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Teenager terror arrest before Anzac Day "chilling": Minister

​The arrest of a 16-year-old teenager in Sydney hours before the annual Anzac memorial services across Australia is a "truly chilling and disturbing scenario" and Australians should remain vigilant to the threat by global terrorism, said Australian Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter Terrorism Michael Keenan on Monday.

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Culture Insider: Five Things you may not know about Grain Rain

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain,as the last term in spring, starts on April 20 and ends on May 5.

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Teen and 10-year-old in hospital after dog attacks in Waikato

​A 16-year-old was mauled by a dog in Tokoroa yesterday afternoon, leaving him with wounds to his ankles, legs and arms. Photo / Getty Images

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China's 96-year-old veteran becomes fashion icon

Ma Zhiying, a 96-year-old Chinese veteran, who took agroup of photos under the encouragement of hisgranddaughter, has become a fashion icon on China'ssocial media.

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Sexual assaults during New Year celebrations also reported in Salzburg, Austria

Following revelations that numerous sexual assaults took place in Cologne, Germany over New Year's Eve, Austrian police in Salzburg on Thursday reported a number of similar incidents.

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Aging China calls for balanced elderly care

China's population is aging at a historical high, setting the government with the arduous task of providing balanced care for a growing number of senior citizens.

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Malaysia arrests suspects with link to IS

Malaysia arrested 5 men with suspected involvement in terrorist activities, including three linking to the Islamic States(IS), police said Saturday.

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McDonald's opens in historic home, with Starbucks in annex

A McDonald's cafe opened in the old home of former Taiwan leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, last week.

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1 dead, 2 injured in shooting outside New York night club

​One woman was killed and two others injured in a shooting early Monday morning in New York, police said.

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Australian terror suspect to be held for another 100 hours without charge

​An 18-year-old man arrested in Sydney's anti-terror raids in connection with the murder of police accountant Curtis Cheng in an act of terror will be held for another 100 hours despite no charges being laid.

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Nursing homes, more Chinese old people's final choices

Qian Liqun, former professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University, chose to spend his remaining years with his wife in the nursing home after retirement.

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5 people arrested in Sydney terror-related raids

​Five males aged 16 to 24 were arrested in dawn raid in Sydney on Wednesday in relation to the fatal shooting of an employee outside New South Wales police headquarters last Friday.

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Mother of toddler killed in Jewish arson attack dies of sustained wounds

​Mother of the Palestinian toddler killed in a Jewish arson attack near the West Bank city of Nablus on July 31 died of her sustained wounds, her family confirmed on Sunday.

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British anti-terror police arrests 5 from one family

​Five people from the same family were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing materials related to terrorism, Britain's Metropolitan Police said.

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Australian indigenous suicide rate at "crisis" levels

​Indigenous suicide rates in Australia are a humanitarian crisis, a report released on Tuesday said.

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IS to bomb Syria's ancient city of Palmyra: monitor

​The Islamic State (IS) militants have rigged the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria with explosives, a monitor group reported on Sunday.

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Baltimore mayor asks U.S. Justice Department to investigate police practices

​Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday asked the U.S. Justice Department to conduct a civil rights investigation into the city police practices after the death of 25-year-old African-American man Freddie Gray thrusted the city into the vortex of a heated national debate over police brutality in minority neighborhoods.