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Irma: Eight dead at Florida nursing home left without power

EightpeopleataFloridanursinghomethatwasleftwithoutpowerfordaysafterHurricaneIrmahavedied.Policeevacuated115residentsonWednesdayfromthefacility,whoseaircondition

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Mainland continues preferential policies for HK and Macao residents

The Chinese mainland is considering a series of new preferential policies for Hong Kong and Macao residents, according to an official with the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Wednesday.

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Smarter working means there is never a time to switch off

Anonlinearticletitled"HereinBeijing20millionpeoplearepretendingtolivealife"wentviralovertheweekend,largelythankstoitsmainargumentthatmostBeijingresidentsaresobu

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China opens its southernmost cinema in Sansha city

Over200residentsandsoldiersonYongxingIslandwatchedtheChinesemovie"TheEternityofJiaoYulu"Saturday,markingtheopeningofChina'ssouthernmostcinema.LocatedinSanshamun

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One dead, 20,000 evacuated as tropical storm Nanmadol batters Japan

OnepersondiedafterbeensweptawaybyariverswollenbytorrentialrainsbroughtonbytropicalstormNanmadolandthousandsorderedtoevacuateasthestormdumpedheavyrainalongthewes

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S.Korean vice defense chief apologizes to residents for THAAD deployment

SouthKorea'svicedefensechiefwhowasappointedunderthenewgovernmentmadehissincereapologytoresidentsonTuesdayforthepreviousgovernment'sunilateralpushforthedeploymen

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800 Camden homes evacuated after Grenfell fire

Camden Council have begun evacuating 800 households from five tower blocks amid fire safety concerns.

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Singapore LGBT rally - no 'foreigners' allowed

Thisyear’sPinkDotLGBTrallyinSingaporeisonlyallowingcitizensandpermanentresidentsofSingaporetoattendduetolegalchanges.Eventorganizersannouncedtherestrictionwith‘

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Chinese Mainland increases job opportunities for Taiwan residents

Taiwanese residents are now eligible to work in public institutions in six more provincial regions, An Fengshan, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council announced Wednesday.

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Chinese Mainland increases job opportunities for Taiwan residents

Taiwaneseresidentsarenoweligibletoworkinpublicinstitutionsinsixmoreprovincialregions,AnFengshan,spokespersonfortheTaiwanAffairsOfficeoftheStateCouncilannouncedW

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25 school children hospitalized following wasp attack in Sri Lanka

Twenty five school children were hospitalized after being attacked by wasps in northern Sri Lanka's Pudukuduirippu, on Tuesday, police said.

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Residents of Iraq village on edge of Mosul celebrate freedom from IS fighters

The most popular object in Gogjali on Wednesday (Nov 2) was the electric hair clipper a member of the Iraqi special forces who retook the village from militants gave the residents.

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Deadly hurricane knocks out power to 800,000 families in Florida, heading to South Carolina, Georgia

About 800,000 families and businesses across the southern U.S. state of Florida on Friday were cut off power as killer hurricane Mathew continued to move up coast, posing a storm surge to coastal cities in U.S. southeast states.

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More nonlocal residents can apply for ID cards in Beijing

Starting Tuesday, residents from 16 provincial-level regions will be able to have their ID cards issued in Beijing, according to Beijing public security department.

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5 more suspected Zika cases from clinic that discovered first patient: Singapore

The clinic that discovered Singapore’s first local Zika case saw five more suspected cases on Monday (Aug 29).

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S.Korean provincial governor asks communications for alternative THAAD site

Governor of a South Korean province, where Seoul and Washington agreed to house one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery by the end of next year, asked communications with the central government to find an alternative site for the U.S. missile defense system.

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Sutras, serenity and senior citizens

At first glance, the large building at the foot of Lingyan Mountain in the southwest of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, resembles an upscale holiday resort.