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Officials sacked for tuberculosis outbreaks in central China

Six local officials have been removed from office following a tuberculosis outbreak at a middle school in Hunan.

The outbreak began at a local Middle School in Taojiang County in August.

29 students contracted the disease, along with 5 other suspected cases.

The sacked officials are heads of the county's health, education and disease control departments.

Tuberculosis is a potentially life-threatening virus which affects the lungs.

Those who contract the disease can suffer damage to their lungs that can stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Hydropower station construction underway in upper Yangtze

Authorities say construction is going smoothly for a large hydropower station on the upper section of the Yangtze River.

The Suwalong project is located at the junction of Mangkam County of Tibet Autonomous Region and Batang County of Sichuan Province.

On Tuesday, the sluice gate on the Jinsha River was closed in preparation for further work.

The completed project will send electricity from the west to eastern areas in China.

China's first cross-ocean biofuel flight lands at Chicago airport

A Haiman Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by biological fuel has landed at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after flying over 11,000 kilometers from Beijing.

The aviation fuel is produced from waste cooking oil processed by Chinese company Sinopec.

Hainan Airlines President Sun Jianfeng, who served as captain of the flight, says the aircraft's performance was stable after reaching its maximum height.

He says this proves that the Airline has the capability to carry out cross-ocean flights using biofuel.

Hainan Airlines made the country's first domestic biofuel-powered passenger flight in 2015.

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

Uber has confirmed it concealed a hack that affected 57 million customers and drivers.

The 2016 breach was hidden by the ride-sharing firm which paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data.

Reports say the company's former chief executive Travis Kalanick knew about the breach over a year ago.

Uber said the hackers found 57 million names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers.

Within that number, 600,000 drivers had their names and license details exposed.

Putin, Trump stress diplomatic solution to Korean Peninsula issue -- Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump exchanged views on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue in a phone conversation on Tuesday.

The Kremlin said the two leaders stressed the need to seek a solution through negotiations and diplomatic means.

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Zimbabwean President Mugabe resigns

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has resigned.

Jacob Mudenda, speaker of Parliament, announces President Robert Mugabe resignation in Harare, Tuesday, Nov, 21, 2017. [Photo: IC]

In his resignation letter read out by Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Mugabe has said his decision to resign is voluntary to ensure a smooth, peaceful and non-violent transition of power.

The Speaker of Parliament says he will immediately put in place proper legal processes to install a new president no later than the end of Wednesday.

The resignation came two days after the ruling Zanu-PF party deposed Mugabe as leader, and also recalled him from government over a litany of charges.

The party had given Mugabe until mid-day on Monday to resign, but he ignored the deadline, prompting Zanu-PF legislators on Tuesday to start parliamentary impeachment proceedings against him.

However, as the impeachment proceedings got underway, Mugabe abruptly resigned, ending almost four decades of near total dominance of Zimbabwe's political landscape.

Iraq to declare final victory over Islamic State soon - Iraqi PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said the Islamic State had been defeated from a military perspective but he will only declare final victory after IS militants have been routed in the desert.

Iraqi forces on Friday captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic State control, signaling the collapse of the group's "caliphate" proclaimed after it overran much of Iraq's north and west in 2014.

Military commanders say securing desert and border areas is what remains in the campaign against Islamic State.

Xinjiang offers 15 years of free education

Final preparations are being completed to allow Xinjiang to become China's first provincial-level region to offer 15 years of free education, from pre-school to high school.

Starting next month, tuition, textbook and accommodation fees will be waived for the over 850-thousand students at local high schools and secondary vocational schools.

Students from poorer families will also get extra subsidies.

Authorities in Xinjiang have already been providing free education in both the Chinese and Uygur languages for over a million preschoolers.

The national standard in China is currently 9 years of free compulsory education, stemming from a 1986 national law.

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