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Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house reopened

00:36 String quartet performs to 2,292 plants in Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house, which reopened on June 22.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscrib

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Russia to shut down factories for World Cup

Russiaisoverrulingfearfulbigbusinessownersandlookingtoshutdowndozensofgiganticfactoriestoavertaccidentsandthethreatofterrorattacksduringthisyear'sWorldCup.Theha

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Giant London glasshouse to reopen with world's rarest plants

Agleamingmonumenttotheambitionandcreativityofitsage,theworld'slargestVictorianglasshousewillonceagainwelcomevisitorstoseesomeoftheworld'srarestplantsfollowingal

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Smells like heaven: Israeli farm recreates Magi's gifts to Jesus

ThearomaticplantsbestowedontheinfantJesusarebeingcultivatedbyanIsraelientrepreneurwhoaimstotransformthegiftsoftheChristmasstoryintotherapeuticbalmsandincense.Ma

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Iran approves massive foreign investments in renewable energies

TheIraniangovernmenthasopenedthedoorsforforeigninvestmentsinrenewablepowerplants,theFinancialTribunedailyreportedonSaturday.Iranhascommissionedabillof7.3billion

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B&R Initiative to boost flora sales

HorticulturalcompaniesinGuangdongprovinceshouldgraspopportunitieslinkedtotheBeltandRoadInitiativeandexpandtheirbusinessesglobally.ZhouYue,generalmanagerofGuangd

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UK survey finds 28,000 plant species for medical use

Morethan28,000speciesofplantsaroundtheworldhaveamedicalusebutpoordocumentationmeanspeoplearenotmakingthemostoftheirhealthbenefits,accordingtoasurveyreleasedonTh

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Climate change threat to bottom of marine food chain: New Zealand study

​Tiny plants that are critical to the marine ecosystem are prone to extinction during major climatic changes, according to a New Zealand study of marine plants around Antarctica out Tuesday.

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The burning question of household waste in China

Concerns about harmful emissions have resulted in construction being halted at a number of incineration plants around the country. Now, experts are claiming the country will drown under a deluge of garbage if the situation doesn't change soon. Zheng Jinran reports.

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NGOs take chemical factories to court

Environmental NGOs are suing three chemical plants in a high-profile case of alleged soil contamination that may have affected students at a school in eastern China.

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Tough battle ahead against smog

Burning coal and industrial emissions,exacerbated by burning crops, have covered northern Chinese cities in heavy smog, prompting experts to warn of the tough battle ahead as heating season starts.

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Chinese firm signs 1.48 bln USD deal to build cement plants in Africa

​A Chinese firm has signed a deal worth 1.487 billion U.S. dollars with Nigeria-based cement giant Dangote Group to build cement plants in several African countries.

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Japan's nuclear authority sets new safety requirements for reactors

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority officially decided Wednesday on the country's new safety requirements for nuclear reactors in an effort to prevent recurrences of disasters that happened at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011.