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China Withdrawing Nationals from Yemen
The Chinese government says it's managed to evacuate virtually all of the Chinese nationals currently living in Yemen.
Some 570 Chinese nationals are either on their way or have arrived in Djibouti with the help of Chinese warships.
Three Chinese naval vessels, which have been part of the anti-pirate coalition off the Horn of Africa, were dispatched to Yemen a few days ago to help evacuate Chinese nationals from the war-torn country.
Chinese premier urges U.S. to approve IMF quota reform
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is calling on US lawmakers to approve long-awaited reforms to the International Monetary Fund that would give China and other developing countries more sway in the organization.
Li Keqiang has made the call while meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in Beijing.
Lew says the US side will cooperate with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank when it becomes operational.
However, he did not expand on what that cooperation may mean.
World's biggest solar plane lands in China
The sun-powered "Solar Impulse 2" has landed in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.
The plane began its trip to China yesterday morning from the city of Mandalay in Myanmar on the third leg of its round-the-world journey.
After its stopover in Chongqing, the plane will then fly to Nanjing to undergo maintenance before passing over the Pacific Ocean.
"Solar Impulse 2" started its journey in Abu Dhabi on March 9th.
It's expected to travel some 40-thousand kilometers without using any fossil fuels.
China launches upgraded satellite for independent SatNav system
Chinese space authorities have launched a new-generation satellite for this country's new global navigation system.
The new satellite is testing a new type of navigation signaling system.
It's the latest expansion of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System to global coverage.
The satellite was sent up by a new type of rocket which allows for more than one satellite to be launched from the rocket in different directions.
Scientists look to space for power needs
Chinese scientists are said to be working on plans to create a solar power station in outer space.
The power station would be a spacecraft with solar panels orbiting 36-thousand kilometres above ground.
Plans being drafted would then see the electricity generated converted to microwaves or lasers, which would then be sent to a collector on the ground.
It's said the size of the project would have to be massive, with a commercially-viable space power station weighing more than 10-thousand tons.
Few rockets are capable of carrying a payload of more than 100 tons to a low Earth orbit at the moment.
Cherry blossom originates in China: Expert
The executive chair of the China Association of Cherry Blossoms has entered into the controversy surrounding the origin of cherry blossoms.
He Zongru has issued a new statement, saying cherry blossoms originated in China, and not Japan or South Korea, as both of those countries now claim.
This follows suggestions by authorities in South Korea cherry blossoms originated from Jeju Island.
This has drawn ire in Japan.
He Zongru claims Cherry blossoms originally came from the Himalayas in Chinese territory and found their way to Japan in the Tang Dynasty.
More Chinese parents choose Australian high schools
New statistics show an increasing number of middle class families from China are sending their children to Australian high schools.
Data released from Australian education authorities shows school enrollment of Chinese teenagers grew by an additional 43-hundred across the country last year.
That's a rise of almost 20 percent compared to 2013.
Chinese passport holders currently make up just over one-quarter of all international students in Australia.
Lighter visa restrictions, Australia's reputation in global education rankings and a weakening Australian dollar are all being pointed to as the main reason for the rise.
Prosecutor: Lubitz' motive for crash not clear
German prosecutors say the co-pilot accused of intentionally crashing a Germanwings flight last week into the French Alps was treated for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot's license.
Authorities say Andreas Lubitz was being treated up until his death for an unspecified illness.
But they have yet to come up with a possible motive.
Unverified reports suggest Lubitz was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode in 2009 and received treatment for a year and a half.
Parliament Dissolved before British General Election
Britain's election campaign has officially kicked off, with Prime Minister David Cameron visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The royal audience has followed on the heels of parliament being dissolved ahead of the May 7th vote.
Cameron says British people will have to choose between his Conservative Party and what he calls the economic chaos of the opposition Labour Party.
Early polling has suggested the race could be tight, though Cameron's Conservatives do maintain a slight advantage at the moment.
Airstrikes cause civilian losses in Yemen
The Yemeni government is pointing the finger at Shiite Houthi fighters for an air strike on a camp for refugees in northern Yemen that has killed at least 40 people.
Yemeni foreign minister Riyadh Yaseen has denied suggestions it was Saudi jets who fired on the refugee camp.
Yemen's state news agency Saba, which is currently under the control of the Houthis, says the camp was hit by Saudi planes.
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