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Trudeau expands cabinet, promotes seven rookies and shakes up existing ministers (CTV)
Israel says it has carried out "wide-scale" strikes on Iranian targets in Syria (CBS)
A glance at NATO’s aims for Dec. summit, as tensions simmer (ABC)
Amid turmoil, Prince Andrew to step back from royal duties (AP)
Prince Andrew faces backlash over interview on Epstein as organizations cut ties (CBS)
美国时政 US Politics
A standoff over Red Flag gun laws in Colorado
Live Updates : Impeachment hearing with Gordon Sondland CNN)
Pompeo responds after Sondland says he was aware of effort to press Ukraine on investigations (CBS)
Five bombshells from explosive Sondland testimony ( The Hill )
Some Georgia voters voice doubts over impeachment hearings: 'This is just useless politics' (ABC)
Schiff accuses Trump, Pompeo of 'concerted' effort to obstruct impeachment inquiry ( The Hill)
商业 Business
New US-China trade worries pull stocks lower on Wall Street (AP)
The best rewards credit cards of November 2019 (CNBC)
旅行 Travel
Secret perks you can get on Viking, Seabourn, Windstar and other luxury cruise lines (USA Today)
健康 Health
Anal cancer rates and deaths are climbing in the US, study says (CNN)
时尚 Style
World's tallest atrium, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, opens in China (CNN)
Dubai green superhighway plan wins 'Smart Cities' prize at World Architecture Festival (CNN)
英汉对照呆牛世界 Daniel's Lens
Eastern Europe is headed toward a demographic crisis
东欧正走向人口危机
Emmanuel Macron is right: NATO is over
埃马纽埃尔·马克龙是对的：北约已经结束
The Arab world faces more challenges than just toppling autocrats
阿拉伯世界面临的挑战不仅仅是推翻独裁者
今日习语 Idioms of the Day
clout list 关系户名单 在录取或任命过程中，通过与富有、有权威或有政治影响力的人建立有关系而得到优先考虑的秘密名单。
Even though he didn't do well in school, his father's connections to state senators and local politicians enabled him to be put on the university's clout list, and he eventually gained admission.
Gov. Blagojevich's office kept a clout list of hundreds of state employees recommended by lobbyists, lawmakers and major fund-raisers.
The University of Illinois announced Monday that it will temporarily suspend the use of a clout list in the admissions.
throw (sb) a curve (ball) to surprise someone with something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with. A curve ball is a pitch in baseball intended to be difficult to hit due to its curving path. 给（某人）出难题；使（某人）惊讶
Mother Nature threw us a curve ball last winter with record-breaking amounts of snow.
Her confidence and fact-of-the-matter answers threw police a curve during their questioning.
That’s thrown a curve ball into the leadership contest. Boris Johnson to face court over comments in run up to EU ref.
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander Chiefly UK what's good for the goose is good for the gander Chiefly US
said to emphasize that if one person is allowed to do something or to behave in a particular way, then another person must be allowed to do that thing or behave in that way, too 适用于此者也应适用于彼；应该一视同仁 — Cambridge Dictionary
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded to a question about whether members of his own Conservative (or Tory) party who vote against his proposed deal with the European Union would be effectively kicked out of the party (just like those who have announced that they would vote against a "no deal" Brexit). He answered yes, saying: "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”. — Merriam-Webster
Clinton certainly has her own transparency issues, but that doesn’t excuse Mr. Trump. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If Hilary lacks credibility and trustworthiness because of secretiveness, then the same goes for Donald. If American’s want to see what’s on her e-mail server, then they should have the same right to see what’s in his tax returns. — Economist.com Jun 2nd 2016 6:21 GMT
fly in the face of sth to completely oppose what seems sensible or normal 与常识相悖
Origin This expression alludes to that of the hen that flies in the face of the dog or fox that attacks her.
The outcome would fly in the face of Mr Johnson's 'do or die' vow to take the UK out of the bloc by Halloween, and insistence he will not ask the EU for another delay.
The executive orders issued by President Trump fly in the face of the values held in Britain and in most other European countries.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq flew in the face of intelligence reports that stated Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.
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