The U.N. General Assembly has, for the first time, held a debate on a global nuclear arms ban. More than 120 countries endorsed such a treaty, but forty U.N. members stayed away from the talks. The U.S. envoy said national security required nuclear arms because of, what she described as, bad actors who could not be trusted.
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treaty：['triːtɪ]
n. 条约，协议；谈判
U.S. Senate investigators are planning to question Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and close adviser of President Trump as part of their investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia. It's emerged that he spoke to the head of a Russian state-owned bank that is subject to U.S. sanctions.
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emerge：[ɪ'mɜːdʒ]
vi. 浮现；摆脱；暴露
British police say they've found no evidence that the man who killed four people in Westminster last week was associated with IS or Al-Qaeda. A senior counter-terrorism officer dismissed as pure speculation suggestions that Halid Masude had been radicalised in prison.
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speculation：[,spekjʊ'leɪʃn]
n. 投机；推测；思索；投机买卖
radicalise：['rædikəlaiz]
vt. 使激进（等于radicalize）
vi. 变得激进（等于radicalize）
The Pentagon says it places the highest priority on investigating claims that airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed a large number of civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul earlier this month. It acknowledged that airstrikes did take place in the immediate vicinity of the buildings where the casualties were reported.
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vicinity：[vɪ'sɪnɪtɪ]
n. 邻近，附近；近处
One of Brazil's main airlines GOL is to pay 1.3 million dollars to an indigenous tribe in compensation for the damage caused by a plane crash more than ten years ago. A private jet and the GOL commercial plane collided midair above the ALkai airport upon indigenous reserve. Tribal leaders say they were forced to move because the land had become cursed with the spirits of the dead.
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compensation：[kɒmpen'seɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 补偿；报酬；赔偿金
Saudi Arabia is cutting taxes for oil companies in a bid to attract investment in the expected sale of shares in its energy giant Arameco. The country plans to sell 5% of Arameco next year as part of a strategy to diversity its economy.
The American rapper Withs Haliv has angered Colombians by publishing photos of himself visiting the grave of a notorious drug lord Publiak Askelaba in the city of Madain. The local Mayor said he should apologise.
