本日の将棋棋戦
王位戦予選決勝，永瀬拓矢九段が広瀬章人九段に勝利して，
王位戦リーグ入りを決めました。
叡王戦七段予選決勝，戸辺誠七段が佐々木大地七段に勝利して，
本戦進出を決めました。
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プラスチックめぐる国際条約 合意見送り
UN MEETING DEFERS DRAFT TREATY ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
sticking point noun [C]
uk /ˈstɪk.ɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/ us /ˈstɪk.ɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/
A sticking point in a discussion is a point on which it is not possible to reach an agreement:
Exactly how the land is to be divided up is the main sticking point of the peace talks.
plenary adjective business, politics specialized
uk /ˈpliː.nər.i/ us /ˈpliː.nər.i/
A plenary meeting is one at which all the members of a group or organization are present, especially at a conference:
a plenary session of the UN Security Council
metric adjective mainly UK
uk /ˈmet.rɪk/ us /ˈmet.rɪk/
using or relating to a system of measurement that uses metres, centimetres, litres, etc.:
The recipe is given in both metric and imperial measures.
Most high-tech industry has been metric for decades.
the metric system
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
English News
CNN
Military expert explains Ukraine’s message to Russia in targeting general in Moscow
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling discusses Ukraine’s targeted killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protections forces. Kirillov was killed by an explosive device planted in an electric scooter in Moscow.
‘Embarrassing for the Kremlin’: Russia expert on key general’s killing
A top Russian general accused of using chemical weapons on the battlefields in Ukraine was killed after a bomb went off in Moscow early Tuesday, Russian investigators said, in an attack swiftly claimed by Kyiv.
Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton and former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty discuss.
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