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AP News:特朗普总统前私人律师获刑三年

2019-05-08来源:和谐英语

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President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is scheduled to begin 3 years in prison on Monday. Cohen was sentenced for crimes including campaign finance violations for hush-money payments made on Mr. Trump's behalf.

Two days of fighting between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza suddenly stopped on Monday. No official cease-fire was immediately announced. Israel lifted some protective restrictions and a Hamas militant group radio station reported that a cease-fire was reached.

Investigators say the pilots of a plane that skidded into a river asked to change landing runways. The pilots make the request shortly before trying to land in Jacksonville, Florida.

Financial markets in Asia took a steep dive on Monday. They were responding to a new threat from President Trump to hike tariffs on goods from China.