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27 deaths as cold weather sweeps Europe

A cold wave across Europe has taken at least 27 lives in the past few days, including those of several migrants and homeless people, and victims of accidents due to icy roads.

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Winter is latest threat to children living on the brink across Middle East

Unseasonably cold temperatures and winter weather are sweeping across the Middle East, threatening millions of children affected by crisis in the region, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

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Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter's chill "coldest in 30 years"

Cold front – with temperatures as low as minus 8 degrees Celsius – is Chinese capital’s coldest in three decades for this time of year

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China Exclusive: World's first space cold atom clock

​The cylinder-shaped black object bears no resemblance to any ordinary clock, but it is one of the most advanced timepieces ever.

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Nipple stickers at the ready, we try Hong Kong’s first cryosauna – at minus 130 Celsius

Polaris Wellness offers cryotherapy sessions that it claims reduce post-exercise soreness and speed up recovery. Health editor Jeanette Wang puts its super chilled chamber to the test

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Culture Insider: Five Things you may not know about Grain Rain

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain,as the last term in spring, starts on April 20 and ends on May 5.

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Cold front set to push down temperature

Hong Kong enters a chilly week ahead after a steep drop in temperature over the past twenty four hours.

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Cold front eases smog in north China

The heavy smog that has shrouded parts of north China will ease on Saturday thanks to a cold front, China's national observatory said.

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Cold front to chill China during holiday

A strong cold front is moving across China from west to east, bringing temperature drops, rain and snow, the weather observatory forecast on Wednesday.

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Asia shivers: All bundled up, from Bangkok to Hanoi

Tourists and residents in Bangkok bundled up as the temperature in the Thai capital dipped to 17.5 deg C yesterday, with many regions in Asia shivering in unusual cold weather.

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Cold wave hits S.Korea with lowest temperature in over decade

​South Korea has been hit by the strongest cold wave in more than a decade, stranding tens of thousands of tourists in the southern resort island of Jeju and killing at least six people from hypothermia.

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Bad weather to disrupt holiday traffic rush

China's weather observatory forecasted that cold front, rain and smog will affect traffic rush on Tuesday as the week-long Lunar New Year holiday is coming to an end.

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U.S. ravaged by unexpected early wintry weather

Most areas of the United Sates have been gripped by severe wintry weather characterized by heavy snowfall and drastic temperature drops since the weekend, with a dozen of states recording temperatures falling below freezing.

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Cold water training key to avoiding drowning: New Zealand research

Training the mind and body to adjust to the sudden shock of cold water could save countless people from death by drowning, according to New Zealand research out Thursday.

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Cold air may help lose weight: study

Turning down temperatures at home and office may help you fight obesity, according to a new study published Wednesday in the U.S. journal Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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Cold snap plaques Vietnam's southern HCM City

Thousands of elderly people and children were hospitalized this week in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City due to the recent cold spell that has seen temperatures drop below 18 degrees Celsius.

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Cold front sweeps China

While heavy snowstorms hit northeast China, a strong cold front is sweeping central and eastern regions.According to the National Meteorological Center on Tuesday, the cold front will lead to temperatures dropping by up to 10 degrees Celsius over the next three days.