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Bolsonaro leads but vote goes to runoff

[2018-10-09 07:32]

Brazil's far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, but still faces a runoff against his leftist rival Fernando Haddad later this month, while the final outcome is still hard to predict, said a Chinese expert.

20 killed after limo crashes on way to birthday celebration

[2018-10-09 07:32]

SCHOHARIE, New York - A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians, officials and victims' relatives said on Sunday.

UN warns world must take 'unprecedented' steps to avert worst effects of global warming

[2018-10-09 07:32]

INCHEON, Republic of Korea - Society would have to enact "unprecedented" changes to how it consumes energy, travels and builds to meet a lower global warming target or it risks increases in heat waves, flood-causing storms and the chances of drought in some regions as well as the loss of species, a UN report said on Monday.

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[2018-10-09 07:32]

Sayonara Tsukiji as exodus of famed fish market begins

[2018-10-08 07:37]

TOKYO - Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site.

New UK theater comedy dramatizes Brexit breakups

[2018-10-08 07:37]

LONDON - Friends shunned, lovers torn apart and emotions exploding: a new play running in London this month tackles the very personal divisions in British society caused by Brexit.

French ham fans bring pigs back from the brink

[2018-10-08 07:37]

LA CHAPELLE-DU-BARD, France - A breed of hairy Hungarian pig which had nearly disappeared in Europe is once again thriving in the hills of southeast France - ironically thanks to ham lovers who have high hopes for the animal's famed fat.

Festival eyes China-US progress in film, tech

[2018-10-08 07:37]

LOS ANGELES - "The US has been leading the world with her technological innovation and cultural creativity, while China has abundant human resources and a vast market," Wang Hanguang, chairman of Hanhai Studios, told the third Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival.

Sydney Opera House 'advertising' sparks uproar

[2018-10-08 07:37]

SYDNEY - A government push to use the Sydney Opera House's sails to advertise a horse racing event over the wishes of the building's management has sparked uproar among many Australians over the commercialization of an iconic landmark.

African students set their sights on China

[2018-10-06 07:02]

An increasing number of African students are choosing universities in China to study medicine.

Early start made on road to traditional Chinese medicine

[2018-10-06 07:02]

A pale light seeped through the window of a small room where a man sat at a table next to a curtained-off bed.

THRONE ROOM

[2018-10-05 07:56]

This hall feels like an Ikea store, but in a Chinese royal style.

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