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Engineers invent 'smart jacket' in pneumonia fight

[2017-01-23 07:47]

A team of Ugandan engineers has invented a "smart jacket" that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor, offering hope against a disease which kills more children worldwide than any other.

At least 36 die, as train derails in southern India

[2017-01-23 07:47]

At least 36 people were killed and 50 injured on Saturday night when nine coaches of a passenger train derailed in southern India, in the latest disaster to hit the vast and accident-prone state railways, police said.

Toll from market bombing rises to 24

[2017-01-23 07:47]

The death toll from a bomb blast at a market in a mainly Shiitearea of Pakistan's northwest erntribal belt has risen to 24, officials said on Sunday.

Diver mauled by shark to undergo surgery

[2017-01-23 07:47]

A diver who was mauled by a 4-meter bull shark near the Great Barrier Reef was flown in stable condition to an Australian hospital for microsurgery to an arm, a paramedic said on Sunday.

14 members of pro-govt militia killed in Mali

[2017-01-23 07:47]

A pro-government militia in Mali said that it had lost 14 fighters in an attack blamed on former rebels on Saturday, three days after a suicide car bomber left more than 70 dead.

Israel approves 566 more settler homes

[2017-01-23 07:47]

Israeli authorities on Sunday approved building permits for 566 settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, plans that had been postponed until US President Donald Trump took office, the city's deputy mayor said.

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[2017-01-23 07:47]

New hotel offers relaxed retreats

[2017-01-21 07:21]

Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd opened its most northerly hotel in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, on Jan 10, aiming to tap the hot market of ice and snow tourism.

Cool dining set to become hot trend

[2017-01-21 07:21]

Do you want to try something different for the upcoming Spring Festival? How would it feel, for instance, to eat hotpot in an ice house?

IHG, Didi partnership to drive customer satisfaction

[2017-01-21 07:21]

When Emily Chang, chief executive officer of InterContinental Hotels Group Greater China, sampled the high-quality service offered by China's largest ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing, she was deeply impressed.

Hainan Airlines No 3 in global air safety assessment

[2017-01-21 07:21]

Hainan Airlines has climbed two notches to reach third place in a global airline safety rating list, the best-ever ranking for a Chinese-mainland-based company, according to a report released earlier this month by Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre, a German airline safety data evaluation institute.

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[2017-01-21 07:21]

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