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Hong Kong to use community isolation facility to receive patients as COVID-19 cases hit new high

Hong Kong's Hospital Authority announced on Thursday to start using a community isolation facility to receive mild patients of COVID-19 as the daily additional cases h

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China lists 680 villages to promote rural tourism

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has made public a list of 680 key villages for promoting rural tourism. The selection of the villages was carried out bas

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Five killed in China's Guangxi road accident

Five people were killed and another five injured in a road accident in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to the public security bureau of Nanni

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Two dead as trains collide near Germany-Czechia border

The collision happened near the village of Pernink, Czechia. /Czechia Police via AP Two passenger trains collided head-on in western Czechia, killing at least two people onboard and injuring a

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Floods affect 347,000 people in China's Jiangxi

Aerial photo taken on June 5, 2020 shows the flooded Changping Village of Pingxiang City, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo by Qiu Hailang/Xinhua)NANCHANG, July 4 (

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Death toll of jade mine collapse reaches 172 in Myanmar's northernmost state

Six more bodies were recovered, bringing the death toll of a jade mine collapse in Myanmar's Kachin state to 172 so far on Friday, according to latest figures released

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Death toll from jade mine landslide reaches 166 in Myanmar's northernmost state

Cellphone photo taken on July 2, 2020 shows rescuers carrying the body of a victim after the landslides at a jade mining site in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar. (Myanma

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Death toll from Myanmar landslides reaches 125

The death toll from massive jade mine landslides in Myanmar's Kachin state has reached 125, an official from Hpakant township administration office told Xinhua on Thursday. "All of the casu

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1 killed, 1 missing as heavy rainstorm lashes China's Chongqing

A heavy rainstorm has left one person dead and another missing as of 10 a.m. Thursday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said. Torrential rains disrupted the lives of more

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At least 50 killed, many feared missing in jade mine landslide in Myanmar

Bodies of at least 50 jade scavengers have been recovered while many others are still missing in a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state on Thursday, U Dollar, an official from the local village admini

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China's highest-altitude autonomous prefecture ramps up telemedicine construction

A total of eight hospitals and eight township-level health centers in northwest China's Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture will have access to telemedicine services o

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China's longest-serving lawmaker Shen Jilan dies at 91

Shen Jilan, China's longest-serving national lawmaker and recipient of the Medal of the Republic, passed away Sunday morning in the city of Changzhi, north China's Sha

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3 killed, 12 missing in southwest China rainstorm

Torrential downpours left three people dead while 12 others are missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Saturday. Intense rain lashed par

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DPRK seen removing loudspeakers from border with S. Korea: media

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was seen removing loudspeakers set up from Sunday afternoon in the border areas with South Korea, multiple local media

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2 militants, paramilitary trooper killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight

Two militants and a paramilitary trooper belonging to India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed Tuesday in a fierce gunfight between them in restive Indi

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DPRK reinstalling loudspeakers near border with S. Korea: media

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been reinstalling loudspeakers in areas near the border with South Korea, multiple local media reported Monday. An

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8 students drown in southwest China

Eight primary school students died after drowning in a river in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, authorities said Monday, adding that rescuers retrieved all the bodies. According to the dist