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继一个月以来多次针对《逃犯条例》的多次游行抗议，今天的游行（7月17日）显得有一些与众不同。
After more than a month of protests surrounding the extradition bill, the protest today (17th Jul) is a little bit different.

不同之处是，这次游行的发起人和主要参与人士都是年长人士。这次游行被称为“银发族静默游行”。他们高举“支持青年，守护香港”的横幅，与年青一代一同争取对香港政府的五项诉求。
The difference being, the organizers and main participants are all senior citizens. This protest is referred to as ‘silver hair protest’. They held up banners printed ‘support the youth, protest Hong Kong’, standing with the youths to fight for the five demands to the Hong Kong government.

一名女子于7月13日刊登在《联合早报》上的征友广告近日引起热议。
There has been a lot of discussions around this dating advertisement posted on Lianhe Zaobao on 13th Jul by a lady.

她所寻找的另一半需要是新加坡华人或永久居民，年龄40至53岁之间，身高1.75米以上。另一半还应至少大学学历，至少有车有公寓，收入至少万元。
The partner she is looking for need to be a Singapore citizen or Permanent Resident between the age of 40 to 53 and at least 1.75m tall. He should also have at least a university degree, a car and an apartment, and $10,000 salary.

举世闻名的电器公司戴森背后的大老板，詹姆斯·戴森，刚刚在新加坡购进了一套房产。这套房子目前是新加坡面积最大、楼层最高、价格最贵的顶层豪宅。
The CEO of world-renowned electronics company Dyson, James Dyson, just purchased a residential property in Singapore. This residential property is currently the biggest, highest and most expensive penthouse in Singapore.

坐落于丹戎巴葛中心的华利世家，这间占据62到64楼的顶层豪宅面积约2万1108平方英尺，标价1亿8百万新币。
Located in the Wallich Residence at Tanjong Pagar Centre, this penthouse occupies about 21,108 square foot from 62nd to 64th floor. It is priced at 108 million Singapore dollars.

今天（7月9日）凌晨4时，香港特首林郑月娥女士会见了记者，就逃犯条例的现状做出进一步声明。
4 am today (9th Jul), Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam met with the press to update on the current situation of the extradition bill.

据她称，这次修例“完全失败”，这项条例“已死”，希望香港市民可以给她和政府机会和时间来把香港带出目前的困境并改善现状。
According to her, this work on the Bill had been a ‘total failure’ and the extradition bill is ‘dead’. She asked the public to allow the government and herself the opportunity and time to ‘take Hong Kong out of the current impasse and try to improve the current situation’.

继几年前的“冰桶挑战”，又一大挑战——回旋踢开瓶盖席卷了社交网！
Since the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ a few years back, another big challenge ‘Bottle Cap Challenge’ has become the a new viral in social media!

挑战者需要做出一个精准的回旋踢，用它来带动一个拧紧的瓶盖旋开。
This challenge requires the challenger to perform a precise spin kick, where you use your foot to screw open a capped bottle.

虽然香港政府已经暂停了《逃犯条例》的修订，但是示威者的一些要求尚未得到相应，包括永久撤回该条例、释放被关押示威人士、修改“暴动”定义，等等。
Although Hong Kong government has paused on passing the extradition bill, some of the demands from the protestors are not met yet, including permanently withdrawing the said bill, releasing protestors in custody, redefine the protest from ‘riot’, and etc..

据《明报》报道，今日（7月7号），香港网民从尖沙嘴梳士巴利花园游行到了高铁西九龙站。
According to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao, there is another protest today (7th July) from a park at Tsim Sha Tsui to West Kowloon railway terminus.

电子商务巨头亚马逊的创办人及首席执行官，杰夫·贝佐斯与前妻麦肯辛正式离婚，结束了两人25年的婚姻。
The founder and CEO of E-commerce giant Amazon, Jeff Bezos has finalized his divorce with ex-wife Mackenzie Bezos, ending their 25-year marriage.

在离婚协议中，麦肯辛获得了约1970万股，也就是4%的亚马逊公司的股份，价值约383亿美元。这使她在彭博亿万富翁指数上排名第22位。
In the divorce settlement, Mackenzie will receive about 19.7 million shares, which is about 4% of Amazon stake. The value is approximately $38.3 billion. This divorce will make her rank 22nd on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

美国加利福尼亚州南部，近日连续发生两起高强度地震。
Two consecutive earthquakes happened in the Southern California region recently.

第一次发生在美国独立纪念日（7月4日）当天下午1时30分左右，强度为6.4级。
The first one happened on Independence Day (4TH July) local time 1:30 pm, with a magnitude of 6.5.

第二次为当地时间星期五（7月5号）晚上8时19分左右，强度为7.1级。两次地震的镇中心几乎在同一个位置。
The second one follows shortly around 8:19 pm on 5th Jul, Friday, with a magnitude of 7.1. The centers of the two earthquakes are almost in the same location.

周三7月3日，美国波音公司声明将会在未来几年拨款1亿美元，用于安抚资助两起波音737 Max空难中逝者的家属。
In a statement made by Boeing company on 3rd Jul, Wednesday, the company will issue $100 million in the next few years with the intention to support and comfort the families of the victims in two Boeing 737 Max crashes.

周日30号，美国总统特朗普在韩朝边境线上与朝鲜领导人金正恩进行了会面。
On Sunday，30th June, U.S. President Donald Trump met and talked with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un in the area dividing South and North Korea.

特朗普成为了首位在位期间踏入朝鲜国土的美国总统。
Trump became the first U.S. President who set foot in North Korea during his term