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-Typhoon Fung-Wong drenches Shanghai, interrupts traffic
Tropical storm Fung-Wong is now making its way east toward the south coast of South Korea after making landfall in Shanghai earlier today with winds of around 85-kilometers per hour.
The storm hit Shanghai earlier this morning, causing serious traffic jams during the morning rush hour.
However, no casualties or major damage has been reported in the city.
Fung-Wong did force the evacuation of around 160-thousand people in neighboring Zhejiang on Monday.
Fung-Wong is being blamed for 10 deaths in the northern Philippines when it first crossed into the South China Sea before taking its erratic track up China's east coast.
-China, Russia to beef up legislative cooperation
China and Russia's top legislatuires have signed off on new agreements to try to deepen legislative cooperation between the two sides.
Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang and visiting Russian Speaker Valentina Matviyenko have signed the documents after a series of discussions here in Beijing.
The newly-signed agreement will see the establishment of a cooperation committee, which will be tasked with exploring new areas of cooperation.
Matviyenko is currently wrapping up a 3-day visit to China.
-China opens forum to mark International Day of Peace
Peace activists from around the world have gathered for a two-day forum in the Chinese city of Xi'an to mark the International Day of Peace this Tuesday.
The forum includes representatives from Russia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cyprus, India and other countries gathering to discuss how to build a safer Asia.
The theme of this year's International Day of Peace is the "Right of Peoples to Peace."
-China pledges to boost climate cooperation with UN
China is offering up 6 million U.S. dollars to support the United Nations in helping promote climate change.
Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli has made the pledge in a meeting with Ban Ki-moon ahead a climate change summit in New York.
Zhang says this week's summit should have a positive influence in dealing with climate change.
This week's climate change meeting in New York is meant to be a precursor to a much larger climate change meeting next year, which is meant to try to create a new global emission reduction strategy.
-U.S. informs Damascus of strikes against IS beforehand
Syria says Washington has been coordinating with them ahead of a series of airstrikes which have hit Islamic State targets in Syria.
Damascus says its envoy to the United Nations was told of the impending airstrikes a day before they were launched.
The Syrian government hasn't issued a formal response to the strikes.
The Pentagon has announced it, along with a collection of international partners, have begun striking Islamic State targets in Syria through the use of fighter jets, bombers and Tomahawk missiles.
The strikes themselves are said to have included support from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
-Syria confirms Israeli downing of Syrian war jet
The Syrian army has confirmed one of its war planes has been shot down by Israeli forces over the Golan.
The jet was taken down by a patriot missile earlier on this Tuesday.
Local reports are suggesting the crew of the jet has survived.
Syrian troops have been engaged in battles against militants in the Syrian-controlled area around the Golan.
Israel has been in defacto control of the Golan since the 1967 Arab War, even though the area is technically controlled under a United Nations banner.
-G20 finance ministers add to fears of a stock-market bubble
G20 finance ministers, currently meeting in Australia, are warning of a possible correction in the global financial markets in the near-term.
Since the market bottomed out in 2009, the S&P 500 -as an example- has risen by about 200-percent in value.
Overall U.S. economic output has only risen by about 20-percent.
As such, stock prices compared to earnings are above historical averages.
Despite lingering concerns about a correction, the S&P 500 is still up around 8-percent this year.
-Wharf fire forces evacuation of over 800 in U.S.
More than 800 people have been evacuated following a fire at the Port of Los Angeles in the US.
Ships and boats had to be removed from the area because of the fire.
The fire itself was contained after around two hours.
No injuries have been reported.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
