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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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Main structure of 1st 270,000-cubic-meter LNG storage tank in China's Greater Bay Area completed

STORY: Main structure of 1st 270,000-cubic-meter LNG storage tank in China's Greater Bay Area completed DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: GUANGDONG/TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of construction of the LNG storage tank STORYLINE: The main structure of the first 270,000-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank in south China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was completed on Tuesday, according to Chinese oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). It is part of the phase II construction of the Zhuhai Jinwan LNG station. With five 270,000-cubic-meter tanks under construction, Phase II of the station is set to be completed and put into operation in 2024. Phase I of the station is already in operation since 2013. Together, the station can process 7 million tonnes of liquified natural gas annually. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangdong and Tianjin, China. (XHTV)

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Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy carries a water tank in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Feb. 6, 2014. In the background is a cargo ship washed ashore when Typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Feb. 6, 2014, shows temporary housing for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Antinuclear protests in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters gather with banners and signs near the prime minister's office on Feb. 8, 2013, in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki government district, vocal throughout two-hour protests as they call for an end to reliance on nuclear power generation following the March 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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Darvish picture perfect in Cactus League 2013 debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish attends a press conference after getting on the mound against the Chicago White Sox in a Cactus League game in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2013. The Japanese ace threw two perfect innings with two strikeouts for his first start of the spring. The White Sox won 14-8.

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Darvish picture perfect in Cactus League 2013 debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish (R) is met by Texas manager Ron Washington after getting on the mound against the Chicago White Sox in a Cactus League game in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2013. The Japanese ace threw two perfect innings with two strikeouts for his first start of the spring. The White Sox won 14-8.

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Darvish picture perfect in Cactus League 2013 debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish sits in the dugout after getting on the mound against the Chicago White Sox in a Cactus League game in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2013. The Japanese ace threw two perfect innings with two strikeouts for his first start of the spring. The White Sox won 14-8.

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Darvish picture perfect in Cactus League 2013 debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish pitches against the Chicago White Sox in a Cactus League game in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2013. The Japanese ace threw two perfect innings with two strikeouts for his first start of the spring. The White Sox won 14-8.

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Darvish picture perfect in Cactus League 2013 debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish pitches against the Chicago White Sox in a Cactus League game in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2013. The Japanese ace threw two perfect innings with two strikeouts for his first start of the spring. The White Sox won 14-8.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows a hole about 8 meters in diameter on the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk, with news crews making reports. The hole is believed to have been made by one of the meteor fragments that fell on the region the previous day, which left around 1,200 people injured.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows a hole about 8 meters in diameter on the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. The hole is believed to have been made by one of the meteor fragments that fell on the region the previous day, which left around 1,200 people injured.

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Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hiromasa Ezoe, founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate, when he was summoned in November 1988 as a sworn witness before a House of Representatives committee on a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in which Recruit was involved. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows Hiromasa Ezoe, the founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate that was mired in a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in the 1980s. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Int'l judo chief receives Japan apology

PARIS, France - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura meets the press after holding talks with Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, in Paris on Feb. 8, 2013. Uemura apologized to Vizer regarding an abuse scandal that has rocked Japan.

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Int'l judo chief receives Japan apology

PARIS, France - Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, attends a press conference in Paris on Feb. 8, 2013. Vizer revealed that he had received an apology from the head of Japan's federation, Haruki Uemura, over an abuse scandal that has rocked Japan.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The "Carnival king" receives the mayor's key from Eduardo Paes (lower L), mayor of Rio de Janeiro, during the opening ceremony of the Rio carnival on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi falls during the men's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Osaka on Feb. 8, 2013. Takahashi was in fourth place after the short program.

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Nursing home fire

NAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters attend a fire at a nursing home for the elderly in Nagasaki on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Osaka on Feb. 8, 2013. Hanyu took the lead after the short program.

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Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopters shows the Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becoming fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - The Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becomes fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - The Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becomes fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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China's account of radar incident

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Feb. 8, 2013, shows the website of China's Ministry of National Defense, on which the ministry denied Tokyo's account that a Chinese warship had trained weapon-targeting radar on a Japanese destroyer and that another Chinese warship had used similar radar on a Japanese helicopter, asserting instead that the Chinese ships had used surveillance radar on them.

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Suits against state, TEPCO

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prospective plaintiffs hold a press conference in Fukushima City on Feb. 8, 2013, as residents of Fukushima and neighboring prefectures including evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will file lawsuits against the state and Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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New bullet train car

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the N700A (L), a new model of bullet train, before leaving Shin Osaka station for Tokyo station on Feb. 8, 2013, and the previous N700 model (R). A ceremony was held at both stations to mark the start of commercial operations of the N700A on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Although not very different in appearance from the previous model, the latest version employs a number of new technologies including a better brake system to cope with earthquakes.

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New bullet train car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the N700A, a new model of bullet train, leaving Tokyo station for Shin Osaka station on Feb. 8, 2013. A ceremony was held at both stations to mark the start of commercial operations of the N700A on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Although not very different in appearance from the previous N700 model, the latest version employs a number of new technologies including a better brake system to cope with earthquakes.

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New bullet train car

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the N700A, a new model of bullet train, leaving Shin Osaka station for Tokyo station on Feb. 8, 2013. A ceremony was held at both stations to mark the start of commercial operations of the N700A on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Although not very different in appearance from the previous N700 model, the latest version employs a number of new technologies including a better brake system to cope with earthquakes.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (far L) answers reporters' questions at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, regarding his surprise decision conveyed to the government earlier in the day that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Earlier in the day, Shirakawa conveyed his surprise decision to the government that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa answers reporters' questions at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, regarding his surprise decision conveyed to the government earlier in the day that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends a meeting of a government panel at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Shirakawa said the same day he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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Kawauchi wins Beppu-Oita Marathon

OITA, Japan - Japan's Yuki Kawauchi crosses the finish line to win the Beppu-Oita Marathon at Oita municipal athletics stadium in the city of Oita on Feb. 3, 2013, with a race-record time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A new N700A bullet train enters a platform at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 1, 2013. Central Japan Railway Co. gave a ride for reporters before the train's launch on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line on Feb. 8.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a logo on the body of a new N700A bullet train at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 1, 2013. Central Japan Railway Co. gave a ride for reporters before the train's launch on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line on Feb. 8.

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (3rd L) seeks suggestions on the implementation of China's "double reduction" policy from representatives of school staff and education authorities at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "d

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (C) interacts with students to welcome the new semester at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, education resources should be better optimized to facilitate studen

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya works at her office at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, education resources should be better optimized to facilitate students' growth. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (L) seeks suggestions on the implementation of China's "double reduction" policy from representatives of students' parents at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy,

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (3rd R) collects suggestions on the reform of education evaluation system under China's "double reduction" policy framework from staffers of Chongqing Educational Evaluation Institute in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop o

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (2nd R) seeks suggestions on the implementation of China's "double reduction" policy from representatives of school staff and education authorities at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "d

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya poses for a photo at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, education resources should be better optimized to facilitate students' growth. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (4th L) visits Shipingqiao Primary School to collect suggestions in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2014. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, education resources should be better optimized to facilitate students' growth. (Xinhua

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya seeks suggestions on the implementation of China's "double reduction" policy from representatives of students' parents at Xiejiawan Primary School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, educ

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (3rd L) seeks suggestions on the implementation of China's "double reduction" policy from representatives of teaching staff at Yucai Middle School in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, educ

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Toyota to suspend domestic production from Feb. 8 after explosion

File photo taken in January 2013 shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Motomachi Plant, where the luxury sedan Crown is produced, in the central Japan city of Toyota. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2016, that it will suspend all domestic production of its vehicles from Feb. 8 through Feb. 13 as an explosion at a steel plant in central Japan in January has caused parts shortages. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Devastation left to Syrian ancient city of Aleppo

Photo taken Feb. 8, 2017, shows the Umayyad Mosque in the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria, with debris from its destroyed minaret (L) following bombings in 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo