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Robot performs double surgery on cancer patient in rare procedure

Acancerpatientisrecoveringafterbeingoperatedonintwoplacesatthesametimebyarobotduringarareprocedure.ChristineLockton,63,hadahysterectomyandpartofhercolonremoveds

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Mourinho says Chelsea games mean ‘less and less’ as Conte feud cools

JoséMourinhohasadmittedmeetingswithChelseamean“lessandless”ashisemotionaltieswithhisformerclubsteadilyrecede,withneithertheManchesterUnitedmanagernorAntonioCont

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Restaurants ramp up catering ahead of Lunar New Year

WiththeSpringFestivallessthanamonthaway,thecateringmarketacrossChinaisalreadyheatingup.InthesouthwesternprovinceofYunnan,manyrestaurantsaresigningupforonlinefoo

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Mark Wahlberg donates $1.5 million after pay gap controversy

AmericanactorMarkWahlbergannouncedSaturdayhewoulddonate$1.5million(1.2millioneuros)toalegalfundforvictimsofsexualharassmentfollowingacontroversyoverthemassivepa

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China asks WTO members to safeguard multilateral trade

ChinaonSaturdayencouragedthemembersoftheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)tosafeguardmultilateraltradeandjointlybuildanopenglobaleconomy.SpeakingtoaroundtableonChina's

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Do you know the cost of fighting in public in China?

TheYunxipolicestationinsouthwesternChinesecityofChengdurecentlypostedwarningsignslistingthefinancialpenaltiesforfightinginpublic.Thenoveltyofthisgesturecausedph

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Small odds of reaching 2 C climate goal: researchers

Thereisafive-percentchanceoflimitingaverageglobalwarmingtoundertwodegreesCelsius(3.6degreesFahrenheit),thetargetsetinthe2015climate-rescueParisAgreement,researc

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Posotive thinking could increase your lifespan, say experts

Peoplewhoviewthemselvesaslesshealthyareatgreaterriskofsufferingaprematuredeathnomatterhowactivetheyreallyare,newresearchsays.Thestudy,conductedbyStanfordUnivers

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Beijingers now spend less time at work, on leisure than in 1996

PeopleinBeijingarenotonlyspendinglesstimeatworkthantheydid20yearsago,butalsolesstimeonleisureactivities,accordingtoasurveyreleasedonWednesday.Averagedailyworkin

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Over 100 Jewish cemetery headstones damaged in Philadelphia, U.S.

U.S. Police said Sunday that over 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, local media reported.

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Brexit effect yet to be felt, say academics

​The effect of the the UK's vote to leave the European Union (EU) on the British economy will not be known until the end of the year, a leading economics professor said on Wednesday at a briefing on the implications of the British exit (Brexit) from the EU.

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Myanmar expert calls for more efforts to catch up with ASEAN community

An expert in Myanmar on Tuesday stressed the need for the country to exert its best efforts in order to catch up with three other less-developed member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) in Economic Community building, out of three pillars of the ASEAN Community.

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Job prospects for new HK graduates decline: high level jobs hard to find and earnings drop

The city has nurtured more workers with a university degree in the past two decades, but less than half of them could take up top managerial and professional jobs and they made less money than older graduates, research from the Legislative Council secretariat has found.

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Premature births linked to short mothers: New Zealand-Swedish study

​Short mothers are twice as likely to give birth to a premature baby as tall mothers, according to a joint New Zealand-Swedish study out Friday.

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Interest rate cuts less effective: Australia's central bank

​Cutting interest rates could be less effective at boosting the local economy than it did in the past, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens said on Friday.

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HIV's ability to cause AIDS declining

The rapid evolution of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has allowed the virus to develop resistance to patients' natural immunity, is at the same time slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to new research conducted in over 2,000 African women.

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Vitamin D supplements benefit infant respiratory health

Infants whose mothers take vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and newborns who also take it are less likely to get respiratory infections, according to research announced by the University of Auckland Thursday.