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Chinese young designer makes charming debut in Milan fashion week

​A charming collection marked the debut of JUNLI in Italy's Milan recently, where Chinese young designer Li Jun presented his creations for the first time in the official calendar of the fashion week which ended here on Tuesday.

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Two Australian students shot in New Orleans in alleged drug deal

​Two Australian students from Western Australia's Curtin University have been shot and injured during an alleged drug deal in New Orleans.

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China in the eyes of a Belgian businessman

​Peter Claus, a successful Belgian businessman who has been doing business with China since the 1980s, has many stories to tell when it comes to his experience in China.

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COP21 President calls for rapid ratification of Paris Agreement

French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius traveled here on Wednesday to present the conclusions of COP21, over which he presided at the end of 2015, to the European Parliament meeting for its plenary session. He appealed for speedy ratification of the "Paris Agreement."

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Tu Youyou: Artemisinin, gift from traditional Chinese medicine to world

Artemisinin, the most effective drug that combat malaria today is "a gift from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to the world", said Tu Youyou, in her presentation at Nobel Lectures in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm on Monday.

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Tough issues remain unresolved, U.S. could walk away if decisions not made: Kerry

​U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday some of the tough issues remain unresolved in the ongoing Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna, saying hard decisions must be taken very soon, warning the United States could walk away from the negotiation table if tough decisions are not made.

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MSCI to include China A-shares in its benchmarks within 2015: expert

MSCI Inc. is going to add China A-Shares to its MSCI Emerging Markets Index quicker than many anticipate, which could happen in 2015 toward the end of the year, a U.S. financial expert told Xinhua.

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Chinese culture features coexistence of historic memory, dynamic change

​"Every day when I do this, I open new doors, and behind these doors there are other doors," said Erik Soderblom, director of the Helsinki Festival, in a recent interview with Xinhua.

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Chinese military medical team's special International Nurses Day in quake-stricken Nepal

​As dazzling sunshine filtered through a camouflage-like mesh that serves as a makeshift roof for a piece of lawn connecting ward tents, Xu Zhaoxia checked her first-aid kit after visiting patients in her area of responsibility, eager to join a task force to serve quake victims in parts of Kathmandu who are not able to come to the battlefield- style hospital, or simply a combination of tents, with vehicles and shabby bungalows just meters away from the official seat of the Nepalese government-- Singha Durbar, or Lion Palace, which, with visible cracks on its white walls and pillars, had been cordoned off.

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China's "Belt and Road" strategy benefits neighbors

​China's new "Belt and Road" strategy has enormous potential to create positive benefits for China's neighbors but the plan will take time and a very careful approach is needed to make sure potential is maximized, according to one of Australia's leading China commentators.

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Google calls for more investments in smart phone, broadband networks

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Tuesday the smart phone and broadband networks are good investment targets in the next five to ten years.

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FISU head impressed by remarkable efforts in Beijing, Almaty's Winter Olympics bidding

The international governing body for university sports will be happy to see either Beijing or Almaty win the bid for 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Claude-Louis Gallien, President of the International University Sports Federation, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

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DPRK upset over UN's inaction on "provocative" U.S.-South Korea war games

​The DPRK on Monday voiced its frustration over the UN Security Council's failure to take up its request for an emergency meeting on what it said "gangster-like" joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises.

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Global economy grows on "two engines", structural reforms critical

The global economy is poised to gain momentum this year with "two engines" of developing and developed countries working simultaneously.

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Indian PM Modi meets World Bank president

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met World Bank President Jim Yong Kim here and discussed with the latter future cooperation in development programs.

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Search leader confirms suspected signals detected by Australian, Chinese vessels

Chief Coordinator of the multinational search team hunting for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 on Sunday confirmed that vessels from both Australia and China had detected suspected pulse signals in recent days, saying more ships and planes are deployed for further verifications and he is satisfied with the current cooperation with China.

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Australian PM says MH370 case enters recovery, investigation phase

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday that the case of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has entered the phase of recovery and investigation.