The announcement that the 92-year-old is stepping down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp, the television and newspaper empires he has built up over more than 70 years, should be treated with some scepticism: https://econ.st/3PRd23b
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Tsai Ing-wen’s support for Hong Kong’s protesters seems to have boosted her chance of winning
But the threat from Beijing is not going away
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Taiwan’s China-sceptic president may win again
But the threat from Beijing is not going away
World Regains Taste for Risk
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The LAT devotes its front page to coverage of a horrific passenger train crash in Los Angeles, which killed 15 and injured 135. Safety mechanisms didn't kick in, allowing the train to plow head-on into a freight train headed in the opposite direction.
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The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
The biggest focus of Wednesday's Japan-China summit talks was the extent to which the two leaders could hammer out practical measures for the two countries' ...
The biggest focus of Wednesday's Japan-China summit talks was the extent to which the two leaders could hammer out practical measures for the two countries' ...
tailings
World in Progress | 14.12.2008 | 09:30
Mining Safety in China
Recently, the governor of China’s Shanxi Province, Meng Xuenong, was forced to resign after an illegal tailings dam burst and killed over 200 people. This is just the latest mining-related disaster in a province which is renowned for its poor record on mine safety.
Shanxi is home to 30 percent of the country’s coal reserves and 80 percent of counties in the province rely on coal to feed their local economies. So while the central and local governments have been working hard to close mines with bad safety measures, it’s not always an easy job.
tailings Refuse or dross remaining after ore has been processed.
tail・ing
━━ n. （pl.） くず, 残りかす.
⇒tail2
laud
⇒tail2
verb [T] FORMAL
to praise:
The German leadership lauded the Russian initiative.
laud
━━ n., vt. 賛美（する）, 称賛（する）; 賛歌; 【カトリック】（Lauds） 朝の祈り.
laud・a・ble ━━ a. 称賛すべき.
laud・a・bil・i・ty n.
laud・a・bly ad.
lau・da・tion ━━ n. 称賛, 賛美.
laud・a・tive ━━ a. 称賛の.
laud・a・to・ry
⇒laud
sceptic, US skeptic laud・a・ble ━━ a. 称賛すべき.laud・a・bil・i・ty n.
laud・a・bly ad.
lau・da・tion ━━ n. 称賛, 賛美. laud・a・tive ━━ a. 称賛の. laud・a・to・ry ⇒laudnoun [C]
a person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief:
People say it can cure colds, but I'm a bit of a sceptic.
to convince the sceptics
sceptical, US skeptical
adjective
doubting that something is true or useful:
Many experts remain sceptical about/of his claims.
sceptically, US skeptically
adverb
scepticism, US skepticism
noun [U]
The company's environmental claims have been greeted/regarded/treated with scepticism by conservationists.
kick in
- Informal. To contribute (one's share): kicked in a few dollars for the office party.
- Informal. To become operative or take effect: “His pituitary kicked in, and his growth was suddenly vertical” (Kenneth Browser).
- Slang. To die.
Strike with force, crash into; also, attack vigorously. For example, The truck plowed into the retaining wall, or Carol plowed into the pile of correspondence. This expression transfers the force of the farmer's plow to other enterprises. [Late 1800s]
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