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Heavy rain continues to batter large swathes of China

The National Meteorological Center (NMC) renewed its yellow alert for rainstorms on Friday morning, as heavy rain continues to lash large areas along the Yangtze River in the southern part of the country and in the provinces of Hebei and Shandong, and Tianjin Municipality in the north.

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Heavy rain continues to batter large swathes of China

TheNationalMeteorologicalCenter(NMC)reneweditsyellowalertforrainstormsonFridaymorning,asheavyraincontinuestolashlargeareasalongtheYangtzeRiverinthesouthernparto

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Honda halts Japan car plant after WannaCry virus hits computer network

HondaMotorCo(7267.T)saidonWednesdayithaltedproductionatadomesticvehicleplantforadaythisweekafterfindingtheWannaCryransomwarethatstruckgloballylastmonthinitscomp

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Simon Cowell planning charity song for victims of Grenfell Tower fire

SimonCowellsaysheismakingplansforacharitysingleinaidofthoseaffectedbytheGrenfellTowerfire.Themusicmogultweeted:"IamwatchingthefootageoftheGrenfellTowerfireinLon

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Death toll in flood-hit Sri Lanka hits 202, hospitals to be evacuated

The death toll in Sri Lanka's devastating floods and landslides reached 202 by Wednesday morning while 96 people were still missing, the Disaster Management Center said.

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Death toll in flood-hit Sri Lanka hits 202, hospitals to be evacuated

ThedeathtollinSriLanka'sdevastatingfloodsandlandslidesreached202byWednesdaymorningwhile96peoplewerestillmissing,theDisasterManagementCentersaid.Sixty-threepeopl

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Death toll in flood hit Sri Lanka rises to 164, foreign aid pours in

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusain COLOMBO,May29(APD)-ThedeathtollfromthedevastatingfloodsandlandslideswhichhashitSriLankasinceFridayhasrisento164with104peoplemissing,theD

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Death toll from Sri Lanka's flash floods reaches 100

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,May27(APD)-ThedeathtollfromthedevastatingfloodsandlandslideswhichhitSriLankaonFridayreached100bySaturdaymorning,while99arestillmi

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Sri Lanka makes global appeal as death toll from floods rise to 91

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,May26(APD)-SriLankasMinistryofForeignAffairs,onFridaymadeaglobalappealasthedeathtollfromflashfloodsandlandslidesacrossthecountryr

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Xi offers condolences to Thai king on severe flooding

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday offered condolences to Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on the deadly flooding in southern Thailand and pledged to provide necessary aid.

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4 dead, hundreds of houses damaged in landslides, floods in central Indonesia

Landslides and floods in central Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province have left four people dead, one missing and hundreds of houses damaged, an official of the local disaster mitigation agency said on Wednesday.

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Death toll from Indonesia's floods, landslides climbs to 43, with 19 missing

​Death toll from floods and landslides in western Indonesia's Central Java Province has risen to 43 on Monday, with 19 others missing, an official at the national disaster management agency said.

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24 killed, 26 missing after floods, landslides hit western Indonesia

Floods and landslides in western Indonesia's Central Java Province have left 24 people dead and 26 others missing, a senior official at the country's disaster management agency said on Sunday.

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War-affected families have been given assistance: Sri Lanka official

The Sri Lankan government Saturday rejected claims that not much has been done to assist families affected by the 30-year war.

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Women at higher risk of anxiety: study

​Women are almost twice as likely to experience anxiety as men, according to an international study released Monday by the University of Cambridge.

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Sri Lankan president promises immediate relief to landslide victims

​Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena visited Arunayake in Kegalle district on Wednesday, where a massive landslide has killed at least 13 people and left hundreds missing.

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Ecuador's president resumes tour to earthquake-stricken areas

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa visited the northern province of Esmeraldas Thursday along with some of the other northern coastal areas that were most affected by the devastating earthquake.