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Beijing to raise the smog alert to red for first time
A red alert, the highest level for smog danger, is set to take effect in Beijing tomorrow morning.
Starting at 7am on Tuesday, an odd-even license plate restriction will be imposed on all vehicles in the city.
Industrial production will also be curtailed further, and further restrictions on schools may also take effect.
This is the first time since the 4-tiered color-coded smog system was brought in a few years ago that the condition has been brought to red in Beijing.
This come as the heavy smog has returned to the capital region after a couple of days reprieve.
As 6pm this Monday, PM2.5-levels across Beijing are averaging around 240.
As such, schools were told to keep their students indoors today.
Forecasters are suggesting the smog is going to linger in the greater-Beijing area until at least Thursday, with rain expected to clear the air at that point.
Coal fired power plants are the major culprit at this point.
Earthquake in Tajikistan shocks Central Asia
A series of aftershocks of around magnitude-5 or greater are being reported after a major earthquake hit China's central Asian neighbor of Tajikistan this afternoon.
The quake, which Chinese authorities have measured as a 7.4, hit in Tajikistan's central mountains just before 4pm Beijing-time.
It struck at a depth of around 30-kilometers.
The quake did send shockwaves throughout the region, including some areas of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Hindu Kush in neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan,
It's unclear if any new damage or injuries in that area have taken place.
Syria condemns U.S.-led airstrikes on Syrian army positions
The Syrian government is condemning air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition that hit Syrian Army positions on Sunday.
Syria's Foreign Ministry says four coalition warplanes targeted a Syrian military camp in an eastern Syrian province with nine rockets, killing three soldiers and wounding 13 others.
The statement says the attack is an impediment to the counter-terror efforts in the region, as the Syrian outpost was fighting terror groups in eastern Syria.
If the US-backed coalition intentionally targeted the Syrian army group, this would mark a major escalation in the coalition's mandate in Syria, as it has been focusing its airstrikes exclusively on Islamic State targets to this point.
The Obama administration has long been calling for the ouster of the Syrian government, but has not launched any attacks to back up that goal.
Inner Mongolia Raid caused by "provincial border dispute"
It's being reported a dispute over land may be behind an an assault on a police inspection station in Inner Mongolia.
A group of around 100 people, believed to be from neighboring Gansu, attacked the station on Sunday afternoon, injuring 13 people and destroying 11 police vehicles while trashing the station itself.
The attackers, armed with stones and sticks, also used pepper spray on some of the police officers during their assault.
Some of the staff at the station in Inner Mongolia were then taken and dropped in a remote area in the Gobi Desert.
Authorities are now on the hunt for the suspects.
Sino-American Dialogue on Rule of Law and Human Rights Held in Beijing
A new round of talks on human rights and the rule of law is underway between US and Chinese officials.
As part of the talks in Beijing this Monday, the Chinese side is calling for the US to better-understand China's different choices of in its path toward human rights.
Delegates from the US side say they are interested in how the Rule of Law is to be followed here in China.
The China-US talks on Human Rights and the Rule of Law first began in 2009.
Venezuela President Maduro concedes election defeat
The latest exit polling shows Venezuela's opposition has won a majority of seats in the country's National Assembly.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council has announced the opposition has won at least 99 seats in the 167-seat legislature.
The socialists have retained 46 seats, while another 22 races have not been declared yet.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has conceded defeat.
The opposition victory brings about an end to 17-years of Socialist rule in the country's legislature, which began under late-former President Hugo Chavez.
London police: Knife attack's motive remains unknown
Police in London say it is still too early to determine the exact motive behind a knife an east London metro station over the weekend.
Reports suggest the 29-year-old man began attacking passangers at an Underground station, yelling "this is for Syria" on Saturday evening.
Three people were hurt, one of them seriously
Police say they are treating it as a "terrorist incident."
British pop group looking for the boy during their historic gig to China in 1985
British pop duo "Wham!" of 80's-fame has put out an appeal, looking for the little boy who took a photo with them on the Great Wall during their historic show in China in 1985.
The show itself was ground-breaking at the time, as Wham!, frontmanned by George Michael, became the first western pop group to perform in China.
In April 1985, Wham! toured China for 10-days, which has attracted global attention. During their time at the Great Wall, a little boy ended up in a photo with the duo.
Now the band wants to find that boy some 35-years after-the-fact.
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