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This is AP News Minute.
Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned on Friday in the wake of a campaign shake-up and revelations about his work in Ukraine. Manafort's resignation comes a day after The Associated Press reported that confidential1 emails from Manafort's firm contradicted his claims that he'd never lobbied on behalf of Ukrainian political figures in the US.
US Olympics swimmer Ryan Lochte apologied for his behavior surrounding a late-night incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more careful and candid2 about how he described what happened. Lochte claimed he and 3 teammates were victims of an armed robbery, but Brazilian police say the swimmers had vandalized a gas station after a night of partying and that they were confronted by armed security guards.
2 American astronauts ventured out on a space walk to install a new door for visitors at the International Space Station. The pair quickly began hooking up a docking port that will be used by future commercial crew capsules.
2 young Albino lion cubs3 are being cared for at Yalta Zoo in Crimea. The pair was born earlier this week at safari4 park. But their mother is blind and in poor health, so the cubs were tranferred to the zoo for proper care.
Matthew Burgoyne, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
1 confidential | |
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的 | |
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adj.公正的,正直的;坦率的 | |
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n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 ) | |
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n.远征旅行(探险、考察);探险队,狩猎队 | |
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