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为纪念新加坡开埠200周年，新加坡金融管理局在昨天（6月10日）推出了200万张20元新币。该钞票正面印有新加坡首任总统尤瑟夫伊萨的头像，背面是八位新加坡历史上对国家有重大贡献的先驱人士。有兴趣的人可在部分银行用等值钞票兑换，每人限20张。

据香港警方声明，6月9日，有15万4000香港人从维多利亚公园出发，参加游行。
According to the Hong Kong police, on 9th June, approximately 154 thousand people participated in a march. The march began at the Victorian Park.

这个游行的目的是反对香港政府修改《逃犯条例》。
The purpose of this march is to protest possible amendments to Hong Kong’s extradition bill.

2018年10月和2019年3月，两家波音737 Max飞机相继在起飞后就坠毁，共造成346名乘客以及机组人员遇难。自那时起，737 Max被超过20个国家的航空公司发布永久或短期的禁飞指令，到现在已经3个月了。
On Oct 2018 and Mar 2019, two separate Boeing 737 Max airplanes from different airlines crashed shortly after take-off. The two tragedies caused a total of 346 deaths including the passengers and pilot crews. Since then, Boeing 737 Max was indefinitely or temporarily banned by airlines from more than 20 countries. The ban has been 3 months till now.

今天（7日），就在中国东海海域，俄罗斯驱逐舰和美国导弹巡洋舰险些相撞。两艘军舰当时的最近距离只有区区50米！
Today (7th June), a Russian destroyer warship and a US cruiser warship almost collided in the East China Sea. The two warships came as close as only 50 m at one point!

在中国国家主席习近平的3日访俄日程中，华为与俄罗斯电信企业MTS签署了一项合同：华为将于明年在俄罗斯开发5G网络。
During China’s President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Russia, Chinese telecom Huawei signed a deal with Russian telecom MTS, in which the companies agreed that Huawei will develop 5G networks in Russia over the next year.

据法新社的报道，MTS声明该项协议将会“涵盖5G网络的开发以及第五代网络在2019年至2020年间的十点运行”。
According to AFP, MTS has said in a statement that the deal will include ‘the development of 5G technologies and the pilot launch of the fifth generation networks in 2019 and 2020.’

昨天下午（6月2日），一架从菲律宾宿务飞往新加坡的酷航航班，竟然在飞行途中受到了炸弹威胁。
Yesterday afternoon (2nd June), a Scoot flight from Cebu, Philippine to Singapore received a bomb threat in the course of the flight.

以安全著称的新加坡对此事作出紧急反应，新加坡空军派遣了两架战斗机护航。
As a nation well-known for its safety ranking, Singapore reacted speedily over the threat and two fighter jets from air force was assigned to escort the flight.

国际电气电子工程师学会（Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers），简称IEEE，是目前世界上在电子电气、计算机、通信、自动化工程技术研究领域最著名、规模最大的非营利性跨国学术组织。
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is by far the most famous and the largest non-profit organization of technical professionals in the world, with a focus in electrical, electronics, communications, computer engineering, computer science, and information technology.

五年一次的欧洲议会的选举投票刚刚在星期日（26日）结束。该投票选出的751名议员将会组成第九届欧洲议会。这次选举的投票率创下了20年来新高。
Voting for once-every-five years European Election just ended on Sunday, the 26th. The 751 members elected with form the ninth European Parliament. The turnover for this voting made a new high in 20 years.

几小时前，英国首相特蕾莎·梅（中国人亲切地称她为“梅姨”）发表了短短30秒的公告，宣布将于6月7日辞职。
Just a few years ago, Theresa May made a short 30 seconds statement, during which she has announced that she will quit as Conservative leader along with Prime Minister on 7th June.

看到这个新闻，我们首先想到的是她就任3年以来对英国脱欧协议做出的巨大努力。
Reading this news, the first thing that comes to our mind is the tremendous effort she made regarding Brexit during her 3 years as Prime Minister.

印度大选投票于上星期日（19日）结束，历时六周。今天星期四（23日）开始计票。然而在计票还未结束时，莫迪的连任就已经是意料之中了。
The Indian General election closed its six-week voting on last Sunday (19th May). The counting started on Thursday (23nd May). However, Modi’s re-election is confirmed long before the counting finishes.