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PLA confirms aircraft carrier Liaoning passed through Taiwan Straits on Thursday

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has confirmed that the Liaoning aircraft carrier passed through the Taiwan Straits on Thursday before dawn.

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Japanese PM leaves for visit to four Asia-Pacific countries

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is leaving for a six-day tour to the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia on Thursday.

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Over 1 mln Chinese-character domain names in use

​A total of 1.037 million registered Chinese-character domain names are in use, the China Internet Network Information Center said Thursday.

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Syria war monitor says Turkish air strikes kill 88

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday that Turkish air strikes in northern Syria had killed 88 civilians since early on Thursday, including 24 children.

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Vehicles still leaving Aleppo after overnight evacuation: U.N. official in Syria

Vehicles were still streaming out of eastern Aleppo on Thursday morning under U.N. monitoring after an evacuation overnight, a United Nations official in Syria told Reuters on Thursday.

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Yuan continues downward trend as China sets rate below 6.91

The yuan was trading slightly stronger on Friday morning than on Thursday, although it remains near record lows as the People’s Bank of China continues to bring down the reference rate.

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More troublesome weather for NZ quake-hit regions

​Quake recovery efforts could be hampered by further bad weather with more heavy rain and southerly gales forecast for the Kaikoura coast and Wellington.

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Developing nations eye anti-terrorism weapons at air show

Visitors from developing countries are gaining interest in weapons meant to fight terrorism at the six-day China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China 2016, in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.

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Two emblematic Athens hotels owned by Greek banks sold

Two emblematic Athens hotels which have put their mark on the city's tourism industry for more than half a century, the Athens Hilton and Astir Palace, changed ownership on Thursday.

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Typhoon Haima disrupts life in southern China

​Offices, businesses and schools in the southern city of Shenzhen will close as Typhoon Haima is expected to hit Friday afternoon, the local flood control authorities said.

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King Bhumibol takes final journey to Grand Palace, grieving Thais seeing him off

​The remains of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who passed away Thursday in Siriraj Hospital, were moved from the hospital to the Grand Palace on Friday with grieving Thais seeing him off.

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Hurricane Matthew heads for U.S. after killing at least 264 people in Haiti

​Hurricane Matthew left devastation in its wake, killing at least 264 people in Haiti, as it moved toward the Bahamas and the United States.

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North China to see rain, lower temperatures

​China's national observatory said Thursday that a cold front sweeping north China will bring lower temperatures and rain from Thursday to Saturday.

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China opposes U.S. interference in internal affairs, judicial sovereignty

Hua Chunying made the remarks on the comments of U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner concerning a case that a Chinese lawyer got seven years in prison for state subversion on Thursday.

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Rain brings chaos to NE Chinese province

Northeast China's Liaoning Province is experiencing its strongest rainfall of the year.

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Vietnamese legislators vote to elect parliamentary chief

Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) deputies on Thursday afternoon cast their votes to elect Chairperson of the 14th NA.

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IS-related agency says IS "soldier" carried out attack in Nice

The Islamic State-related Amaq news agency, citing a source, said Saturday an IS "soldier" executed the attack in Nice, France, on Thursday in response to the group's call to target the anti-IS alliance.