Chinese sailor dead in vessel collision in Volvo Ocean Race

15:41, January 20, 2018

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  Highway crash kills 8, injures 6 in east China

  (Photo: Sina Weibo)Eight people were killed and another six injured in a highway collision in east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said Monday.The accident happened on Sunday when a coach rear-ended a truck tractor on the expressway linking the cities of Shenyang and Haikou, according to the traffic police of Yantai City, Shandong.The collision killed two people on the site.

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  Italian candidate for premier defends ‘white race’ remark

  The head of an anti-migrant party who is running to be Italy’s premier came to the defense Monday of an Italian gubernatorial candidate who advocated for clamping down on immigrants’ numbers to preserve “our white race.”While political opponents condemned the comment by Attilio Fontana, who is running for the governorship of prosperous Lombardy, his League party leader, Matteo Salvini, said

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  Philippines-China maritime cooperation shows good start

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte allowed China to research with the University of the Philippines at the Benham Rise, an area off the Philippines' Pacific coast, according to Reuters. The report was later confirmed by Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang: China's scientific research vessel Kexue will be conducting marine activities in waters under Philippine jurisdiction east off the Philippines from