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Governor Cuomo did a press briefing!

Jacinda Ardern decries ‘dangerous’ calls to reopen New Zealand borders

Decry condemn けなす 非難
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Jacinda Ardern has decried as “dangerous” her detractors’ calls to open New Zealand’s borders – or present a plan for how she will do so – as the country remains largely free of Covid-19 while the virus spreads abroad.

Detractors 非難する人

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/jacinda-ardern-decries-dangerous-calls-to-reopen-new-zealand-borders-coronavirus


中国が香港国家安全維持法案を可決

Less than 40 days after Chinese lawmakers first proposed imposing an anti-sedition law on Hong Kong, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, on Tuesday approved the measure, according to the DAB, Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing party.

Sedition 扇動

Officials have not released the full text of the law criminalising secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. 

secession go apart 離脱

subversion 破壊 転覆

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/china-passes-controversial-hong-kong-national-security-law