Foreign affairs: Could Myanmar come apart?

Today's article: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/burma-myanmar/could-myanmar-come-apart?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=promo&utm_campaign=digital_sale_2&utm_content=20240128&utm_term=EPPDZ004J5

Could Myanmar Come Apart?
As the Rebels Gain Ground and the Junta Reels, the Country’s Future Is in Doubt

...well I was just reading the article's "for free" part but instantly knew that 70% of words are unknown to me... shocking.

words

topple (d)              ぐらつく、倒れる、前に傾く

Contend(ed)         戦う、争う、論争する【with,against】

tenacious              しっかり握って離さない、硬く握った、固執して、粘り強い
rebel                    反逆者、反抗者

insurgency           反乱、暴動

junta(s)                 軍事会議

oust(ed)                追い出す

fractious               気難しい、拗ねた

The military (      1      )’s opponents are varied and various, including armed organizations representing Myanmar’s many ethnic minorities and militias loyal to the (    2    )   government.

1. junta

2. ousted

Foreign Affairs—- How the War in Gaza Revived the Axis of Resistance

Today's topic is from the Foreign Affairs.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-war-gaza-revived-axis-resistance?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=twofa&utm_campaign=How%20the%20War%20in%20Gaza%20Revived%20the%20Axis%20of%20Resistance&utm_content=20240119&utm_term=FA%20This%20Week%20-%20112017

words;

assault ....an attack, on fall,

prominent....standing out, likely to attract attention, eye-catching.

strikes ..... violent attacks with waepon.

On January 12, the United Kingdom and the United States launched military (          ) on Houthi targets in Yemen.

*strikes

Foreign affairs; An Unwinnable War

Foreign affairsより、ウクライナ戦争はどこで終わるのか。

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/unwinnable-war-washington-endgame?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=special_send&utm_campaign=unwinnable_war_prospects&utm_content=20230605&utm_term=promo-email-prospects

An urgent mission was before them: to assist Ukraine as it countered Russian aggression and to punish Moscow for its 〈　　〉.
 
〈transgressions〉違反、犯罪、罪
 
 
While the Western response was clear from the start, the objective—the endgame of this war—has been 〈　　〉.
 
〈nebulous〉曇った、不透明な、不明瞭な、漠然とした
 
 
This 〈　　〉 has been more a feature than a bug of U.S. policy.
 
〈ambiguity〉両義性、あいまいさ、曖昧な表現

Foreign affairs; Erdogan’s Russian Victory

トルコの独裁がヤベェって話。
 
Turkey Is Shifting From 【_　_　】 to Putin-Style Autocracy
 
【Illiberal Democracy】反自由主義的性質を持つ民主主義
　私情) 果たしてそれは民主主義なのか。
 
 
Erdogan has been at Turkey’s 〈　　〉 since 2003,…
 
〈helm〉舵取り
 
 
Together with a sweep in the parliamentary polls on May 14 that yielded pro-Erdogan far-right- and right-wing parties a solid majority in the country’s 〈　1　〉, his victory all but  〈　2　〉Erdogan as Turkey’s 【_ _】.
 
1〈legislature〉(最強音le)立法部、議会
2〈anoint(s)〉…に油を塗る、聖別する(神に選ばれる的な)
【indisputable sultan】議論の余地のないスルタン(旧トルコ皇帝)

Science; Honey bees perfect their waggle dances by learning from elders

本日は、サイエンス誌より、蜂の遺伝的修正と学習のコンボ技が美しい話。

https://www.science.org/content/article/honey-bees-perfect-their-waggle-dances-learning-elders

The 【　　】 performed by honey bees is a complex behavior that communicates directional information.
 

 
【waggle dance】尻振りダンス

　　高校生物で出てきました。ミツバチが仲間に蜜のありかを知らせるときに、八の字を描いてぐるぐるし、円同士の間を何回尻振って歩くかで距離が変わる、みたいな。

CIDRAP; Canada reports first H5N5 avian flu in a mammal; US reports more H5N1 in animals

ウイルスの型。
鳥インフルエンザ、型がたくさんあります。最近哺乳類でよく見つかったと報告が上がっていたのはH5N1でした。本件はH5N5という型が初めて哺乳類で見つかったという話です。
 
元記事はこちら。
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/canada-reports-first-h5n5-avian-flu-mammal-us-reports-more-h5n1-animals
 
 
Following 【　　】 detections of a Eurasian H5N5 avian influenza in Canadian wild birds, officials reported the virus for the first time in mammals—raccoons found dead on Prince Edward Island.
 
【sporadic】時々起こる、散発性の
 
単語…詰まったら起こしていくんですけど、なんか最近割とすらすら読めちゃってて…foreign affairs未知の単語多いから、ちょっとそっちを激しく頑張ろうかな…

Newsweek: Bryan Kohberger's DNA on Knife Sheath Is 'Surefire' Evidence—Criminologist

本日の記事は、ニューズウィークから。

https://www.newsweek.com/bryan-kohberger-dna-knife-sheath-surefire-evidence-criminologist-1802257?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1684923254

単語帳

　Sheath サヤ

　Surefire 成功確実な

    Criminologist  犯罪学

   plea(s) 懇願、嘆願、申し立て、抗弁
   arraignment 訴因の認否を問われる、法廷に召喚される

Kohberger, 28, is〈　　〉 of breaking into a rental home near the university campus in the early hours of November 13 and fatally〈　2　〉 Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

〈accused〉告発された

2〈stabbing〉突き刺すような、殺傷による(殺人など

Police pieced together DNA evidence, cellphone data and〈　　〉 video to connect Kohberger to the crime, according to a probable cause〈　2　〉 unsealed in early January.

〈surveillance〉監視、見張り、継続的監視

2〈affidavit〉宣誓供述書

「ひとは、なぜ人を殺してはいけないのか」