Hourly News 每日新闻 Hourly News 2013-07-18

 Japan urged to stop being provocative¹ over Diaoyu Islands

The Chinese government is once again calling on Japan to stop any provocative actions connected to the Diaoyu Islands. 

The call comes after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited two small islands near the disputed islands and spoke² with Japanese Coast Guard officers there on Wednesday. 

Abe has told the Coast Guard officers the Diaoyu Islands are "an inherent part of Japan's territory" and said Japan "will not recede³" over the issue. 

The Chinese Foreign Ministry⁴ has responded, saying China possesses undisputable sovereign rights over the islands.

 

China capable of withstanding shocks, reform remains⁵ priority: IMF

The International Monetary⁶ Fund is suggesting China's economy will expand at 7.8 percent this year.

But at the same time, the IMF says risk of moderation has grown.

In its annual report on China's economy, the IMF is emphasizing the importance of reforms to secure more consumer-based and sustainable growth. 

The IMF is predicting growth here in China will pick up moderately in the second half of the year in-line with a projected mild recovery in the global economy.

 

Daughter says Mandela has made "remarkable⁷" progress, UN chief hails

One of Nelson Mandela's daughters says her father is making "remarkable progress."

Zindzi Mandela's characterization of her father's health is in sharp contrast to court documents revealed earlier this month, where the family describes the soon-to-be 95-year old as on life support and near death.

Although Mandela will be spending his 95th birthday in hospital later on this Thusday, Zindzi says he may be going home "anytime soon."

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is describing Mandela is "a giant of our times".

The UN chief is also calling on people around the world to devote at least 67 minutes of their time this Thursday to community service in honor of Mandela.

 

EU's Ashton urges release of Egypt's Morsi, new timeline laid out

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is calling for the release of ousted⁸ Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi if there are no charges against him.

Ashton also says all other political figures currently being detained should also be released if they aren't facing charges.

The call comes as Egyptian prosecutors⁹ extend the detention¹⁰ of 8 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood¹¹ for an additional 15-days.

They're being held while prosecutors investigate allegations they incited¹² a violent uprising against the military earlier this month which left over 50-people dead.

 

Iran to resume nuclear talks with P5+1 after appointing new team

Iran's foreign minister has gone on record saying the P5+1 nuclear talks will resume after the new president officially takes office.

President-elect Hassan Rouhani is due to take the oath of office in August.

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says a new negotiating team will be appointed after Rouhani is sworn in.

The P5+1 talks include Iran and the 5-permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany.

A series of on-and-off talks within this framework have been taking place for several years, with little results to show for it.

 

Over a dozens killed in separate attacks in Iraq: police

A series of attacks across Iraq have left over a dozen people dead on Wednesday.

Three children have been killed and 5 others wounded by a roadside bomb near the city of Baquba.

Not far from that site, gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of a local Sunni tribal¹³ chief, killing¹⁴ his wife and wounding himself and two others.

A number of other attacks have also taken place in different parts of the same region.

Sectarian tensions have been running high in the so-called Sunni triange of Iraq, with both Sunni's and Shiite's accusing one-another of supporting extremists and local militias¹⁵.

 

Five policemen killed in attack in northern India

At least 5 police officers are dead amid a rebel attack in northern India.

Local authorities in the northeastern state of Bihar say leftist-rebels launched the attack after police showed up amid word the group was trying to destroy a bridge in the area.

Seven other Indian police officers have been wounded in the attack.

It's unclear how many casualties there are among the rebels.

A left-wing insurgency¹⁶ has existed in northeast India for decades.

 

China's netizen population hits 591 million

New stats show the number of people using the internet here in China hit around 590-million as of the end of June.

The China Internet Network Information Center says around 78-percent of those accessing the web use their mobile phones to do so.

This is 4-percent more compared with the end of last year.

The same analysis also shows Chinese mobile phone users spend an average of 1.5-hours on the internet every day.

 

one foreigner stabbed to death in Beijing

Two people, including a foreigner, have been killed in a knife-attack in Beijing.

The attack took place late yesterday afternoon at the Joy City Shopping mall in Chaoyang District.

Police had to forcibly take down the suspect, who attacked and killed the victims with a large cleaver¹⁷.

The identities of the victims have not been revealed.

Nor has a motive¹⁸ for the attack.

However, police say the 27-year old suspect, who hails from a rural county in Shandong, suffers from mental illness.

1 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

7 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

8 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

9 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

10 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

11 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

12 incited   

刺激，激励，煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He incited people to rise up against the government. 他煽动人们起来反对政府。
• The captain's example incited the men to bravery. 船长的榜样激发了水手们的勇敢精神。

13 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

14 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

15 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

16 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

17 cleaver   

n.切肉刀

参考例句：

• In fact,a cleaver is a class of ax.实际上，切肉刀也是斧子的一种。
• The cleaver is ground to a very sharp edge.刀磨得飞快。

18 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。