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New viruses found in New York City's house mice: study

Someunseenvirusesaswellasbacteriacapableofcausinglife-threateninghumanillnesswerefoundinNewYorkCity'shousemice,accordingtoanewstudypublishedTuesday.Thefindingsa

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Germany faces air transport chaos as public sector strikes

WarningstrikesacrossGermanybeganearlyonTuesdaymorning,affectinganestimated90,000passengers.Publicsectorworkersacrossthecountryaredemandingapayriseof6percent,acc

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Another DPRK soldier defects to South via DMZ: Seoul

ADPRK(theDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea)soldierdefectedtotheSouthonThursdayacrosstheDemilitarizedZonethatdividesthepeninsula,Seoul'sdefenceministrysaid.The"l

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China's bike-share company Ofo rolls into Sydney

China'sbike-sharecompanyOfohaslaunchedoperationinSydneyonThursday.Alreadyin180citiesacross17countries,thepedal-poweredChinesegiantgeneratesover32milliontransact

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Xi calls on CPC, KMT to contribute to cross-Strait ties

XiJinping,re-electedgeneralsecretaryoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)Wednesday,saidtheCPCandKuomintang(KMT)Partyshouldcontributetothepeaceful

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At least 950 killed in South Asia’s annual monsoon floods

Devastatingfloodstriggeredbymonsoonrainshavekilledmorethan950peopleanddisplacedcloseto40millionpeopleacrossnorthernIndia,southernNepalandnorthernBangladeshinrec

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Death toll rises to 450 from Sierra Leone mudslide

Thedeathtollhasrisento450inthisweek’sdevastatingmudslideinSierraLeone.Officialssaidathirdofthedeadarechildren.Masssearchoperationsareunderwayforthehundredsthata

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Thousands of protesters disrupt traffic in India's financial capital

More than 200,000 protesters poured into India's financial capital on Wednesday, disrupting traffic and straining the railway network, to press their demands for reserved quotas in government jobs and college places for students.

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Thousands of protesters disrupt traffic in India's financial capital

Morethan200,000protesterspouredintoIndia'sfinancialcapitalonWednesday,disruptingtrafficandstrainingtherailwaynetwork,topresstheirdemandsforreservedquotasingover

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Square dancing added to China’s National Games

Square dancing has been added to the 13th National Games as an online event, Chinese media outlet The Paper reported.

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Square dancing added to China’s National Games

Squaredancinghasbeenaddedtothe13thNationalGamesasanonlineevent,ChinesemediaoutletThePaperreported.Morethan100teamshaveuploadedtheirperformancevideosfortheupcomi

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Eurozone unemployment rate remains at 8-year low

Official figures show that unemployment across the 19-country eurozone remained at an eight-year low in May.

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Eurozone unemployment rate remains at 8-year low

Officialfiguresshowthatunemploymentacrossthe19-countryeurozoneremainedataneight-yearlowinMay.EurostatsaidMondaythattheunemploymentratewasunchangedat9.3percent.T

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Dragon boat festival celebrations begin in China

Thisyear'sDragonBoatFestivalfallsonTuesday,andthepublicholidaystartstoday,aspeopleacrossthecountryarecelebratingthe2,500yearsoldfestival.It'scalledDuanWuinChine

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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake shakes El Salvador

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook El Salvador on Thursday and the strong quake was also felt across Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

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Typhoon Mindulle lashes northern Japan, 9,000 evacuated in Hokkaido

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Tuesday warned of high waves and extensive flooding brought on by heavy downpours as Typhoon Mindulle lashed swathes of northern Japan on Tuesday after wreaking havoc in the Kanto region, including the nation's capital.

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Earthquake-stricken Nepal bans new house construction until mid-July

The Nepalese government has decided to impose a ban on the construction of new houses across the country till the end of the current fiscal year which falls on July 15, while the restriction on the building of new homes will continue until it comes up with a new building code and other necessary policies and regulations.