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Weak Russian demand hits Chinese border town

The economic slowdown in Russia, along with its weakening currency, the ruble, has put a lot of wholesale stores in a Chinese city on the border with Russia out of business, local business owners and experts said Sunday.

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Merkel and the days of terror

The decision to accept more than a million refugees was Angela Merkel's biggest political gamble.At first, she was widely applauded for her moral courage and leadership.

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String of attacks in Europe fuels a summer of anxiety

Nearly every day seems to bring a new horror to the streets of Western Europe, leaving innocent men, women and children dead or broken, fueling political and social tensions and creating what some are already calling the summer of anxiety.Death and injury have been dealt out by truck, ax, handgun, machete andbomb.

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Heavy rain in N. China leaves 164 dead

Heavy rain across north and northeast China last week has left 164 people dead and 125 missing, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

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Top Chinese economic fugitive to return after 13 years for medical treatment

China's most wanted economic fugitive, Yang Xiuzhu, has been reported to have given up her application for political asylum in the United States, and wishes to return to China as soon as possible.

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WTO starts two-yearly review of China's trade policy

The World Trade Organisation(WTO) kicked off a regular review of China's trade policy on Wednesday, enabling members to examine China's trade policy and practices over the past two years.

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Torrential rain hits Beijing, disrupts traffic

Gao Yu planned to take the train from Beijing to Tangshan in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday morning. But when she arrived at Beijing West Railway Station, she found her train was among many that had been delayed due to heavy rain.

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Trump's wife seeks to soften his image at raucous Republican convention

Donald Trump's wife Melania, in her first major political speech on Monday, portrayed her husband as a talented, compassionate and unrelenting leader who would unify rather than divide the country if elected to the White House.

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Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands U.S. hand over cleric

Turkey purged its police on Monday after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of a failed military coup, and said it could reconsider its friendship with the United States unless Washington hands over a cleric Ankara blames for the putsch.

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US election: Anti-Trump floor vote fails at convention

Anti-Trump delegates have failed in their final push to block Donald Trump's nomination at the party's convention in Cleveland.

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Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg

A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train in southern Germany before being shot dead by police, officials say.

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Deal on 3-nation joint patrol against piracy to be inked in Malaysia

Defense ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are to meet in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday in an effort to step up maritime security as the threat of piracy is escalating in the region, an Indonesian minister said on Monday.

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Uncertainties remain in Turkey after foiled coup attempt

Uncertainties remain in Turkey in the wake of the failed military coup on Friday, though the Turkish parliament said Sunday that the country's security order has "returned to normal".

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India’s famed”gold ma”beaten to death by 12 attackers at birthday party

An Indian businessman who made headlines in 2013 for purchasing one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been beaten to death in western India, according to a report Friday.

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Social media may have been blocked during Turkey coup attempt

Reports emerge during attempted military coup of people struggling to access social media in a country described as a ‘bastion of internet censorship’

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Child murderer dons sunglasses, lipstick and Muslim veil to escape Indonesian prison

An Indonesian child murderer has escaped from jail by putting on a woman’s Muslim veil, make-up and sunglasses and walking out past unsuspecting guards, an official said Wednesday.

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Pokemon Go is set to turn the world on to the wonders of augmented reality

​Virtual reality is still waiting for its breakthrough moment, but augmented reality went mainstream last weekend with the launch of Pokemon Go – and it might be coming to Hong Kong soon