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Shanghai History Museum reopens

TheShanghaiHistoryMuseumhasreopenedintwohistoricalbuildingstodisplaymanyitemsrelatedtothecity'slegacyforthefirsttime.TheShanghaiHistoryMuseum's(ShanghaiRevoluti

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Updated | Mexico earthquake: Strong tremor hits Oaxaca state

Apowerfulearthquakehashitsouth-westernMexico,causingbuildingstoshakeinthecapitalMexicoCity,about350km(217miles)away.Theepicentreofthe7.2-magnitudetremorwasneart

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Ancient mining ops buildings found in Egypt: ministry

TheruinsoftwobuildingsusedtosuperviseminesinancientEgyptmorethan4,400yearsagohavebeendiscoveredinthesouth,theantiquitiesministryannouncedonThursday.Thefindwasma

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6 killed in building collapse in India

AtleastsixpeoplewerekilledandseveralothersinjuredonMondayafterportionsoffourresidentialbuildingscollapsedinsouthernIndianstateofKarnataka,policesaid.Theresident

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Philippine military recovers 22 bodies of pro-IS militants in Marawi

Philippines'militarysaidonWednesdaythat22bodiesofpro-IslamicState(IS)militantshavebeenfoundfromtwobuildingsthatmilitantsusedasfortressesinthesouthernPhilippinec

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Beijing demolishes 194 unauthorized buildings to make city more liveable

Beijinghaslaunchedacampaigntoimproveitsurbanenvironmentbydemolishingunauthorizedbuildingsandstrengtheningthepreservationofitshistoricsites.Overthepastyears,194u

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Evacuations triggered by anonymous bomb threats continue in Russia

Russianauthoritiessaidarashofanonymousbombthreatsthathavepromptedtheevacuationofschools,shoppingmalls,trainstations,andotherbuildingscontinuedonSeptember18.Mosc

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Bangkok's abandoned 'ghost' towers still stand 20 years after crash

Uponitscompletionin2016,the314-meterMahaNakhonwasnamedThailand'stallestbuilding.OfferingluxuryshoppingandsomeofthemostexpensivepropertiesinBangkok,theglitzyskys

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Rural structures posing greater relative threat than urban ones

A new study finds that while smaller buildings cause fewer bird deaths than do bigger buildings, larger buildings in rural areas pose a greater threat to birds than if those same-sized buildings were located in an urban area.

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Rural structures posing greater relative threat than urban ones

Anewstudyfindsthatwhilesmallerbuildingscausefewerbirddeathsthandobiggerbuildings,largerbuildingsinruralareasposeagreaterthreattobirdsthanifthosesame-sizedbuildi

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60 UK high-rise buildings fail fire safety tests after Grenfell disaster

Atleast60high-risebuildingsacrosstheUKhavefailedsafetytestsinthewakeofthecatastrophicfirethatsweptthroughGrenfellTowerinWestLondononJune14.Thetowerblocksareamon

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25 injured, hundreds of buildings damaged in strong quake in Indonesia

ApowerfulearthquakestrikingcentralIndonesiaearlierthisweekhasleft25peoplewoundedandhundredsofbuildingsdamaged,aseniorofficialofthecountry'sdisasteragencysaidher

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Massive car bomb blast rocks Afghan capital, leaving casualties

A powerful car bombing rocked a diplomatic district in the central part of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul on Wednesday morning, leaving casualties and damage, sources and witnesses said.

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HRW: Myanmar Military Burned Hundreds of Rohingya Buildings

​The government and military of Myanmar are responsible for burning down hundreds of buildings in the Rakhine State during the past three months as retribution for militant attacks on security forces, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

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Road collapse in SW Japan causes blackouts, traffic disruption

​Road collapse in a commercial district in southwestern Japan caused power failure and disruption of traffic on Tuesday morning.

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22 dead in China's building collapse

Most of the victims were migrant workers who were renting rooms at cheap prices, witness says

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Int'l support pours in Nepal for reconstruction of quake-damaged schools

The premise of Jalapa Devi Higher Secondary School located in Melamchi municipality of Sindhupalchowk district, some 50 kilometers away from the capital city, looked vibrant.