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国际热点新闻 World Breaking News

1.Turkey agrees to Syria ceasefire: Vice President Mike Pence （ABC）

2.The Latest: FM says Russia supports securing Turkish border (AP)

3.Boris Johnson gets EU Brexit deal; next hurdle is Parliament （AP）

4.Is that it, is Brexit done now? (No, we're far from it) (CNN)

5.Mulvaney links delay in Ukraine aid to DOJ investigation into 2016 — live updates (CBS)

6.Visitors from deep space are buzzing our solar system. The race is on to explore them. (NBC)

7.Venezuela wins seat on UN rights body despite opposition (AP)

美国主流媒体文摘 The US Mainstream Media Quotes Oct 17, 2019

Turkish foreign minister: "This is not a ceasefire"
From CNN's Flora Charner

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the reached agreement between the US and Turkey to suspend military operations in Syria is not a ceasefire.

“We will pause the operation for 120 hours in order for the terrorists to leave,” Cavusoglu said. "We will only stop the operation if our conditions are met.”

Cavusoglu said a “safe zone” would need to be established at roughly 20 miles east of the Euphrates river to the Iraqi border.

One person shows up to Trump challenger Mark Sanford's formal 2020 campaign kickoff
The Hill By Jessica Campisi - 10/17/19 03:35 PM EDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Rep. Mark Sanford (S.C.) formally kicked off his 2020 campaign on Wednesday in Philadelphia — and only one person showed up.

When the news conference began, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Anna Orso said she was the only reporter to greet Sanford, who planted himself near Independence Hall next to a wooden podium and held a giant check that read “one trillion dollars.”

White House says G7 summit will be at Trump's Doral resort in Miami
Axios.com (美国短新闻网站），该网站影响力越来越大。

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said during a press briefing Thursday that next year's G7 summit will be hosted at the Trump National Doral Miami resort.

In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace
Pew Resarch Center

The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” now stands at 26%, up from 17% in 2009.

Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on free speech
Axios by Scott Rosenberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg cast himself and his company as champions of free speech in a 45-minute talk at Georgetown University Thursday.

Gordon Sondland breaks with Trump in impeachment testimony
Politico.com by KYLE CHENEY and ANDREW DESIDERIO

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, broke sharply from President Donald Trump on Thursday, telling House impeachment investigators that he opposed the president’s request to run Ukraine policy through his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Spent Over $50 Million This Year to Raise More Money
The Wall Street Journal By Julie Bykowicz and Chad Day

Democratic presidential candidates spent $335 million in the first nine months of the year—and a big chunk of it went to raising more money.

Karen Pence sticks her neck out for Trump to protect her husband
Politico.com by GABBY ORR

After questions swirled about whether Mike Pence would be on Trump’s 2020 ticket, the second lady reemerged as a loyal campaigner for the president. The first time Donald Trump ran for president, Karen Pence, the wife of his running mate, rarely hit the campaign trail to stump for the pair.

Things Aren’t Getting Better for 2020’s Most Vulnerable Senate Republicans
morningconsult.com by Eli Yokley

The most vulnerable Republican senators are not improving their standing in their home states ahead of a tough 2020 election cycle, while the field of potential Democratic challengers took shape and began to flex its muscle.

英语政治和媒体词典 Dictionary of Politics & Media

whispering campaign （or whisper campaign）

Meaning

the intentional damaging of an important person's reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that may not be true
（破环他人名声的）造谣活动，散布流言蜚语的活动 (Cambridge )

whispering campaign是指使用影射或其他偷偷摸摸的手段中伤对手，同时力求避免谣言的来源被发现。例如，一个竞选活动可能会使用自动电话呼叫或匿名传单攻击其他候选人。Internet之类的现代技术使通信的速度和匿名性得以增强，从而提高了whispering campaign 杀伤力。

Citations
Bolton’s Whisper Campaign to Oust Mattis. Sources say the hawkish national security advisor is behind rumors that the defense secretary plans to resign. White House National Security Advisor John Bolton and his deputy are trying to squeeze out U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis by spreading rumors about his imminent departure, according to two well-placed sources.
---- EP (foreignpolicy) by Lara Seligman | October 25, 2018,

According to reporting by the Post, several House Republicans have mounted a whisper campaign to discredit Khashoggi—or at least, to knock his reputation down a few notches—based on his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and his role as an embedded journalist who covered Osama bin Laden. Trump administration aides are reportedly aware of the rumors, and are “being careful to not encourage the disparagement,” but they’s also “doing little to contest it.”
-- vanityfair By Tina Nguyen October 19, 2018