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China Takes Out 10,000 Tonnes of Frozen Pork from Its Strategic Reserves due to the Swine Fever

China, which has been hit hard by a large-scale swine fever epidemic that has led to a sharp price spike, will take out 10,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its strategic reserves to prevent any shortfall in the run-up to the '70s. Anniversary of the regime, AFP reported.

AGERPRES National News Agency joins European Data News Hub platform

The AGERPRES National News Agency joined European Data News Hub (EDNH), a benchmark website for major European issues, subsidised by the European Commission, but with total editorial independence. AGERPRES is part of the news agencies consortium which produce the website - the AFP agency based in Paris, the Italian news agency ANSA and the German press agency dpa.

U.S. says only 30 pct of Russian strikes target IS

Only 30 percent of Russian air strikes in Syria target the Islamic State group, AFP quoted an American official on Wednesday.

"The rest are against opposition forces not affiliated with the jihadists," said Brett McGurk, who is U.S. President Barack Obama's "special envoy for the international anti-IS coalition."

2 Turkish guards killed in reported PKK suicide bomb

Two Turkish security guards were killed and 24 wounded in a suicide bomb attack by Kurdish PKK militants, according to the Turkish regional office. According to Turkish state news agency Anadolu, the attack happened at 3 am local time near the town of Dogubayazit, close to Turkey’s borders with Iran, when a tractor laden with explosives was driven into a police station.

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