1. Latest data from the US Treasury Department shows that India held securitie sworth $80 billion in September and further reduced its exposure to $77.5billion in October -- which is also a three-month low.

2. What Mr Ravenscroft liked about it when he was choosing his graduate career path was that it of-fered the best of two worlds. He would be fast-tracked into the classroom, earning a salary, being mentored by an executive from the private sector and making contacts with business; in return, he would commit to teaching for two years and complete a teacher training qualification.

3. The overall 2018 ranking encompasses more schools than ever before – 1,250 universities located across 74 countries. This is an increase from the 1,000 schools in 65 countries included in last year's edition.

4. 2015年首个周末，全球第二大比特币交易所——位于斯洛文尼亚的Bitstamp遭到黑客袭击，丢失了价值约500万美元的比特币。科技媒体很快指出，此事令数字货币比特币2015年开局不利，财经新闻网站QUARTZ曾称比特币为“2014年最糟糕的投资”。纵观该数字货币2014年1月1日至2015年1月1日的表现，QUARTZ此言非虚：2014年底，比特币的价值仅为同年年初的39％。

5. 当地媒体上周三报道，中国西南部重庆市的一名学生因嫌同学上课吵闹而试图下毒，被判有期徒刑一年。

6. 在土耳其问题上，普京表示，他看不到与现任土耳其领导人消除紧张关系的可能性。土耳其不久前击落了一架俄罗斯战机。他说，他非常震惊地看到，土耳其非但没有对其行为做出解释，反而转向北约寻求帮助。

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1. Justin Bieb er just made tens of thousands of more dollars -- from his hair. The 'Baby' singer's locks sold on eBay yesterday with a final bid of $40,688.

2. 该报道表示：“乐天将伤害中国人民，后果可能是严重的。”该报道发表之后，中国政府对乐天在中国的商业集团开展了多起调查。

3. To be sure, that excitement can certainly lead to unrealistic declarations from those in the community. Some bitcoin developers and investors proclaim that within five years, all the major banks will be accepting bitcoin. That’s a stretch, acknowledges Peter Smith, COO of the bitcoin wallet Blockchain (not to be confused with the actual bitcoin block chain). “I hear a lot of predictions about how soon the whole world will be using bitcoin, and most of the time, those are unrealistic,” he says. “What we’re trying to do as an ecosystem is incredibly audacious, so it’s going to take a lot of time.”

4. It pours the perfect pint from the bottom of the glass.

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6. 12-year-old girl finds ancient Egyptian amulet

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1. 据一份全球报告显示，2016年，在富裕国家工作的打工人员往家乡汇款近5000亿美元，通过提供金融稳定、教育机会、住房和医疗保健等来帮助家庭摆脱贫困。

2. Prof Cusumano sees all this as evidence that the company is opening up more, including in allowing developers to customise more of its iOS software.

3. 接受一份谋生型的工作有两个弊端。这样做会让你在求职中分心，而且潜在雇主对你以前的专业形象会有所怀疑。