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Luxury cruise ship suites that will blow your mind

One of the biggest stories in the cruise world in recent years has been the arrival of a new generation of unprecedented, over-the-top suites on ships

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Chinese Air Force capable of simultaneous combat on different fronts: expert

Aircraft from the Chinese Air Force flew over the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait on Nov. 25 during a West Pacific drill. The drill indicates that the remote sea combat capability of the Chinese Air Force has significantly improved, and that forces can simultaneously meet combat requirements in two different directions, said military expert Yin Zhuo in an interview with People’s Daily Online.

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What caused Japan’s latest tsunami

​The tsunami triggered by Tuesday’s major earthquake in northeastern Japan was caused by a vertical split of an undersea rock block at a relatively shallow point under the seabed, the government said.

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Rising climate threat to Australia's coastal cities

After watching a chunk of her Sydney beachside home fall into the sea, Mrs Zaza Silk returned to her precariously located property and defiantly declared she had no intention of moving.

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30 injured in speedboat collision near Koh Samet Island in east Thailand

​A speedboat rammed into a vessel near Thailand's eastern tourist destination Koh Samet Island on Sunday morning, injuring the overall 30 people on board, Inn News reported.

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5.0-magnitude quake jolts waters off Taiwan: CENC

​A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit sea area of Yilan County in Taiwan at a depth of 6 kilometers at 4:24 p.m. Beijing Time on Friday, according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

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Fifteen rescued after drifting over one month in Pacific

​Fifteen people believed lost at sea in northeast Papua New Guinea have been rescued in the Solomon Islands after drifting for over one month at sea.

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India's first indigenous stealth submarine starts sea trials

After a much-awaited delay, India' s first indigenous stealth submarine has finally undergone its maiden sea trial, defense sources said Monday.

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5.6 magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia

An undersea quake measuring at 5. 6 magnitude jolted eastern parts of Indonesia earlier Friday and was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.

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Chinese tweak traditions to adopt eco-friendly burials

​Chen Qi, an undertaker from northeast China's Dalian, set sail on Saturday for another sea burial.

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China's sea level rises faster than global average

​China's average annual rise in sea level from 1980 to 2015 was 3 millimeters, higher than the global average, according to a report released by the State Oceanic Administration on Tuesday.

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Hong Kong's best-kept secrets: the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei

Once a spot for sailors to pray for safe sea voyages, this temple, now hundreds of metres inland, has stood its ground for over a century and a half

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Seas ae rising at fastest rate in last 28 centuries

The worsening of tidal flooding in American coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported Monday.

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Australian expert says joining U.S. in South China Sea will stoke tensions

​Undertaking freedom of navigation exercises at the United States' beck and call would send a terrible signal to Australia's closest trading partner that the operations are a plan of containment and not a matter of international law, an Australian expert has told Xinhua.

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Migrant, refugee sea arrivals in Greece surpass 45,000 this year: IOM

With 45,361 migrants and refugees reaching Greece by sea since the beginning of 2016, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that this represents around 31 times the 1,472 arrivals recorded for the whole of January 2015.

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Venomous tropical sea snakes washed ashore on Australian coastline

Numerous highly venomous and potentially deadly yellow-bellied sea snakes have surprisingly washed ashore on Australia's southeastern coastline following recent wild weather caused by a significant low pressure system.

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Demarcation of Macao's maritime, land zones drafted

​An executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, on Wednesday passed a draft map of administrative divisions demarcating the maritime and land zones of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).