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China's foreign trade up 2.8 pct in first three quarters
China's foreign trade maintained stable growth in the first three quarters of this year by expanding by 2.8 percent.
The General Administration of Customs said total foreign trade reached 22.9 trillion yuan or 3.2 trillion dollars in the first 9 months.
Exports expanded by 5.2 percent while imports dropped by 0.1 percent.
China’s trade surplus widened by 44.2 percent to 2.05 trillion yuan. (Xinhua)
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Typhoon Hagibis claims at least 36 lives in Japan, rescue work continues
Typhoon Hagibis, which swept across central and eastern Japan on Saturday and Sunday, has claimed at least 36 lives in Japan as of Monday as search-and-rescue operations continued in flood- and landslide-hit areas of Nagano and other prefectures.
In addition to the fatalities, 17 people are listed as missing, and at least 100 others were injured during the weekend storm, according to the local authorities.
Typhoon Hagibis, meaning "swift" in the Philippine language Tagalog, dumped record rainfall which led to rivers bursting their banks, flooding residential districts and triggering landslides in 11 prefectures. (Xinhua)
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HK police reiterate no tolerance for violence
Hong Kong police condemned rioters who went on the rampage again during the past weekend.
The rioters smashed shops and vandalized metro stations, and attacked police.
Police said masked rioters completely disregarded law and order, and breached the public peace.
They also said shops with mainland backgrounds and residents who held different political views were attacked by roaming groups of mobsters. (Xinhua)
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Beijing, Shanghai in world's top 10 wealthiest cities
China's capital city Beijing and financial center Shanghai ranked among the top 10 wealthiest cities worldwide in 2019, according to a report by wealth study company New World Wealth.
Beijing grabbed the fifth place on the list with a total wealth of $2.1 trillion and Shanghai took the sixth spot with total wealth amounting to $1.9 trillion.
Landing in the same position as last year, China's Hong Kong remained eighth on the list, in which New York City claimed the crown with $3 trillion in total wealth as well as 65 billionaires and over 380,000 millionaires.
The "total wealth" mentioned in the report referred to the private wealth held by all individuals including property, cash, equities and business interests. (China Daily)
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Britain, EU enter make-or-break Brexit week
Britain and the European Union entered a pivotal week that will determine if they are still on course to reach amicable divorce terms -- and when Brexit might finally occur.
Queen Elizabeth II is due to step into the fray by performing her ceremonial duty of informing parliament about the government's agenda for the coming year.
But the odds of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's tenure lasting that long will depend largely on the outcome of hurried discussions held behind closed doors in Brussels around the same time. (AFP)
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Swimming star Sun Yang to appear at public hearing in Nov
Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang will face a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing on Nov 15, and it will be an open hearing as he had demanded, Zhang Qihuai, Sun's legal representative, said.
The court will hold a hearing for Sun in Montreux, Switzerland, and the media and the public will be allowed to attend the hearing, Zhang said on his Sina Weibo account on Sunday night.
The public hearing will restore the faith in justice and fairness, and Sun will back his case with facts to prove that he has no problems in the procedure, Zhang added.
The 27-year-old is facing a CAS hearing over an incident last September at his home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, when he rejected a doping test after questioning the credentials of testers. (China Daily)
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Kurds announce deal with Damascus as Turkey pushes deep into Syria
And Syria's Kurds have announced a groundbreaking deal with Damascus on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey.
This, as Ankara presses a deadly cross-border offensive that has sparked an international outcry.
The announcement came as the US ordered the withdrawal of almost its entire ground force in Syria.
The Kurds feel they have been betrayed by the US and left to fend for themselves in the battle against Turkish forces.
The massively outgunned Kurds described their deal with the Syrian government as a necessary step to stop the assault. (AFP)
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