The United States has expressed its concerns about a judgement from the European Commission ordering the technology giant Apple to pay up to 14.5billion dollars in back taxes. The White House says such a unilateral approach threaten to undermine progress on making the international tax system fair.
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mashangxue
unilateral：[juːnɪ'læt(ə)r(ə)l]
adj. 单边的；[植] 单侧的；单方面的；单边音；（父母）单系的
The Islamic State militant group says that one of its senior leaders its spokesman Abu Mohammad Al Adnani has been killed. A website affiliated to IS Amaq says he was killed while serving operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo in Syria.
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mashangxue
affiliate：[ə'fɪlɪeɪt]
n. 联号；隶属的机构等
vt. 使附属；接纳；使紧密联系
vi. 参加，加入；发生联系
The US military says Turkey and Kurdish forces have agreed to stop fighting each other in northern Syria. A spokesman says this was an elusive agreement and hope on that it would be solidify.
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mashangxue
elusive：[ɪ'l(j)uːsɪv]
adj. 难懂的；易忘的；逃避的；难捉摸的
The US department of Agriculture has closed offices in five states after receiving anonymous threats. It said officials were working with the FBI and police to determine whether the threats were credible.
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mashangxue
anonymous：[ə'nɒnɪməs]
adj. 匿名的，无名的；无个性特征的
The United Nations says steps have been taken to vet the health of peace keepers before they’re deployed on missions. Earlier this month, the UN finally acknowledged it contributed to an outbreak of Cholera in Haiti that’skilled 10,000 people in six years.
An Italian bishop has condemned shoddy building practices during a funeral mass for victims of last week's earthquake. Bishop Domenico Pampily said earthquakesdo not kill, he said it was work of man that kills.
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mashangxue
bishop：['bɪʃəp]
n. （基督教的）主教；（国际象棋的）象
shoddy：['ʃɒdɪ]
n. 赝品；冒牌货；假装粗俗
adj. 假冒的；劣质的；卑劣的
The Nigerian football federation says that it doesn't have the money to pay the salary of Rio’s coach of the national football team. Samson Siasia took Nigerian to the brown’s medal in Rio, the country's only medal of the games,but he is owed five months' pay.
Crickets, England have scored the highest number of rounds ever in a one day international. They notched up 444:3 in 50 overs in an international against Pakistan at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
