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Prince Harry arrives in Australia to launch countdown to Invictus Games

Prince Harry has arrived in Sydney as throngs of people flocked to the popular tourist hub Circular Quay Wednesday to catch a glimpse of the British Royal despite stormy weather.

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Myanmar parliament approves to sign int'l agreement on disaster relief

Myanmar's parliament has approved the country taking part in the signing of an international agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Russia on disaster relief, Myanmar News Agency reported Wednesday.

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Indonesia eager to make Hong Kong its hub to supply foreign visitors

Indonesia would send a mission in the upcoming International Travel Expo (ITE) slated for June 15 to 18 in Hong Kong, eager to make the China’s region a hub to supply foreign visitors into the country, an Indonesian minister said on Tuesday.

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Bob Dylan delivers his Nobel Lecture

Legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan delivered his Nobel Lecture to the Swedish Academy in the form of an audio file on Monday.

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Philippines suspends deployment of Filipino workers to Qatar

The Philippine government said Tuesday it is temporarily suspending the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Qatar after some Arab states cut diplomatic ties with the country.

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India's Delhi blazes at 45 degrees

India's Delhi is witnessing a heat wave, as it recorded this season’s highest temperature on Monday at 44.6 degrees Celsius. While the humidity level was between 40% -19%.

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What is the Gaokao?

In China, applying to college is about one thing and one thing only: the gaokao. Gaokao is short for “The National Higher Education Entrance Examination”.

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Bangkok crowns city of highest rental growth in Asia: Knight Frank

Bangkok tops 20 Asian cities with a staggering year-on-year rental growth of 9.6% during the first quarter of 2017, according to the Knight Frank Asia-Pacific Prime Office Rental Index.

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China's Chengdu: Temple lost for over 1,000 years found

Archaeologists have spent months excavating a lost temple that disappeared for nearly a millennium in downtown Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

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DPRK top leader calls on air force ready to strike aircraft carriers

Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has called on the country's air force to be ready to strike aircraft carriers, the official media reported Monday.

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Indian coast guards rescue 27 from flooded barge off Karnataka coast

Indian coast guard members Sunday rescued 27 workers from a flooded barge off coast in southern Indian state of Karnataka, officials said.

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Pakistan summons Indian envoy over civilian deaths in Kashmir

Pakistan on Thursday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh and condemned the "unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian forces" that killed at least two civilians and injured five others in the disputed Kashmir region.

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India no longer the fastest growing economy

According to recently released gross domestic product (GDP) data, India’s economic growth in the last quarter was the lowest that it has been in the past two years.

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S. Korea's top security advisor leaves for U.S. for summit discussion

Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's top security advisor to President Moon Jae-in, left for the United States Thursday morning to discuss agendas of the upcoming meeting between Moon and U.S. President Donald Trump, the presidential Blue House said in a statement.

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Walk a Mile In Her Shoes event held in Toronto

Participants wearing high-heel shoes take part in the 2017 Walk a Mile In Her Shoes event in Toronto, Canada, May 31, 2017. About 600 participants took part in this event to raise awareness and funds about ending violence against women on Wednesday.

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Eurozone inflation dips to 5-month low in May

The inflation across 19-country Eurozone was expected to plunge from April's 1.9 percent to five-month low at 1.4 percent in May, official data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on the bloc's policy makers who have struggled to raise prices via massive stimulus measures.

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Myanmar to promote trade with India

Myanmar has planned to promote trade with India by increasing items of tradable goods, official media reported Wednesday.