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Envoy: China supports UN plan for political settlement in Libya

ChineseCharged'AffairestoLibyaWangQiminonSundaysaidthatChinasupportsthepoliticalsettlementinLibyaaspartoftheUN-proposedactionplan.TheChinesediplomatmadetheremar

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Banks ordered to enable freezing and deducting of online accounts

Atleast21banksinChinahavebeenorderedtolaunchfeaturessuchasfreezingbankaccountsanddeductingbankdepositsonlinebytheendofMarch,soastoassistthepeople’scourtandfinan

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Living well, leaving well

RebeccaJeeisaretireewithabusyschedule.SheenjoysspendingtimewithherfriendsandvolunteeringatcommunityeventsrunbyLifePointCenter,aprojectbytheSocietyofShengHongWel

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Broadband subscribers cross 50 million mark in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD,Jan.16(APD)-Thenumberofbroadbandsubscribersincluding3Gand4GsubscribersinPakistanhascrossedthemarkof50million,showingaround24.5percentpenetrationtillNo

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China offers the first foreign certificate to Microsoft executive

BeijingAdministrationofForeignExpertsAffairsissuedChina’sfirstcertificateforforeignhigh-endtalenttoMicrosoftexecutiveSajualumootilGeorgeonJan.2,qualifyingtherec

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Oil rises 2 percent, boosted by potential OPEC deal

‍Oilpricesroseabout2percentonThursdayassignsSaudiArabiaandRussiawouldlimitproductionthroughnextyearpushedtheUSbenchmarkbackabove50USdollarsabarrel.Thenewsoutwei

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Beginning of end of Syria war could be closer than ever with IS collapse

TheendoftheSyrianwarseemsaroundthecornerwiththenearcollapseoftheIslamicState(IS)groupandthechangeoftheinternationalstancetowardPresidentBasharal-Assad,expertssa

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Kuwait’s ruler, mediating Qatar crisis, heads to Washington

Kuwait’sruler,whoistryingtomediateanendtotheQatardiplomaticcrisis,istravelingtoWashingtontomeetwithU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump.TheofficeofKuwaitiemirSheikhSabahAlA

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Tour de France 2017: Chris Froome set to clinch fourth yellow jersey

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French minister wants to "make France leader of green economy"

FrenchEcologyMinisterNicolasHulotpresentedtothepresshereonThursdaythe"ClimatePlan"ofthenewgovernment,aprogramwhichsetsambitiousobjectivesto"acceleratetheimpleme

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Philippine's Duterte says he didn't seek US support in Marawi city siege

ThebattleforthesouthernPhilippinecityofMarawihasentereditsthirdweekasgovernmenttroopscontinuetoclashwiththeMauteandAbuSayyafIslamicgroups.PhilippinePresidentRod

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Bank bad loans in S. Korea fall as corp. restructuring to come to end

BadloansamongSouthKoreanbanksfellinthefirstquarterasrestructuringinthetroubledshipbuildingandshippingcompaniescameclosertoanend,financialwatchdogdatashowedTuesd

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AMD is bringing its new Ryzen processors to laptops later this year

AMDhasannouncedsomemoreRyzenprocessorssettohitlaterthisyear,includingmobile-focusedRyzenprocessorsforlaptops,theRyzen“Threadripper”forhigh-enddesktopPCs,andabud

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'Scandal' to end after 7th season, series creator Shonda Rhimes says

Afteraslewofthrillingmomentsoverthebetterpartofadecade,"Scandal"willenditsrunafterthenextseason.Theannouncementcomeswithaseason6finalejustdaysaway.ABCEntertainm

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Ecuador faces presidential runoff: partial results

Ecuador's presidential election looked headed to a runoff as partial results showed leftist candidate Lenin Moreno fell short of the lead needed to win outright in Sunday's first-round vote.

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Britain unlikely to trigger Article 50 at March EU summit: Brexit minister

British Brexit minister David Davis said on Tuesday the government was on course to meet its end of March deadline to launch the formal divorce procedure with the European Union but did not see Britain doing so at an EU summit next month.

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Peace again eludes Mideast as region bids 2016 farewell

The Middle East has rarely been a region for optimists. The year 2016, if anything, only made the pessimists more pessimistic.