【正确答案】 B

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Almhult, Sweden
   Swedish retail giant Ikea says it will stop selling single-use plastic products by 2020. It says the ban will apply across all its global stores. Ikea says in future, it will design products to be able to be repaired, resold or recycled.
   Its move follows hard on the heels of an announcement by the European Union that it plans to ban plastic items including straws, cotton buds, cutlery, balloon sticks and drink stirrers. Single-use plastics can be very damaging to marine life. The move is part of its plan to design all Ikea products with the aim of using only renewable and recycled materials and to achieve zero emissions by 2025.
   It will also increase the number of non-meat meals and snacks in its restaurants.
   Torbjorn Loof, chief executive at Inter Ikea Group, said: "Through our size and reach we have the opportunity to inspire and enable more than one billion people to live better lives, within the limits of the planet.
Redmond, Washington State
   On Tuesday, the billionaire Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist said he'll pick up the tab for all US college graduates to download a copy of Hans Rosling's book, "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. "The book, released in April and currently listed at $14.99 as an e-download on various sites, offers advice on how to think about the world and how personal instincts can impact our interpretation of information.
   Rosling, who died at age 68 last year, wrote "Factfulness" alongside his son Ola and daughter-in-law Anna. The Swedish statistician and academic was well-known for his Ted talks. "When we have a fact-based worldview we can see that the world is not as bad as it seems—and we can see what we have to do to keep making it better," Rosling writes in the book. Gates said he agreed with this advice and encouraged graduates to "learn to think, and act, factfully."
   The free download is available starting Tuesday through at least Friday, according to a spokesperson for Gates.
Ontario, Canada
   There's something decidedly conservative about a turtle's plodding, carefully considered ways. Even the fact that he carries his home on his back—and retreats inside of it at the first sign of trouble—suggests this reptile plays things safer than most. But recently, in Ontario, Canada, thousands of turtles are injured or crushed this year trying to cross the highways to look for a soft, warm place to raise the hatchlings. The Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre, the biggest trauma and rehabilitation hub for turtles in the province, has declared a state of emergency for the animal. So far this year, the organization has taken in nearly 600 injured turtles, stretching its resources to the breaking point. "We are beyond maximum caring capacity...we've never seen it this busy," said Sue Carstairs, executive director of the center. Record rainfall, however, may be a factor. The province has seen so much precipitation, even Toronto's iconic islands were temporarily closed due to extreme flooding.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
   Argentina's central bank has raised interest rates for the third time in eight days as the country's currency, the peso, continues to fall sharply. On Friday, the bank hiked rates to 40% from 33.25%, a day after they were raised from 30.25%. A week ago, they were raised from 27.25%. The rises are aimed at supporting the peso, which has lost a quarter of its value over the past year.
   Inflation, a perennial problem in Argentina, was at 25% in 2017, the highest rate in Latin America except for Venezuela. This year, the central bank has set an inflation target of 15% and has said it will continue to act to enforce it.
   The opposition wants to stop the government from removing subsidies in controlled prices, such as energy and utility tariffs, which may bring more inflation in the short term but could help bring it down from above 20% now to about 5% by 2020.
Texas, USA
   Here's yet another impact of the rash of school shootings that has plagued America in recent years: Interest in insurance coverage against such incidents is on the rise from both public and private schools. That's especially so in the wake of the latest high-profile mass shootings that left more than two dozen dead at high schools in Florida and Texas, according to companies that sell this type of insurance.
   Officials at McGowan Cos: which says it's the largest underwriter of "active shooter" coverage, said they're having a tough time keeping up with hundreds of inquiries from schools and other customers such as local governments, shopping mall operators, senior care facilities and hotels.
   Premiums can vary from $1,400 for $1 million of insurance for a small private school to $50,000 for $5 million and as high as $100,000 for $10 million of insurance in coverage for large public school districts. McGowan's firm covers $250,000 per shooting victims who are either killed or disabled. That doesn't include medical expenses, which can be substantial.
   What will Swedish retail giant Ikea do by the year 2020?