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China's central SOEs continue rapid revenue growth
China's central state firms continued to see strong revenue growth in the first three quarters of the year.
Official figures show aggregate revenues of the country's nearly 100 centrally-administered state-owned enterprises increased 11 percent to 21.1 trillion yuan from January to September.
A State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission spokesman said revenue growth picked up from 10.1 percent in the first half of the year.
He said central SOEs were also more profitable as their combined profits expanded 21.5 percent in the first nine months.
Industrial companies, with profits surging 33.7 percent, contributed more than 80 percent to the total growth of central SOEs.(Xinhua)
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Iran defies possible impacts of US impending oil sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the US sanctions on Iran's oil exports in Nov. would have "no impact" on the economy and the lives of people.
The enemy has waged a psychological war and "has already done whatever it could have done," Rouhani said in the University of Tehran on Sunday.
The impending Nov. 4 sanctions on Iran's oil exports by the US will have "no impact" on the state of affairs in the country, but the pressures by the current US administration are aimed at a "regime change" in Iran, Rouhani was quoted by Press TV as saying.
US President Donald Trump announced on May 8 his withdrawal from the Iranian 2015 international nuclear deal, and vowed to return harshest sanctions in history against Iran.(Xinhua)
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S. Korea, DPRK start high-level talks to discuss implementation of Pyongyang Declaration
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea began high-level talks on Monday in the border village of Panmunjom to discuss ways to implement the Pyongyang Declaration.
The five-member South Korean delegation was led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon.
Cho told reporters that the dialogue’s agenda would be the implementation of the Pyongyang Declaration and schedules for working-level talks.
The DPRK delegation was headed by Ri Son Gwon.
He’s the chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.
The Pyongyang Declaration was signed by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un after their third summit in Pyongyang in September.(People’s Daily app)
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Chinese tourist number to Cambodia exceeds last year's record
The number of Chinese tourists to Cambodia during the first eight months of 2018 had exceeded the full-year 2017's record, said a Cambodian Tourism Ministry's report released on Monday.
More than 1.27 million Chinese tourists had visited Cambodia during the January-August period this year, up 72 over the same period last year, the report said. And China is the biggest source of foreign tourists to Cambodia, accounting for 32.4 percent of the international arrivals to the kingdom.
In the entirety of 2017, the Southeast Asian nation received 1.21 million Chinese holidaymakers.
The remarkable increase in Chinese tourists to Cambodia is attributed to close ties, rise in Chinese middle class, Cambodia's attractive tourism sites, and increasing direct flights between the two countries.（Xinhua）
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Sino-Russian rail bridge makes progress, opening set for 2019
Construction of the Chinese section of the Sino-Russian Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge was completed on Saturday and a local official said the bridge is expected to open to traffic by July 2019.
The 7,194-meter bridge will connect Tongjiang port in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province with Nizhneleninskoye.
The bridge will allow train traffic, which is low-cost and more efficient than other modes of transport, to greatly boost bilateral trade, according to a China National Radio report on Saturday.
With an annual designed cargo capacity of 21 million tons, the bridge is expected to highly improve transportation conditions of Tongjiang port and offer a shortcut between China and Russia.
China and Russia have been sharing work on the bridge since 2014. (Global Times)
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Air hostess falls off passenger plane in India's Mumbai
An air hostess sustained severe injuries after falling off a passenger plane while closing its doors at India's Mumbai airport, aviation sources said Monday.
"The air hostess, identified as 53-year-old Harsha Lobo, was closing the door of a Delhi-bound flight of India's national carrier when she suddenly fell down," the sources said.
"She has been admitted to a hospital with serious injuries and a probe has been ordered into the incident”, they added.(Xinhua)
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25 hospitalized, 5 serious, after Los Angeles highway crash
And 25 people were taken to area hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a series of crashes involving at least two cars and a bus that crashed through a concrete divider on a Los Angeles highway.
Five patients were in serious condition following the collisions, which shut down all lanes on Interstate 405 in the city's San Fernando Valley area.
The 20 others were in fair condition with minor injuries. A total of 40 people were evaluated at the scene.
The bus's front end was crumpled, and emergency window exits were popped open. (AP)
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