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China Daily | Updated: 2018-10-25 07:36

India

Israel wins $777m missile contract

Israel Aerospace Industries has won an additional $777 million contract to supply LRSAM air and missile defense systems to seven ships in the Indian navy, the company said on Wednesday. The contract is with India's state-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd, which is the main contractor in the project, IAI said. The LRSAM, part of the Barak 8 family, is an air and missile defense system used by Israel's navy as well as India's navy, air and land forces.

Mexico

Willa slams Pacific coast, weakens

Hurricane Willa crashed ashore in western Mexico on Tuesday, lashing the Pacific coast with powerful winds and heavy rain before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved inland. The storm, which was a maximum Category 5 hurricane on Monday, had weakened to Category 3 as it moved toward land. But forecasters warned that it can still unleash deadly flooding.

United States

Six dead in rehab center outbreak

A severe viral outbreak at a New Jersey rehabilitation center for "medically fragile children" has left six dead and 12 others sick, the state Health Department said on Tuesday. There have been 18 cases of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, the New Jersey Health Department said. The department didn't release the ages of the victims or address the severity of the illness in the other dozen cases.

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