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上星期五（14号），巴基斯坦的记者会上，一名部长Shaukat Yousafzai这在做例行报告，谁曾想到摄像机的猫咪滤镜竟然被不小心打开了，给该部长戴上了猫咪耳朵！
Last Friday (14th), a Pakistani minister Shaukat Yousafzai was doing his routing briefing at a press conference. Who would have thought that the cat filter was accidentally turned on in the camera, adding cute kitty ears to the minister!

更火上浇油的是，这个摄像机是处于直播状态。在网民们哈哈大笑的时候，可怜的部长一无所知，依然在一本正经地讲话。
To make things worse, the camera was in live-stream. While the netizens were having a good laugh, the minister did not have a clue what was going on and proceeded with his speech.

尽管香港行政长官林郑月娥对待《逃犯条例》的立场坚定，但在强烈的民意反对压力下，林郑女士还是退步了。
Although the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam has been standing firm on her ground regarding the extradition bill, under the growing opposition from the Hong Kong public, Mrs. Lam eventually backs down.

一部分香港人民对于该条例的的看法一直处于反对立场，最后在当月9日开始了大规模游行抗议活动，在此期间民警冲突一再升级，甚至出现了受伤者。
Some Hong Kong citizens have always opposed the extradition bill and started a mass protest from 9th June. Confrontations between the protestors and the police escalated during that time period and there are even people injured.

前景回顾：章莹颖是伊利诺伊大学的访问学者。她于2017年6月9日失踪。监控录像显示了她进入嫌疑人克里斯滕森所驾驶车的画面，这就是我们最后一次看见她了。
Background: Ms. Zhang Yingying is a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois. She disappeared on 9th June 2017. Surveillance camera revealed her entering the vehicle of suspect Brendt Christensen and she was never seen since.

自从9日香港民众自发游行示威反对政府签订《逃犯条例》以来，情形持续升级，警民冲突一度恶化。
Since the start of the organized protest against the extradition bill on 9th June, the situation continues to escalate and the clashes between protesters and police increased and became more serious.

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.