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Melbourne to be Australia's largest city by mid-2030s as economy booms

MelbournewouldbeAustralia'slargestcitybythemid-2030s,datareleasedonThursdayrevealed.ThereleasefromtheAustralianBureauofStatistics(ABS)saidthatthevalueofbuilding

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2 Chinese nationals kidnapped in Pakistan's Quetta, embassy confirms

The Chinese embassy in Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed that two Chinese nationals were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the country's southwest Quetta city earlier in the day.

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Indonesian capital initiates Dragon Boat Festival

Indonesian capital of Jakarta held on Saturday the initial Dragon Boat Festival in the city which contends tens of male and female teams racing in various groups, highly expected to become an annual event in years to come.

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Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day

People watch an audio-visual show on the Old City walls of Jerusalem, on May 21, 2017. The audio-visual show on Sunday was part of Israel's celebration of Jerusalem Day, marking the "reunification" of the city after Israel seized the Arab eastern part of the city during the 1967 Mideast War.

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Last batch of rebels evacuate Syria's Homs city

HOMS, Syria, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The last batch of rebels evacuated their last stronghold in the al-Waer neighborhood, making the entire city under the government control.

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Indonesian capital initiates Dragon Boat Festival

JAKARTA,May20(APD)–IndonesiancapitalofJakartaheldonSaturdaytheinitialDragonBoatFestivalinthecitywhichcontendstensofmaleandfemaleteamsracinginvariousgroups,highl

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China's bike-sharing schemes hit UK streets

Bike-sharingschemesintheUKcityofOxfordarequitedifferentfromthebusinessmodelinChina,wherepeopledon’thavetoworryaboutfindingadockingstation.CGTN’sZhangHereportsth

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Singaporean start-up introduces Chinese-style bike sharing in Bangkok

ASingaporeanstart-up,oBike,launchedstation-lessbikesharingserviceinBangkokearlierthismonthinabidtotransformthetraffic-cloggedcitythoughtheyarefacingchallengeshe

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Syrians brave mines, execution to flee IS in Raqa

ThemainsectionofacampforthedisplacedinthenorthernSyriantownofAinIssaisfull,butciviliansfleeingtheIslamicStategroupkeeponarriving.Thecampisastarkaffair,withdusty

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Heavy gunfire erupts in Ivory Coast's two main cities

HeavygunfireeruptedonMondayinIvoryCoast'stwolargestcities-AbidjanandBouake-witnessessaid,asthemilitarypressedanoperationaimedatendingafour-daynationwidearmymuti

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Karachi officials told to clean up their act as city becomes ‘huge rubbish bin’

Neighbours forced their way into Mohammad Umair’s home battling smoke and flames in a desperate bid to rescue his young family – he and his wife survived, their children did not.

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Over 40,000 displaced from Mosul in a week as Iraqi forces near old city

More than 40,000 people have been displaced in the last week from the Iraqi city of Mosul, where U.S.-backed forces launched a fresh push towards the Islamic State-held old city center on Sunday and closed in on the main government complex.

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Syrian army announces recapture of Palmyra from Islamic State

The Syrian army said on Thursday it had recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Islamic State for the second time in a year, with help from allied forces and Russian warplanes.

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Iraq forces battle IS to close in on Mosul's west bank

Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on the Islamic State group's stronghold in the city's west bank.

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Christchurch fires: Homes destroyed and residents evacuated

Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch as a huge wildfire rages on its outskirts.

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Russian jets pound Syrian city of Deraa after rebel gains

Russian jets pounded rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa on Tuesday for a second day in the first such intensive bombing campaign since Moscow's major intervention in Syria more than a year ago, rebels and witnesses said.

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Death toll rises to 15 in Philippine earthquake, hundreds injured

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled a southern Philippine city on Friday night has risen to at least 15, an official said on Saturday.