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China to build five more stations on Qinghai-Tibet railway

Five more stations are to be added to the Qinghai-Tibet railway, said local authorities on Wednesday.

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French labour dispute: Nuclear power plant workers to join strike

Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to down tools amid growing industrial action over controversial labour reforms.

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Alibaba to train 1 million rural e-commerce gurus

​Alibaba reached an agreement Tuesday with China Communist Youth League, a CPC reserve force, to train 1 million teenagers to take e-commerce to rural areas.

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Alibaba expands e-commerce in rural China under gov't support

Alibaba, China's biggest online trader, reached an agreement on Wednesday with the top economic planner to expand e-commerce in rural areas.

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India racing ahead of China when it comes to pollution

An evaluation of the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) data maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released on Tuesday has revealed that as many as 15 out of the 17 cities that are being monitored fail to meet the ambient air quality standard by a considerable margin. The evaluation, done by Greenpeace India, also found that infrastructure to monitor air pollution is abysmal in India despite such severe levels of pollution.

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Free WiFi for major transport nodes in Singapore by 2020

Commuters in Singapore can connect to free WiFi at 33 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations, and the free WiFi service will cover all station platforms by 2020.

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Singaporeans vote in general election

​Singaporeans across the city state went to their designated polling stations on Friday to vote in a general election.

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Deep space monitoring station abroad imperative

China needs to build a deep space monitoring station abroad because the existing network is not capable of tracking deep space detectors round the clock, a leading scientist said on Monday.