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Singapore's new cabinet sworn into office

​Singapore's new cabinet was sworn into office late Thursday at the Istana, after Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the new cabinet on Monday.

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Singapore PM announces new cabinet line-up

​Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday announced a new cabinet, including newly- introduced coordinating ministers, and the new government will be sworn in on Thursday.

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Greece's new government sworn in, confident of beating debt crisis

Greece's new government that emerged from Sunday's snap general elections was sworn in on Wednesday in Athens at a ceremony held at the presidential mansion.

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Uber launches carpooling service in China

Uber, the U.S. ridesharing firm, has launched a new carpooling product, uberCOMMUTE, in Chengdu, as the company shifts up a gear in its race to win the Chinese market, the company announced Wednesday.

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Key words mentioned by President Xi on China-U.S. relations

​Chinese President Xi Jinping is paying his first state visit since taking office in 2013 to the United States from Tuesday to Friday. The following are some key words mentioned by Xi when he talked about China-U.S. relations:

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China Voice: Xi's tour to be a milestone in China-U.S. relations

The following is the translation of an article by Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the U.S., published on the overseas edition of the People's Daily on Monday. At the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States.

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Xi's tour to be a milestone in China-U.S. relations

The following is the translation of an article by Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the U.S., published on the overseas edition of the People's Daily on Monday.

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Scenic high-speed rail route opens in Jilin

China's first high-speed passenger railway line to the borders with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia has started business.

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SYRIZA Leftists win general elections, to return in office with former coalition partner

​Greece's Radical Left SYRIZA party celebrated its second victory in general polls in eight months on Sunday night, and was set to return in office with its Right-wing former junior coalition partner, the Independent Greeks (ANEL), promising to "continue the battle for Greek people's rights in Greece and abroad."

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China's new yuan loans may rise in near term, economist

​China's new yuan-denominated lending is expected to increase in the next several months, according to Li Daokui, an economist at Tsinghua University.

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Nepal begins voting process on new constitution

​Nepal's Constituent Assembly ( CA) on Sunday officially started a voting process on the promulgation of a much-awaited new constitution.

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Xi's U.S. visit to deepen connotation of new-model of major-country ties

​Despite resurrected talks of pessimism in Washington over China-U.S. ties, many Chinese and U.S. experts agreed that Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to the U.S. could help dispel the qualms and inject fresh momentum into bilateral ties.

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Sri Lankan president expresses confidence in new national gov't

Sri Lankan president expresses confidence in new national gov't COLOMBO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua)-- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday assured that his new national government would be in power for the next five years.

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Introduction of new minimum wage in Myanmar leaves 500 unemployed

​The introduction of a new minimum wage on workers in Myanmar has initially left about 500 workers sacked, an official report said Monday.

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Students in quake-struck SW China start semester in new school

Students of a middle school in a township in southwest China's Yunnan Province that was hit by an earthquake one year ago moved to a new school building on Tuesday as the new semester began.

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Caixin China manufacturing PMI falls further in August

China's manufacturing activity continued to retreat in August, with an accelerated decline in output and new orders, according to a survey by financial information service provider Markit and sponsored by Caixin Media Co. Ltd.

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Australian state introduces new laws to combat rampant bikie, "ice" problems

​The Australian state of Victoria on Monday passed new legislation aimed at identifying problem bikie gang members while simultaneously clamping down on the availability of methylamphetamine.