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Chinese students invent wearable tech

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Zuma says not opposed to inquiry into corruption allegations

SouthAfrica'sPresidentJacobZumasaidonFridayhewasnotopposedtosettingupacommissionofinquiryintocorruptionintohisgovernmentafteranti-graftreportallegedhewasinfluen

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Chinese embassy in Pakistan racing to rescue abducted Chinese couple

TheChineseembassyinPakistanhassaiditisworkingtosecurethereleaseofaChinesecoupleabductedbyunknowngunmeninthenorthwesterncityofQuettaonWednesday.Thekidnappersforc

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29 injured in truck-tram collision in Melbourne

Atleast29peoplewereinjuredafteratruckslammedintoatraminParkvilleintheAustraliancityofMelbourneonMondaymorning,localmediareported.ThecrashoccurredonElliotAvenue,

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Norway to boost climate change defences of 'doomsday' seed vault

NorwayonSaturdaysaiditwouldboostprotectionofaseedstoragevaultdesignedtoprotecttheworld'scropsfromdisaster,aftersoaringtemperaturescausedwatertoleakintoitsentran

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Drone operators jailed for flying drugs, cellphones into British prisons

TwomenwhouseddronestoflydrugsintoprisonsinLondonandHertfordshire,havebeenjailedforatotalofmorethantenyears,London'sMetropolitanPolicesaidTuesday.TomasNatalevici

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China poverty police ensuring charitable funds get where they’re needed

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SoftBank confirms it’s putting $5BN into Didi Chuxing, ‘Uber of China’

Japanese telco giant SoftBank has confirmed the size of its investment into Didi Chuxing, aka the Uber of China, and the figure is $5 billion (~¥550,000M).

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SoftBank confirms it’s putting $5BN into Didi Chuxing, ‘Uber of China’

JapanesetelcogiantSoftBankhasconfirmedthesizeofitsinvestmentintoDidiChuxing,akatheUberofChina,andthefigureis$5billion(~¥550,000M).ThelastiteminSoftBank’sfiscaly

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Ex-S. Korean president Park, Lotte chief indicted on corruption charges

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was indicted by prosecutors Monday on multiple corruption charges, while Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin was prosecuted for bribery charge.

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Brazil probe sees no mechanical failure in judge's plane crash

A small plane carrying a Brazilian Supreme Court justice overseeing a political bribery investigation did not suffer any obvious mechanical failure when it crashed into a bay amid heavy rain and killed all five on board, investigators said on Tuesday.

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Italy avalanche toll at 16 as helicopter crash adds to pain

The toll from an avalanche that swamped an Italian mountain hotel rose to 16 dead and 13 missing Tuesday (Jan 24) as a nearby helicopter crash claimed the lives of six people and dealt another blow to a region reeling from earthquakes and the heaviest snowfall in decades.

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Horrific Thai road smash leaves 25 dead

A minivan and a pickup truck both packed with passengers collided in eastern Thailand on Monday, killing 25 people in a harrowing reminder of the country’s notoriously dangerous roads.

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India's crackdown on cash imperils pivotal national tax reform

​Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's crackdown on the cash economy has shattered the consensus needed for a new national sales tax, plunging his boldest reform into limbo and threatening to entrench an economic slowdown.

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U.N. human rights chief urges murder inquiry into Duterte's killing claim

The United Nations human rights commission has urged the Philippines to launch a murder investigations into President Rodrigo Duterte claims he killed three people as mayor of Davao City and all killings in his war on drugs.

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Kidnappers of Hong Kong architect evade huge air, sea and land search

Police step up surveillance at smuggling black spots to stop the two men slipping across the border into Shenzhen