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UN climate summit adopts 'loss and damage' fund

The United Nations climate conference in Egypt on Saturday adopted a "loss and damage" fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate damage.(CGTN)

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Papua New Guinea earthquake: Tens of thousands need urgent aid

TensofthousandsofpeopleinPapuaNewGuineaareinurgentneedofsuppliesafterlastMonday'spowerfulearthquake,aidagenciessay.Landslidesanddamagedroadshavemadeitimpossible

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Death toll rises to 31 in PNG quake

ThedeathtollfromthestrongestearthquaketostrikePapuaNewGuinea’sruggedinteriorinalmostacenturyhasclimbedto31andwouldprobablyrisefurther,officialssaidonThursday,as

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Alcohol may cause cancer by damaging stem cell DNA: study

DrinkingalcoholmaycauseirreversibledamagetotheDNAofstemcellsandincreasetheriskofdevelopingcertaincancers,anewstudyhasrevealed.Usinggeneticallymodifiedmice,Briti

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Mouse study shows how alcohol damages and can cause cancer

ResearchershaveusedmicetoshowhowalcoholdamagestheDNAofstemcellsresponsibleforproducingnewblood.Thismayexplainwhydrinkingincreasestheriskofcancer,accordingtoastu

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China to expand pilot reform in ecological damage compensation

Chinawillexpandapilotreformtonationwidestartingnextyear,obligingpolluterstorepairtheenvironmentorpayacompensation.ThedecisionwascontainedinadocumentissuedSunday

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Strong tornado hits southern Turkey, injuring 38

Atleast38peoplewereinjuredinthetornadoinTurkey'ssouthernAntalyaProvincelateMonday,DoganNewsAgencyreportedTuesday.Thetornado,whichmovedswiftlytowardsthelandfromt

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Buildings near epicenter largely undamaged from SW China quake

Satellite images show multiple landslides but no major collapse or damage of buildings near the epicenter of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China.

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Buildings near epicenter largely undamaged from SW China quake

Satelliteimagesshowmultiplelandslidesbutnomajorcollapseordamageofbuildingsneartheepicenterofa7.0-magnitudeearthquakeinsouthwestChina.TheInstituteofRemoteSensing

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Vietnam floods kill 26, cause damage estimated at $41 million

FloodsinnorthernVietnamhavekilled26peopleandwashedawayhundredsofhomesoverthepastweek,causingdamageestimatedatmorethan940billiondong($41million),thegovernment'sd

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"Unusual" Japanese quake leads to calls for a rethink on skyscraper designs and safety rules

Scientists studying the earthquake that struck southern Japan in April have identified a number of seismological factors that made the tremor so destructive – and warn that should the same factors combine beneath a major city it could bring down a ­skyscraper.

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Aussie ex-PM Abbott to pay for marble table damaged during rowdy parliamentary party

​Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has vowed to pay for a marble table that was damaged in parliament during a rowdy party held the night he was ousted as prime minister.

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Israel's court hears plea on release of Palestinian hunger striker

Israel's top court held a hearing Wednesday to decide whether to release a high-profile Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 64 days.

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Quake-stricken Nepal readies plans to reconstruct heritage sites

​Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has come up with an action plan for the protection and reconstruction of heritage sites damaged by the deadly April 25 quake and its aftershocks, local media reported Monday.

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Doping hormone may help protect brains of preterm infants

​Administering three doses of erythropoietin (EPO), a blood-doping hormone that stimulates the formation of red blood cells, immediately after birth may significantly reduce brain damage in very preterm infants, a study published by the Journal of American Medical Association said Tuesday.

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Australia's New South Wales bushfire claims reach 132 mln USD

More than 1,000 insurance claims have been made by people who lost their homes and properties in the New South Wales (NSW) bushfires, with the bill estimated at 138 million AU dollars (132.58 million U.S. dollars), the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said on Friday.

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Fijian students affected by cyclone to have classes in tents

A number of schools in Fiji's Western Division will be forced to go on with the classes in makeshift tents in 2013 affected by tropical cyclone Evan that hit the country earlier this month, an education official said Friday.