China's economy will be hobbled for years by the real estate crisis
China's robust growth, one of the fastest sustained expansions for a major economy in history, was propelled for decades by a housing boom fueled by a rising population and urbanization.
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Taiwan investigates firms that worked with Chinese companies reportedly supplying Huawei
Taiwan is investigating whether four of its firms broke US sanctions or its own investment rules when they provided services to Chinese companies that are reportedly helping Huawei build chip factories.
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No military targets in Ukraine village hit by 'inhuman' Russian missile strike, officials say
There were no military targets in the village that was hit by a Russian missile strike Thursday, a top Ukrainian police official said, in what was one of the deadliest attacks against civilians since the conflict began and which the country's president called "inhuman" and "deliberate."
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China to double the size of its space station as it offers an alternative to NASA-led ISS
China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan.
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American soldiers brought breakdancing to South Korea. Now it's writing its own history
When hip-hop-obsessed American soldiers showed their Korean counterparts how to land headspins and windmills at US military bases in the 1980s, they probably didn't anticipate breakdancing's eventual explosion in the country.
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Turkish airstrikes kill at least 11 in northern Syria, Kurdish security forces say
Turkish airstrikes killed at least 11 people in multiple Kurdish-controlled locations in northeastern Syria, the Kurdish Internal Security Force said Thursday, the latest response from Ankara's forces following a bomb attack in Turkey's capital claimed by Kurdish militants.
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MGM expects cybersecurity issue to negatively impact third-quarter earnings
MGM Resorts International said on Thursday operational disruptions due to a cybersecurity issue in September are expected to
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Ukraine says Russian strike kills at least 51 in one of the deadliest attacks of the war
A Russian missile strike killed at least 51 people in a village near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk on Thursday, officials say, in what would be one of the deadliest attacks against civilians since the conflict began.
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Iranian activists accuse morality police of assault after teenage girl hospitalized
Activists have accused Iran's morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries.
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UN-mandated investigation into atrocities in Ethiopia to end
A UN-mandated investigation into human rights abuses in Ethiopia will come to an end next week despite ongoing atrocities in the region.
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Drone attack on Syria military college leaves dozens of casualties
Drones laden with explosives hit a military college graduation ceremony in Syria's western city of Homs on Wednesday, leading to dozens of causalities, Syria's defense ministry said in a statement.
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Ancient humans would eat their dead - and not because they had to, study suggests
Cannibalism was a routine funerary practice in Europe about 15,000 years ago, with people eating their dead not out of necessity but rather as part of their culture, according to a new study.
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