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Chinese scientist honored for deep-sea drilling system

CHANGSHA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Central China's Hunan Province has honored a scientist for his contribution to a deep-sea drilling system.

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S. Korean politician raises possibility of returning THAAD

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party has put forward the possibility of returning the controversial THAAD anti-missile system to the United States.

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S. Korean politician raises possibility of returning THAAD

SouthKorea’srulingDemocraticPartyhasputforwardthepossibilityofreturningthecontroversialTHAADanti-missilesystemtotheUnitedStates.NationalAssemblymemberWooWon-shi

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Pentagon awards $20M for space command sustainment services

ThePentagonsaidFridayithadawardedanearly$19millioncontracttoprovidesystemsustainmentfortheSpaceCommandcontrolsystemsoftheAirForce.TheUSAirForcehasorderednearly$

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Beijing reiterates firm opposition to THAAD

China reiterated on Tuesday its resolute opposition to the deployment of a US anti-missile defense system in the Republic of Korea after the system's first components arrived in the peninsula.

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Thaad: US begins deploying missile defence system in South Korea

The US says it has begun deploying the first parts of a controversial missile defence system in South Korea.

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Turkey at threshold for shift to presidential system

Turkey is on the threshold for shift to an executive presidential system as the parliament approved early Saturday an 18-item constitutional amendment package.

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Japanese insurance firm replaces 34 staff with AI

Science fiction has long imagined a future in which humans are ousted from their jobs by machines.

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South Korea vows to deploy US missile system as opposition lawmakers head to China

South Korea is committed to deploying an advanced US missile defence system this year despite opposition from China, a minister said on Wednesday, even as opposition lawmakers headed to Beijing with a different message.

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Parks set to step up protection of pandas, big cats

​China is set to establish a national park system to beef up the protection of giant pandas, Siberian tigers and Amur leopards, according to a decision made by the country's leading group for overall reform.

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Aussie researchers discover pathway key to weight loss

Australian scientists have discovered a pathway key to accelerating weight loss.

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Alibaba’s YunOS overtakes Apple’s iOS as China’s second-largest smartphone operating system

YunOS, the mobile operating system developed by Alibaba Group, is on track to corner a 14 per cent share of smartphone shipments in mainland China by the end of this year, pulling ahead of Apple’s iOS to become the second-largest operating system for that device in the market, according to analysts.

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English examinations in China to be unified nationwide

Curriculum to be based on standard criteria that tie to global practices

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Britain PM May says Britain already has a good visa system with India

​Britain already has a good visa system with India, Prime Minister Theresa May said late on Sunday as she arrived in the country for her first bilateral trip outside of the European Union since June's Brexit vote.

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Turkey's ruling party heats up shift to presidential system

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will resume work for constitutional transition to a presidential system that will expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Unified real estate registration reform accelerated

​After drawing strong complaints about inefficiency, real estate registration authorities in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, have resolved to simplify procedures.

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China’s version of GPS ‘is now just as accurate’

China’s Beidou navigation system is now accurate within centimetres and on par with the US Global Positioning System (GPS), said a scientist who has been developing the technology.