WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that the United States was considering whether or not to close down the US embassy in Cuba after US diplomats fell ill."We have it under evaluation and it's a very serious issue with respect to the harm some individuals have suffered," said Tillerson in an interview with CBS."We've brought some of those people home. It's under review," he added.The US State Department revealed last month that at least 16 Americans working at the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, suffered physical symptoms caused by some &...
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Hangzhou resident Xu Aifei, 28, became an internet celebrity after donating stem cells and writing about her experience online, while also giving other donators peace of mind, the Beijing News reported on Sunday.Xu donated stem cells on September 12, 2017, and recorded her experience on her Weibo microblogging account on Saturday. The post has garnered over 120,000 likes and nearly 40,000 reposts."Stem cell donation is a once in a lifetime experience that few people have," she said. Xu has been donating blood since she was in senior high school, having donated a total of 3,200 ml.In ...
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Work to move the Grand Hall of Shanghai's Jade Buddha Temple 31 meters north and raise it 1 meter from the place it has stood for almost century was completed on Sunday.The temple was first built in 1882 on the outskirts of Shanghai. It is named for the two jade Buddha statues it houses. Destroyed by fire, it was reconstructed in 1918 at its current downtown location.Abbots of the temple decided to relocate the saffron-painted Grand Hall three years ago because of safety concerns and to protect the wooden structure. The temple welcomes about 2 million visitors a year, and daily visitors on...
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LUXEMBOURG－Hailing China's "win-win" Belt and Road Initiative, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has voiced his country's support for the mega project."Transport goes in both directions. It's initiatives like these that make win-win situations possible," Bettel told Xinhua in a recent interview.Proposed by China in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative aims to build trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road trade routes.Bettel made an official visit to China in June this year, one he said was fruitful...
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Construction will be suspended in Beijing during the winter heating season in an effort to improve the city's air quality, the Beijing Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced on Saturday.Work at construction sites, including demolition and outdoor earthwork, which may generate dust, will be suspended from Nov 15 to March 15, the entire heating season.The announcement of that ban follows the capital releasing its fifth emergency response protocols for air pollution on Friday, lowering the bar for manufacturing restrictions, amid other strict controls to tackle air pollut...
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