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Report: Climate change threatens future of golf

Wetterwintersandcoastalerosionlinkedtoclimatechangearethreateningthefutureofgolf,areportbackedbygoverningbodytheRAwarnedonWednesday.Golfisfacinganincreaseinunpl

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Duolingo adds Mandarin course to its language library

OnlinelanguagelearningcompanyDuolingohasfinallyaddedaMandarincoursetoitsofferings.Withmorethanonebillionspeakers,Mandarinisthemostpopularlanguageontheplanet,but

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U.S. Marine Corps will soon get first female Infantry Officer

TheU.S.MarineCorpsisexpectedtoassignitsfirstfemaleinfantryofficernextweek,theservicesaidinastatementThursday.Thefemaleofficer,whosenameisnotrevealed,isexpectedt

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US teachers get firearm training to deal with armed assaults

Some teachers in the U.S. state of Colorado will be allowed to carry guns in school after a three-day training in aims of protecting students and school staff from potential gun violence.

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US teachers get firearm training to deal with armed assaults

SometeachersintheU.S.stateofColoradowillbeallowedtocarrygunsinschoolafterathree-daytraininginaimsofprotectingstudentsandschoolstafffrompotentialgunviolence.Seve

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ICC Champions Trophy 2017: England has a subcontinent feel to it

EnglandisprobablytheonecountrypeoplehearaboutthemostwhilegrowingupinIndia.Theplaces,thehistory—ofwhichthereisnodearth—thetowns,theatmosphereandeventheweather.So

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S. Korea formally signs land swap deal with Lotte for THAAD

South Korea's defense ministry on Tuesday signed the land swap deal with Lotte Group for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a ministry official said.

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S.Korean residents shout "Stop THAAD" for peace of future generations

Residents living in South Korea's southeast regions, where the U.S. missile shield is set to be deployed, came up to the capital city Seoul on Thursday to rally against the decision to install one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in their hometown.

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The world's most extreme golf courses

The World Ice Golf Championships takes place in Uummannaq, Greenland in temperatures which plummet to -50 Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit). Set 600 kilometers north of the Arctic circle, players have to cope with freezing glaciers and huge icebergs.

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Controversy after a Chinese middle school introduces a new course to teach male pupils how to act like man

A school in east China has been criticised online after it introduced a course to stop young boys from acting 'delicate' and 'emotional'.

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Teaching birds and bees: China's school launches book on gender education

Discovering different aspects of gender is part of a teenager's growth. Boys in Shanghai are lucky that they will now have a better and appropriate understanding as the first textbook on gender education in China has been published recently, according to local media in Shanghai.

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China-built railway engineering course opens new frontiers to Kenyan youth

A 25-year-old accomplished guitarist is yet to reconcile with a strange turn in his life's path after landing in an engineering career despite spending the better part of his youth honing musical skills.

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China, UN Women train female peacekeepers

​A training course for female peacekeepers jointly sponsored by China's Ministry of National Defense and UN Women started in Beijing on Monday.

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Angelina Jolie to teach at London School of Economics on women in conflict

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is to join the London School of Economics (LSE) as a visiting professor on a new masters course on women

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Crazy in love? Not China's college students!

Students at Tianjin University can now enroll in courses in what is possibly the most difficult subject of all -- love.

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The A4 waist -- the China's latest absurd online fad?

What is a perfect body? In the eyes of some misguided Chinese women, it is characterized by a tiny midriff that can be fully covered by a vertical sheet of A4 paper, and they are taking action to get one.