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今回は…1 | "The Indian Premier League returns"と…2 | "Trump's paper windfall"について紹介していきたいと思います。
1 | "The Indian Premier League returns"
India's festival of democracy, as its elections are often called, begins on April 19th. But for some Indians the more important festival begins this Friday. That is when the Chennai Super Kings take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to start off the latest Indian Premier League season. The 17th edition of the world's most lucrative domestic cricket contest has had to adjust to voting dates, but that will not put fans off.
Last year's edition broke viewing records. This year Tata Group, a conglomerate, forked out a record 25bn rupees ($300m) to renew its sponsorship. At an auction ahead of the tournament teams spent around 2.3bn rupees on player purchases. Kolkata Knight Riders paid a record 250m rupees for Mitchell Starc, an Australian fast bowler. Still, KKR are not the bookies' choice to win the league. They favour CSK, the defending champions, and the Mumbai Indians. But unlike the elections, which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will probably win with ease, the IPL will be a close contest.
インド。
広大な国である。
クリケット。
興味深いスポーツである。
2 | "Trump's paper windfall"
After he was booted off Twitter (now X) and Facebook after the Capitol riot of January 6th 2021, Donald Trump started his own social-media platform. Truth Social was to be a home for "censored" voices, although it never took off beyond the MAGA crowd. It also loses money hand over fist. Regardless, it is now poised to go public. On Friday investors in a special-purpose acquisition company - essentially a listed pot of capitol - will vote on whether to merge with Truth Social's parent company. The combined entity will have a market capitalisation of about $6.3bn.
Wonderful news for Mr Trump, whose stake will be worth $4.1bn. The paper windfall will be of no help in his current predicament, however, since he cannot sell his shares for six months. By March 25th he must secure a bond for half-a-billion dollars to satisfy a judgement in his civil-fraud trial. No bond company will step up since he lacks enough cash as collateral. So he is begging an appeals court to reduce the bond.
トランプ氏。
バイデン大統領との争い。
どちらも高齢。
誰が次期大統領となるのか。
3 | まとめ
・インド
・トランプ氏
2つの要素。
2,000文字への挑戦。
クリケット。
オーストラリアでも盛んなスポーツ。
★★★
次回もこんな感じで。
それでは！