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Live like a local at Hainan’s Old Dad’s Tea shops

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UK theatre cites 20 'inappropriate behaviour' claims against Spacey

TheOldVictheatresaidThursdaythatithadreceived20claimsof"inappropriatebehaviour"againstUSactorKevinSpacey,whowasartisticdirectorattheprestigiousLondonvenueforove

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Five things you should not miss in Hanoi

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Israel bans men under 50 from disputed Jerusalem holy site

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Iraqi forces continue pushing IS militants into small pocket in Mosul

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Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque

After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State's de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group's self-styled caliphate at an end.

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Iraq forces push deep into devastated Old Mosul

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Major Islamic State attack blocked outside old city of Mosul

Iraq's armed forces blocked a major wave of attacks by Islamic State suicide bombers outside the Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said.

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Iraqi forces push into Mosul Old City, warn IS 'surrender or die'

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Next month’s Script Road literary festival in Macau set to be biggest yet

Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author Madeleine Thien and acclaimed Korean-American writer Krys Lee are among more than 60 influential literary figures attending The Script Road this year, Macau’s literary festival, making it the biggest since the event was launched in 2012.

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Powerful industry group will "fight" Aussie state's plan to raise smoking age

​An Australian state government will face opposition over its proposal to raise the smoking age to 21 or 25, with the region's powerful hospitality industry planning to challenge the bid.

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Controversial Summer Palace replica to open to public

Part of a full-size replica of the Old Summer Palace is about to open to tourists in east China's Zhejiang Province, some 1,000 kilometers from the real Beijing landmark.