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European Central Bank to offset euro area’s fiscal tightening

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Close them up! Madrid launches campaign to tackle manspreading

Madridhasbecomethelatestcitytotacklethephenomenonofmanspreading,launchingacampaignaskingmalepublictransportuserstokeeptheirlegstothemselveswhenridingthesubway.N

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Education gap narrows for migrant workers’ children

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WHO head lauds progress, calls for effort against new health challenges

UNWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)Director-GeneralMargaretChanwillstepdowninJulyafter10yearsofservice,aperiodwhichhasseenthepublichealthsectorachieveremarkablegoals

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China's Hangzhou buses first to all use mobile pay

Byyear'send,mobilepaymentwillbeacceptedonallpublicbusesinHangzhou,makingthecitythefirstinChinatodosoonallitsbusesandconsolidatingitsreputationasamobileapplicati

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President asks police to spare no effort

President Xi Jinping called for the country's public security forces to better serve the people, stay loyal to the Communist Party of China and exercise fair law enforcement as he met with heroes and role models from public security departments on Friday.

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China's Shanghai private schools slammed for testing parents

Competition for school places in China has reached a new level. It has become so fierce, it’s not just prospective students who are tested.

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Verdict due in Spanish royals' fraud trial

Princess Cristina of Spain could face jail when she learns the verdict Friday in her trial over claims she helped her husband evade taxes.

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Ex-Argentine leader Fernandez indicted, tied to nuns and guns scandal

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted on Tuesday on charges she ran a corruption scheme with a public works secretary who was arrested in June while trying to stash millions of dollars in a convent.

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Hwang decries sexual harassment case involving diplomat, calls for tighter discipline

​Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Thursday called for tightened discipline among officials in the wake of a sexual harassment case involving a South Korean diplomat in Chile.

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Millions of Australians using unsecure Wi-Fi to access online banking: study

Millions of Australians are risking data breaches every day by doing online banking on public Wi-Fi networks, a study has found.

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Driverless GM cars being tested on the streets of Detroit

​General Motors has started testing fully autonomous vehicles on public roads around its technical centre in suburban Detroit.

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South Korean business elite in hot seat at unprecedented scandal hearings

South Korean lawmakers on Monday (Dec 5) kicked off an unprecedented series of hearings that will see the country's business elite grilled over a corruption scandal engulfing impeachment-threatened President Park Geun Hye.

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Online petition calling for Queen to pay for $653 million repair of Buckingham Palace garners 132,000 signatures

An online petition calling for the British monarchy to pay for £369 million (S$653.44 million) in repairs to Buckingham Palace has gathered momentum and by Tuesday (Nov 22) had garnered over 132,000 signatures.

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A cold snap: Snow, the South Korean snapchat clone that’s got China covered

​Snapchat may be centre of attention after reports of a US$20 billion IPO, but rival Snow has an advantage in Asia – it’s not banned in China

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Plan to lift Japanese food import ban angers Taiwan public

Plans to ease the banning of Japanese food imports in Taiwan have triggered violence on the island amid growing public anger and distrust of the approval procedure of the island's leadership.

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GM food tastings attempt to quell public safety concerns

Hundreds of volunteers across China have participated in tastings of genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs in an attempt to support the country’s GM food industry.