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The U.N. General Assembly voted 128 to 9 with 35 abstentions on Thursday in favor of a non-binding resolution denouncing President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Key Arab US allies banded together against the US. US ambassador Nikki Haley is threatening UN member states and the U.N. with funding cut.
Two men have been arrested in Australia after driving into pedestrians in a Melbourne street. 14 people were injured. Police say there is no evidence or intelligence to indicate a connection to terrorism.
The Phoenix fire department says one person is dead and a second critically injured after a natural gas explosion destroyed a house. The fire spread to a second home. The cause has not been determined.
President Donald Trump was at Walter Reed National Medical Center to visit wounded service members. Trump is expected to return to the facility in the new year to undergo a physical.
I'm Julian Stiles, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
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VOCABULARY
1. abstention n. abstention (from sth.) an act of choosing not to use a vote either in favour of or against sth. 弃权（不投票）。例如： The voting was 15 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions. 表决结果是15人赞成，3人反对，2人弃权。
2. intelligence n. secret information that is collected, for example about a foreign country, especially one that is an enemy; the people that collect this information （尤指关于敌对国家的）情报；情报人员。例如：
intelligence reports情报人员的报告
the US Central Intelligence Agency美国中央情报局
QUESTIONS
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
This is AP News Minute.
The U.N. General Assembly voted 128 to 9 with 35 abstentions on Thursday in favor of a non-binding resolution denouncing President Donald Trump's _________________________ of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Key Arab US allies banded together against the US. US ambassador Nikki Haley is threatening UN member states and the U.N. with ________________________.
Two men have been arrested in Australia after driving into _________________________ in a Melbourne street. 14 people were injured. Police say there's no _____________________ or intelligence to indicate a ______________________________ to terrorism.
The Phoenix fire department says one person is dead and a second critically injured after a _______________________________ destroyed a house. The fire spread to a second home. The cause has not been ______________________________.
President Donald Trump was at Walter Reed National Medical Center to visit _____________ service members. Trump is expected to return to the ______________________ in the new year to ___________________________________.
I'm Julian Stiles, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
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This is AP News Minute.
The U.N. General Assembly voted 128 to 9 with 35 abstentions on Thursday in favor of a non-binding resolution denouncing President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Key Arab US allies banded together against the US. US ambassador Nikki Haley is threatening UN member states and the U.N. with funding cut.
Two men have been arrested in Australia after driving into pedestrians in a Melbourne street. 14 people were injured. Police say there's no evidence or intelligence to indicate a connection to terrorism.
The Phoenix fire department says one person is dead and a second critically injured after a natural gas explosion destroyed a house. The fire spread to a second home. The cause hasn't been determined.
President Donald Trump was at Walter Reed National Medical Center to visit wounded service members. Trump is expected to return to the facility in the new year to undergo a physical.
I'm Julian Stiles, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.