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China urges U.S. to reduce military activities in S. China Sea
The Chinese military is calling on the US to reduce it naval and air activities in the South China Sea.
Deputy-head of the PLA, Fan Changlong, has made the call as part of his meetings with US Defense Secretary Ash Carter at the Pentagon.
He's told Carter it's China's right to establish military facilities on the islands it controls in the South China Sea.
At the same time, Fan Changlong has also pressed the US side to respect the one-China policy when it comes to relations with Taiwan.
Despite the differences, the two sides are also signing a new agreement which will create a direct communications link between the armies of both sides.
South Korea reports 11th death in MERS outbreak
South Korean authorities have confirmed one more death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
This brings the death toll from the MERS outbreak in South Korea to 11.
An additional 4 cases of the virus have also been confirmed this Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 126.
At the same time, Chinese air-travel regulators have issued a new decree, demanding tighter disinfections of all flights coming in from South Korea.
China's only confirmed case of MERS is a South Korean national who broke quarantine and traveled to China.
He's said to be in stable condition.
All 75 people who had close contact with the patient in Guangdong have been cleared.
China committed to addressing climate change
The Chinese government is preparing its documents to submit to the UN's Climate Change Summit set for Paris in December.
China's chief climate change negotiator says the proposals will be submitted before the end of this month.
Su Wei says the plans include increasing China's use of non-fossil fuel energy generation to 20-percent by 2030.
The documents are also said to include targets for China's CO2 emissions to peak in the next 15-years.
This follows the latest round of UN climate change talks, which wrapped up on Thursday in Germany.
1 dead, 2 missing in residential building explosion
One person has been confirmed dead and two others are missing after an explosion in a residential building in northeast China.
12 others who survived the blast in the city of Huludao in Liaoning have been hospitalized.
It's believed the explosion was set-off by a gas leak.
This is the 2nd explosion caused by a gas leak in the same city over the past couple weeks.
A similar blast on May 31st left 2 dead and 13 others hurt.
Large drug trafficking ring busted in central China
Police in Henan have announced a major drug bust, seizing over 100 kilos of heroin.
41 suspected drug traffickers have also been arrested as part of the sting.
Authorities say they believe the drugs were being moved from Myanmar into Henan.
The drugs would then be distributed to other parts of China.
China using indigenous Beidou system to detect gas leaks
Chinese authorities have announced plans to use the Beidou Satellite Navigation system to help log and detect possible leaks in gas pipelines.
The system will be used to establish a coordination center to monitor pipelines around the country.
There are some 400-thousand kilometers of gas pipelines in China.
They're all fitted with pressure transistors that indicate low pressure or potential leaks.
By using Beidou, engineers say this will help them more accurately record locations where leaks are occuring.
IMF quits Greek talks
The International Monetary Fund has thrown down the guantlet with Greece, walking out of debt negotiations with the country.
The IMF says its delegation has left negotiations in Brussels due to the major differences it continues to have with Athens.
The European Union has also issued a statement, warning Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to "stop gambling" with his cash-strapped country's future.
Greece needs a new cash injection to avoid default at the end of this month, when a 1.6-billion euro debt payment is due to the IMF.
However, the Greek government has been insisting that debt restructuring has to be included in its new cash injection to ease the payments it has to make to its creditors.
A default at the end of the month could force Greece out of the eurozone.
Malaysian Airlines plane makes emergency landing at Melbourne airport
A Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Melbourne this Friday after one of the plane's engines caught fire.
The Airbus A-330, with 300 people on board, was on a flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur when the incident took place.
The plane landed safely.
The incident is the latest in a string of problems for Malaysia Airlines, which is still struggling with the loss of two of its jetliners last year.
Dick Costolo steps down as chief executive of Twitter
Dick Costolo is stepping down as chief executive of Twitter.
Company co-founder Jack Dorsey will take over as interim chief as of July 1st.
Twitter says it will be looking both inside and outside the company for a new chief.
Costolo has reportedly been under pressure from investors unhappy with the user growth of Twitter.
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