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South East Asia
President Obama vows US support as Myanmar’s President Sein visits
President Barack Obama told Myanmar’s president during a long-awaited White House visit that he appreciates the leader’s efforts to lead the Asian country on its long, and sometimes difficult, path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Former general Thein Sein was the first president of Myanmar to visit…
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Culture
Actress Zhang Ziyi walks red carpet at 66th Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival Kicks Off with Great Gatsby Under unseasonably cloudy skies and dodging a few raindrops, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire kicked off the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 15 just hours before walking the red carpet for their blockbuster film The…
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East Asia
LA Mayor Villaraigosa, Beijing Mayor Wang attend Sino-U.S. Mayors Summit
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, from left, Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun, China Association of Mayors, Secretary General, Chui Hengde, and Chinese Consul General Qiu Shaofang attend the seventh annual Sino-U.S. Mayors Summit in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), the Chinese Association of…
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Society
Austrailian university students protest against educational funding cut
University students and teaching staff attend the protest rally initiated by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) demanding restoration of the latest 2.38 billion U.S.dollars cut of the university fundings in Sydney, Australia, May 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Jin Linpeng>
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Hong Kong ranked world’s most expensive retail space
The Asia’s shopping haven Hong Kong has been ranked again the world’s most expensive global retail market, according to a new report by global property advisor CBRE Group Inc. released on May 12. Hong Kong’s annual retail rent in high-end shopping areas in Hong Kong averaged $4,328 per square foot,…
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World
Global epidemic of youth unemployment
Editor’s note: With the weakening of global economy, youth joblessness continuously grows. everywhere. It is said that the number of young people out of work globally is nearly as big as the population of the United States. According to UN’s labor agency International Labour Organization(ILO), 73.4 million people aged between…
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East Asia
S. Korean President Park meets LA Mayor Villaraigosa during visit to US
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, during a welcoming luncheon at the Getty House on Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, during her five-day, unity-building visit to the United States. Park has been in the United States since Monday, when she visited…
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East Asia
S. Korean President Park addresses joint session of US Congress
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. At rear are Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye finishes her address to a joint session of Congress on…
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East Asia
Obama backs S. Korea in appearance with President Park Geun-hye
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea can no longer create an international crisis with nuclear provocations, asserting the United States and South Korea are fully capable of defending themselves. “The days when North Korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions, those days are over.” Obama said from…
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Singapore is Asia’s safest place to be born and to be mother
1 million babies die the day they’re born, Save the Children reports A baby’s birth day is the most dangerous day of life with more than one million babies dead in the world, according to Save the Children’s report released on May 7. In Asia, Singapore has the lowest first-day infant…
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