August 9th, 2019

夏休みでドルフィンツアーが多くて先生のガイドスケジュールも多忙の模様。ホテルの祭りイベントで金魚の屋台がどこかに出ていたらしく、あの金魚は大きくなったら鯉になるんでしょ?と今日、日本人観光客に教えてもらったよ。というので、あれはフナだから鯉にはならないと訂正してあげた。^^

1)   U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns over a protracted trade war with China despite a warning from Beijing that Washington’s decision to label it a currency manipulator would lead to chaos in financial markets.

2)   A UN panel on climate change has warned that global warming could undermine the stability of food supplies and lead to a surge in food prices.

3)   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed search warrants at food processing plants across Mississippi on Wednesday, resulting in the arrest of 680 people.

4)   Hundreds of people have been detained and communications cut off in the India-controlled part of Kashmir. The move follows New Delhi’s decision to strip the region of its special status that granted it a high degree of autonomy for decades.

5)   The body of a missing British scientist has been found in a ravine on the Greek island of Ikaria two days after she disappeared, Greek police said on Wednesday.

6)   Syrian government forces seized ground from insurgents in northwestern Syria on Thursday, sources on both sides said, building on advances since the military declared an end to a brief ceasefire earlier this week.

7)   Russian authorities on Thursday froze a slew of bank accounts linked to jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny as part of a money laundering investigation that his allies say is a attempt to cripple his political movement.

8)   Russian authorities on Thursday froze a slew of bank accounts linked to jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny as part of a money laundering investigation.

9)   Britain will relax its immigration rules to attract more top scientists after Brexit by seeking to fast-track visas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.

10)   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed search warrants at food processing plants across Mississippi on Wednesday, resulting in the arrest of 680 people.

11)   Influencers on Ugandan social media and others with large, commercialized online followings must henceforth register their activities for monitoring by the state, the country’s communications regulator said on Thursday.