本期内容: An article in Phoenix Weekly on what Beijing people look for in China's marriage markets often arranged in parks has caught people's attention. It is customary for some elderly relatives to meet in parks around China and to help their

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本期内容: Who is doing groundbreaking research into artificial intelligence right now? Google and its London-based DeepMind division springs to mind. Facebook has hired some of the biggest thinkers in AI. Then there's IBM with its Watson projec

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本期内容: For years Snapchat was seen as David to Facebook's Goliath, but it looks as though the underdog has lost its swagger. Shares in the messaging app's parent company Snap fell sharply this week after one of the investment banks that help

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本期内容: Catalonia has moved a step closer to abandoning the long working hours and protracted lunch breaks that have tested Spaniards'powers of endurance for more than seven decades, by adopting an initiative intended to reset people's work-l

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本期内容: In an email to drivers, Uber said adding tipping was the first announcement in its 180 days of change, a program that the company hopes will help it improve its relationship with drivers. Driver pressure will have played a significant

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本期内容: Amazon opened its seventh US bookshop in New York on Thursday, drawing a steady stream of selfie-snapping gawkers, tourists and loyal shoppers who reveled in the novelty experience of shopping in person. Opening its first bookshop in

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本期内容: A long-running feud among the family of Singapore's prime minister over the legacy of their father, the country's first leader, has resurfaced. In Facebook posts, two of PM Lee Hsien Loong's siblings accused him of going against their

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本期内容: A 1982 artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby's auction of contemporary art Thursday night. Sotheby's said the sale of Untitled was an auction record for the artist. It also set a record price for

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本期内容: In its largest-ever deal, Microsoft bought LinkedIn, an ailing professional-networking and job-hunting site, for $26.2 billion. Shares in the software giant dipped 3% on the ****; LinkedIns stock soared by 47%. It has 100m active mont

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本期内容: Preparations started for Muhammad Alis funeral on Friday: an interfaith service, led by an imam, in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky, with Bill Clinton among those speaking. In one of many tributes to the champion boxer, whose de

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本期内容: More than one-third of the coral in the northern and central parts of the Great Barrier Reef is dead or dying, scientists said. The chief culprit for the mass bleaching of the past two months is high water temperaturespartly from the

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本期内容: Marriott International agreed to buy Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide for $12.2 billion in cash and shares. Starwood had reportedly been in talks with another suitor, Hyatt; Chinese hotel operators were also keen. The deal will creat

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本期内容: Doctors in the National Health Service in England voted to strike over a new contract which will cut overtime payments for unsocial hours.The 37,000 junior doctors (many of them experienced) may now offer emergency care only on Decemb

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本期内容: Celebrating the birth of his first child, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, promised to put 99% of his shares in the company (worth around $45 billion at todays prices) into a charitable foundation. His lengthy letter

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本期内容: Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britains opposition Labour Party, said his MPs would have a free vote on the extension of air raids on Islamic State to Syria. David Cameron, the prime minister, favours bombing; Mr Corbyn opposes it, but seve

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本期内容: As investigators search for a motive behind the deadly rampage in San Bernardino, politicians are searching for a way to talk about it. The details of the California massacre at a holiday party point at a possible link to Islamic Mili

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本期内容: For many Canadians, the idea of legal cannabis once seemed a pipe dream. But from 17 October, Canada will become the first G7 country to give recreational cannabis the green light. Supporters say legalisation will bring new medical ad

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本期内容: Couldchipfathelpdirtyshippingcleanupitsact? Theglobalshippingindustryisasbigacontributortogreenhousegasemissionsasaviation, andtheheavyfueloilthatpowersitsgiantvesselsisexceptionallydirty-packedwithsoot, blackcarbonandsulphur.InSeptem

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本期内容: Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji fish market has held its final pre-dawn tuna auction before being relocated to a new site. The world's largest fish market, which has been in operation for 83 years, is being moved as part of the redevelop

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本期内容: Young people's love of fast fashion is coming under the scrutiny of Britain's law-makers. MPs say the fashion industry is a major source of the greenhouse gases that are overheating the planet. Discarded clothes are also piling up in

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