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This is AP News Minute. 

Authorities called to a Walmart parking lot found 8 people dead and 20 others in dire1 condition in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer. Police say they were victims of immigrant smuggling2 operation gone wrong. The driver was arrested. 

Video released on Sunday by the People’s Protection Units purportedly3 shows infantry4 battling Islamic State group fighters on the streets of Raqqa. The US-backed Syrian forces pressed on with their campaign to capture the group’s De Facto Capital in Syria this weekend with a renewed push into the city’s old districts. 

Officials say a blaze with multiple explosions tore through an apartment complex under construction in Massachusetts. Authorities say the complex’s 5 buildings collapsed5 in the fire early Sunday.   

A tiger and a goat are taking social media by storm after the pair became friends in Russia’s Far East. The Primorskiy Safari6 Park says the tiger has struck up a friendship with the goat and the two became unlikely roommates. 

Krysta Fauria, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.


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1 dire llUz9     
adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
参考例句：
  • There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
  • We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
2 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
参考例句：
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
3 purportedly 0e5544199611270d77e0bbeb21c6c0d5     
adv.据称
参考例句：
  • This is purportedly the oldest tree in the world. 据称这是世界上最古老的一棵树。 来自互联网
  • Mayor Oh Se-Hoon launched the campaign last year, purportedly to improve efficiency. 据悉，首尔市市长吴世勋于去年提出了这项旨在提高工作效率的计划。 来自互联网
4 infantry CbLzf     
n.[总称]步兵(部队)
参考例句：
  • The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
  • We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。
5 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
6 safari TCnz5     
n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队
参考例句：
  • When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
  • They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

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