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Updated | 29 dead, 29 missing as Typhoon Damrey hits central Vietnam

TyphoonDamreybySundayeveninghadkilled29localpeopleandleft29othersmissinginVietnam,thecountry'sCentralSteeringCommitteeforNaturalDisasterPreventionandControlsaid

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Updated | Typhoon kills 27, leaves 22 missing in central Vietnam

TyphoonDamreyhasclaimed27livesandleft22peoplemissingafterhittingVietnam'scentralandcentralhighlandsregionsonSaturdaymorning,thecountry'sCentralSteeringCommittee

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Floods and landslides kill 37, leave 40 missing in Vietnam

Floodsandlandslidesafteratropicaldepressionhavekilledatleast37people,leftanother40missinganddamagedhomesandcropsinnorthernandcentralVietnam,officialssaid.Thedis

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2 soldiers killed, 15 injured in Tunisia road accidents

Twosoldierswerekilledand15othersinjuredinroadaccidentsTuesdayinTunisia,saidasourcefromTunisia'sCivilProtection.Thefirstaccidentreportedonedeadand12wounded,astwo

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9 killed, 4 missing as typhoon Doksuri strikes Vietnam

TyphoonDoksurihaskilledninepeopleandleftfourothersmissingsinceithitVietnam'scentralregiononFriday,thecountry'sCentralSteeringCommitteeforNaturalDisasterPreventi

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BOJ keeps policy steady, pushes back timing to hit price target

TheBankofJapankeptmonetarypolicysteadyandpushedbackagainthetimingforachievingits2percentinflationtargetonThursday,reinforcingexpectationsitwilllagwellbehindmajo

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Chicago agricultural commodities expected to trade higher next week on record heat

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures most likely to trade higher next week on record heat in Midwest U.S and not enough rain in central U.S. Plains, analysts said.

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Madras High Court issues a stay order on cattle ban

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,May31(APD)-TheMadrashighcourtonTuesdayissuedastayorderoncentralgovernment’sruleofbanningsaleofcattleforslaughteratanimalmarket

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Golden monkeys play at research center in central China's Shennongjia

GoldenmonkeysplayinthewoodsatDalongtanGoldenMonkeyResearchCenterinShennongjia,centralChina'sHubeiProvince,May29,2017.(ASIAPACIFICDAILY)

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Fed's Evans sees serious policy miss on U.S. inflation

ChicagoFederalReservePresidentCharlesEvanssignalledacautiousstancetowardsfurtherU.S.interest-rateincreasesinremarkspreparedfordeliveryonThursdayinTokyo,sayingth

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Philippine central bank says monetary policy settings remain appropriate

The Philippine central bank's monetary policy settings remain appropriate, its governor said on Thursday, following data showing annual inflation held steady in April.

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Venezuela's Maduro names new central bank chief

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday named a lawmaker as the country's new central bank chief, after reportedly pushing out the former head as the country struggles through a deep economic crisis.

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China's central bank denies yuan broke 7.0000/dollar on Dec. 28

China's central bank on Wednesday rejected a media report that the yuan had weakened beyond the 7.0000 per dollar level in the onshore market on Dec. 28, calling the report "irresponsible".

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Iran shoots down a filming drone in Tehran over security concerns

Iran's anti-aircraft forces shot down a drone in central Tehran on Friday as it approached the offices of the president and the supreme leader, but the unmanned aircraft later appeared to have been operated by a film crew shooting aerial footage for a documentary.

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Aussie researchers discover pathway key to weight loss

Australian scientists have discovered a pathway key to accelerating weight loss.

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New rules to help curb speculative outflow of yuan

The central bank has drawn up new guidelines to strengthen inspections of domestic companies that make yuan loans overseas, the latest move to curb speculative shifting of yuan amid short-term depreciation pressure, a source with the bank said on Thursday.

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Death toll from heavy rain in C. Vietnam rises to 25

​Death toll from heavy rain in the central region of Vietnam has risen to 25 as of Monday morning, said the country's Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (DNDPC) on Monday.