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Wimbledon 2017: Two-time champion Kvitova ousted by Brengle

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Apple to put screen repair machines in 400 third-party service centers

Apple will put its proprietary screen repair machines in hundreds of third-party locations by the end of 2017, making it easier for customers to fix cracked, damaged, or otherwise broken iPhone displays.

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Apple to put screen repair machines in 400 third-party service centers

Applewillputitsproprietaryscreenrepairmachinesinhundredsofthird-partylocationsbytheendof2017,makingiteasierforcustomerstofixcracked,damaged,orotherwisebrokeniPh

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2017 French Open: Chinese pairs fare smooth in doubles

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New pictures released as Britain's Prince George marks third birthday

Britain's Prince George, the son of Prince William and his wife Kate, celebrated his third birthday on Friday with his father's office releasing new photographs of the great grandson of Queen Elizabeth.

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Samsung's operating profit rises for 4 quarters, topping estimates

​Samsung Electronics, one of the world 's major maker of smartphones, memory chips and TVs, said Wednesday that its third-quarter operating profit rose for four straight quarters, topping analysts' estimates.

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Business confidence in S. Korea remains gloomy

​Confidence among South Korean businesses remain gloomy amid concerns about the expected interest rate hike in the United States, an industry lobby group poll showed on Monday.

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"Furious 7" tops North American box office for third time

Universal's "Furious 7" remains the most popular movie in North America for the third consecutive weekend, setting a speed record of one billion dollars worldwide.

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Philippine economic growth slows to 5.3 pct in Q3

​Philippine gross domestic product ( GDP) growth slowed to 5.3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier as the expansion of all major economic sectors decelerated during the period, the local statistics agency said Thursday.

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S. Korea's Q3 GDP growth falls to lowest in five quarters

South Korea's economic growth fell to the lowest in five quarters in the third quarter, bolstering the causes of fiscal and monetary stimulus, the country's central bank data showed Friday.

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Singapore raises official forecast for economic growth

The Singapore government raised its growth forecast for the economy to between 3.5 percent and 4 percent on Thursday.

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HK's economy grows 2.9 pct in Q3

The Hong Kong economy expanded moderately further in the third quarter of 2013, by 2.9 percent in real terms over a year earlier, slightly slower than the 3.2 percent growth in the second quarter, the local government announced Friday.

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S. Korea's GDP growth stays at 2-year high level in Q3

South Korea's gross domestic product growth stayed at the two-year high level in the third quarter due to a turnaround in facility investment and rising private consumption, central bank data showed Friday.

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Analysis: Third Palestinian Intifada not probable despite recent protests

The death of a Palestinian inmate in Israeli jails on Saturday and the ongoing hunger strike of thousands of prisoners angered Palestinians and triggered growing violence and protests. However, observers said that it won't lead to a third Intifada (popular uprising) following the first one in 1987 and the second in 2000.