be reviewed during Brexit negotiations.
The lawyer for Zambia's Opposition Leader Hakainde Hichilema says he’s been detained on suspicion of a treason for obstructing the motivate of President. He hasn’t been formally charged.
Gay rights activists in Russia say they are organizing the evacuation of gay men facing persecution torture and even death in the Southern Russian Republic of Chechnya. One told the BBC that about 100 people have been detained since February in a wave of arrests.
