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China to promote integrating healthcare and eldercare services

China will promote the integration of health care with elderly care to address its aging population, an official statement showed Wednesday.

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Chinese tech company challenges Apple with premium smartwatch

​As a direct challenger to the Apple Watch, Chinese technology company, Huawei, Wednesday launched its high-end smartwatch products in Britain.

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Arrests of smugglers induce change in migrant routes to Europe

​Italian authorities said the increasing number of people arrested for allegedly smuggling migrants and refugees across the Mediterranean in latest months had a role in making traffickers change their routes, local media reported on Tuesday.

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Chinese tourists boost Sydney airport revenues

A rise in Chinese travelers to Australia boosted earnings for Sydney Airport, according to local statistics authorities.

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Will plane debris help unveil mystery of missing MH370?

​The Australian government said Friday that search for missing flight MH370 will continue regardless of whether wreckage found on La Reunion Island came from the aircraft, while the debris is being transferred to France for examination.

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IS to bomb Syria's ancient city of Palmyra: monitor

​The Islamic State (IS) militants have rigged the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria with explosives, a monitor group reported on Sunday.

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Two killed in Taiwan trainer aircraft crash

A light trainer aircraft plunged into a lagoon in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, killing both onboard, officials said Monday.

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Qihoo 360 net income doubles in 2014

Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., a leading Internet company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, reported doubled revenue and net income in 2014, according to a statement released on Tuesday.

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China to reform investment, financing systems, other key areas

China will take substantial measures to reform the investment and financing systems, as well as other key areas of the economic system, according to a government work report available shortly before Thursday's annual parliamentary session.

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China to boost potato cultivation

China is boosting potato acreage to transform the crop into the country's fourth staple food after rice, wheat and corn, said Yu Xinrong, vice minister of agriculture, at a seminar on Tuesday.

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Five dead, 30 injured at 40 car pile-up in Greece

​Five people were killed and 30 were injured at a 40 car pile-up in northern Greece on Sunday, according to the latest toll announced by Greek authorities.

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China Three Gorges Corporation to invest in nuclear

China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC), the country's largest hydropower provider, will enter the nuclear power sector following an agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation, according to a company statement on Tuesday.

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Turkish army conducts large-scale military exercises

Turkish Armed Forces have launched a large-scale and wide-range military drill with the code name of EFES-2014 in Doganbey gulf of southwestern province of Izmir's Seferhisar district, according to a report here on Thursday.

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Social insurance lacking among China's e-commerce employees

China's online shops have created nearly ten million jobs, but a lack of social insurance has failed to give employees a sense of security.

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Japan imposes sanctions on Russia over Crimea crisis

Japan on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russia over crisis related to Crimea, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry.

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10 killed in violence in N.E. India

At least 10 people were killed, eight others injured and three missing after armed attackers fired indiscriminately at a village in a remote forested area in the northeastern Indian state of Assam Wednesday evening, said local media.