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Brazilian presidential candidate pledges universal preschool access

Brazilian presidential candidate Aecio Neves on Tuesday promised to provide universal access to preschool education and daycare if elected.

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Ireland announces end of austerity with tax cuts, spending increases

​Ireland on Tuesday announced the end of budgetary austerity with some tax cuts and spending increases.

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Chinese premier arrives in Rome for official visit to Italy

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Tuesday for an official visit to Italy at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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Japanese mobile operator tests new technology to boost connectivity

Japan's leading mobile phone operator NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced Tuesday that it has succeeded in testing a new technology that facilitates connectivity to its service even when communications traffic is heavy.

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Tehran, other sides "exploring various possibilities" to achieve nuclear agreement: Iranian FM

Iran are working together with world major countries, exploring various possibilities to move forward to a final deal, the Iranian foreign minister said here on Tuesday.

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Brazil's Olympic football team eyes rivals from all regions

Brazil's under-23 football team will play friendlies against rivals from all regions as it prepares for the Rio 2016 Games.

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Thai farmers grow rice for life

Most Thai rice farmers are used to producing rice for a living on a permanent basis and cannot turn to doing any occupation other than the rice-growing business, said a leading farmer on Monday.

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Huaneng Power International buys interests from connected firms

China's electricity generator Huaneng Power International Inc. (HPIC) will pay an aggregate 9.3 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) to its parent and connected companies to buy interests of ten power plants, the company said Tuesday.

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Alibaba targets rural expansion with major investment

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group plans to invest 10 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) within three to five years to build thousands of facilities in rural China to tap rising demand in these areas, it announced on Monday.

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Singapore's Temasek to invest in Indian food chain operator

​Singapore's state-linked investment giant Temasek Holdings agreed to take a stake in restaurant operator Devyani International, who is the largest franchisee for Pizza Hut and KFC in India and also has Pan India franchisee rights for Costa Coffee, local media reported Monday.

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Electoral campaign comes to an end in Mozambique

​It was a race for all or nothing in Mozambique on Sunday as all the three presidential candidates and political parties closed the 45-day electoral campaign.

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Israeli parliamentary delegation in Rwanda for stronger ties

An Israeli parliamentary delegation led by the president of the Middle East country's lawmakers, Ronen Plot, arrived in Rwanda on Sunday for a four-day visit aiming at strengthening and expanding bilateral ties and cooperation, according to an official statement issued here.

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Britain to conduct Ebola screening among travelers

​Britain will conduct "enhanced screening" for Ebola among people traveling from countries affected by the disease, Downing Street announced Thursday.

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Canadian warships sail for military exercise with U.S., Japan

​Canadian warships have sailed to join military exercises with the United States and Japan off the U. S. coast of Southern California, the Canadian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

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Cambodian low-wage civil servants not to pay salary tax

​Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that civil servants, whose net monthly wages are below 800,000 riel (200 U.S. dollars), will not be obliged to pay tax on salary.

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U.S. steps up Ebola response as Dallas patient dies

​Travelers from Ebola-affected countries will face enhanced screening at five major U.S. airports, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, hours after a Liberian man, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on American soil, died at a Dallas hospital.

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Indian PM says everything will be fine soon on Pakistan border

​Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said "everything will be fine soon" on Pakistan border after days of heavy shelling by both sides along the border and line-of-control in Kashmir.