Yang Jing investigated for severe disciplinary violations

18:20, February 24, 2018

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  Funeral held for former senior political advisor: Yang Rudai

  Yang Rudai, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was cremated Friday in Beijing.Yang, also former member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and former secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, passed away due to illness at the age of 92 in Beijing on Feb.

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  Chemical weapons watchdog investigates Ghouta attacks

  Man with a child are seen in hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Bassam KhabiehThe world’s chemical weapons watchdog opened an investigation on Sunday into attacks in the besieged, rebel-held Syrian region of eastern Ghouta to determine whether banned munitions had been used, diplomatic sources told

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  Austria investigates former minister over Eurofighter deal

  Vienna prosecutors are broadening their probe into a $2 billion Eurofighter jet purchase by Austria and are investigating former defense minister Norbert Darabos for breach of trust, a spokeswoman said on Monday.The prosecutors launched investigations against Airbus and the Eurofighter consortium in February 2017 after the defense ministry said it believed they had misled Austria about the price, deliverability and