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Entrepreneurs confident in development after 19th CPC National Congress

GeneralSecretaryXiJinpingdeliveredareporttothe19thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChinaonOct18.SeveralChineseentrepreneurstoldTheBeijingNewsthatthereportha

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Saudi Arabia plans $1 billion investment in Virgin's space tourism

RichardBransonhasgainedapowerfulandextremelywealthyallythatcanmakehisspacetourismdreamsareality:SaudiArabia.Thekingdomwillinvest$1billionintheVirginGroup'sspace

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Smarter than a human? 'Robots will have an IQ of 10,000 in 30 years'

Inabout30years,artificialintelligencewillhaveanIQof10,000,saidSoftBankCEOMasayoshiSononWednesday.Bycomparison,theaveragehumanIQis100andageniusmaybe200.Tomanysci

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In a first, Sophia the humanoid robot gets Saudi citizenship

WhileaSaudinationalityremainsintherealmofnearimpossibilityformostofthekingdom’shundredsofthousandsofexpatriates,guesswhobeatthemingettingacitizenshipstatusrecen

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China's focus on quality growth will help its ratings: Moody's

China’sfocusonthequalityofitsgrowthratherthanonthepaceofitsexpansionwillboostproductivityandreducefinancialvulnerability,developmentsthatwouldbepositivefortheco

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Will secret Kennedy files end assassination conspiracy theories?

MorethanfiftyyearsafterLeeHarveyOswaldfiredthreeshotstowardsJohnFKennedy'smotorcadeinDallasandkilledAmerica's35thpresident,conspiracytheoriesabouttheeventsof22N

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Uber’s new credit card could be a tough sell

Uberisn'texactlyknownforprotectingtheprivacyofitsdriversorriders.TimCookreportedlyhadtothreatentoremovetheUberappfromiPhonesafterhediscoveredtheappwas"fingerpri

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Trump refuses to say whether to visit DMZ separating DPRK and S. Korea

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumponWednesdayrefusedtosaywhetherhewillvisittheDemilitarizedZone(DMZ)separatingtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andSouthKoreadurin

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Abe's "win by default" indicates bumpy road ahead

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'sdominanceofthepoliticalscenewillprobablycarryonafterhisrulingcampwonatwo-thirds"supermajority"inSunday'slowerhouseelection,local

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European Parliament votes to strengthen EU border security

NewmeasurestostrengthensecurityattheEuropeanUnion(EU)'sexternalbordersandspeed-upentryandexitcheckshavebeengiventhegreenlightWednesdaybytheEuropeanParliamentdur

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Tokyo International Film Festival gets going

The30thTokyoInternationalFilmFestivalkickedoffonWednesday,withsome200filmsduetobescreenedover10days.Fifteenworksfromaroundtheworldwillcompeteforthefestival'stop

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How does China’s new leadership affect economy?

China'snewleadershiphasbeenintroduced.WhatsortofexpertiseandapproachwilltheybringtoChinesepolitics?HowdoesitaffecttheChineseeconomy?Formonthstherehasbeenspecula

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Kenya election rerun to go ahead after court fails to rule on delay

Kenya’spresidentialelectionrerunissettogoaheadonThursdayafterthecountry’ssupremecourtfailedtoconsiderapetitiontopostponethehighlycontentiousvote.Amidhightension

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Vietnam to compete at int' l friendly football tourney in Thailand

Vietnam'sU-23squadwilltakepartinaninternationalfriendlyfootballtournamentslatedforDecemberinThailand,theVietnamFootballFederationsaidonWednesday.SixU-23teamsfro

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To understand China’s politics, you must understand Marx and Confucius

TheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)undoubtedlyworkedovertimetoselectthePolitburoStandingCommittee.Theywillalsofindthemselvesextremelybusytackling

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Sri Lanka to declare new Chinese built city as part of the country

ByAPDWriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Oct.25(APD)–SriLankaonWednesdaysaiditwilldeclareanewChinesebuiltcityaspartofSriLankaoncethelandreclamationiscompleted.Atotalofaround2

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New Zealand aims to go green with electricity, tree planting

NewZealand’sincominggovernmentishopingtomakethenationgreenerbyplanting100milliontreeseachyear,ensuringtheelectricitygridrunsentirelyfromrenewableenergy,andspend