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China's service sector accounts for 61.7 pct of GDP in Q1

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's service industry continued to strengthen its role as a major growth driver in the first quarter of 2026, with the sector's value-added output accounting for 61.7 ...
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Real Madrid under pressure as La Liga action resumes

MADRID, April 20 (Xinhua) -- After a weekend pause for the Copa del Rey final between Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid, La Liga returns with a midweek round that, combined with next weekend's fixture ...
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1st LD-Writethru: China dispatches Y-20B to repatriate CPV soldiers' remains from ROK

ZHENGZHOU, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday dispatched a Y-20B large transport aircraft to the Republic of Korea (ROK) to carry back the 13th batch of remains of Chinese soldiers who died during t ...
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1st LD-Writethru: 7.4-magnitude quake hits sea off east coast of Honshu, Japan: CENC

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A 7.4-magnitude earthquake jolted sea off east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 3:52 p.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The q ...
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1st LD: 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off northeastern Japan

TOKYO, April 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck off the Sanriku coast in northeastern Japan on Monday afternoon, the country's weather agency said. A tsunami warni ...
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Cambodia's insurance industry continues to enjoy positive growth in last 5 years

PHNOM PENH, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's insurance industry has continued to experience positive growth in the last five years, with an average annual growth of more than 6 percent, a senior offici ...
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First direct flight links northwest China, Austria

XI'AN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The first direct flight connecting Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and Vienna, Austria, took off in the early hours of Monday, marking the inauguratio ...
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China says preventing resurrection of militarism "Japan's due obligation"

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday preventing the resurrection of militarism is Japan's due obligation and the unwavering will of the international co ...
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Vietnam's southern hub to shift most int'l flights to new airport

HANOI, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's southern hub Ho Chi Minh City will shift over 90 percent of its international passenger traffic from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the under-construction ...
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First national reading week begins as China builds book-loving society

As spring unfolds across China, so do the pages of countless books. On Monday, the country's first national reading week and ...
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2 killed in central Vietnam traffic accident

HANOI, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed in a traffic accident in central Vietnam's Dak Lak province on Monday morning, local daily Tuoi Tre reported. The incident occurred at around 8:50 a.
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Asia-Pacific needs peace, not confrontation : FM spokesperson

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- What the Asia-Pacific region needs most is peace and tranquility, not the introduction of external forces or the fomenting of division and confrontation, Chinese foreign ...