Do you know yours? British PM and the public tested on times tables

Do you know yours? British PM and the public tested on times tables


Do you know yours? British PM and the public tested on times tables

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:04 AM PST

All kids in England will be expected to know up to their 12 times tables by the time they leave primary school, according to the British government. However watch as this reporter asks British...
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Alibaba to loan US businesses $300,000 to buy Chinese goods

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:05 AM PST

Alibaba, the giant Chinese online marketplace has struck a big deal with the US peer-to-peer finance company leader, the Lending Club, to enable American small and medium-sized companies to...
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Amazing moment a Giraffe gives birth to a calf

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:08 PM PST

A zoo in Jiangsu Province welcomed a baby giraffe recently, where the surveillance cameras captured the amazing moment a giraffe gave birth to a calf. The newborn falls 2-meters from its mother's...
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TransAsia flight flew off-course after left engine failure

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:39 AM PST

Taiwan's aviation authority has confirmed more details about the crashed TransAsia flight. It says the plane took off at 10:52 am on Wednesday from Taipei Songshan Airport. Two minutes later,...
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Jordanian king meets with pilot's family

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:30 PM PST

Jordan's King Abdullah has arrived at the village of Ay near Karak, 100 kilometers south of Amman, to meet the family of Muath al-Kasasbeh, the pilot who was captured and then brutally murdered...
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Ma Ying-jeou meets TransAsia Airways survivors in hospital

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:21 AM PST

Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou has met with survivors of the crashed TransAsia Airways flight. On Thursday, Ma visited the injured survivors and their family members at a local Taipei hospital....
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French, German leaders visit Kiev to seek resolution of conflict in Ukraine

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:14 AM PST

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are set to visit Kiev later Thursday, before heading to Moscow, in a fresh push to find a solution to the raging conflict...
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Man jumps over Lamborghini going 80 mph

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:24 PM PST

The latest incredible stunt video to go viral shows Swedish man Alassane jumping over a Lamborghini that's traveling 80km/hour, and heading directly for him. The man says it's not for money...
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Andy Lau brings “travel home” song to CCTV Gala

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:59 AM PST

Organizers of the annual CCTV Gala have released a new song by Andy Lau, called "The Road Home", as a warm up to the show. Lau will perform the song at this year's Gala, his first appearance...
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Valentine’s Day gifts given to fish in Tokyo aquarium

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:48 AM PST

For the creatures living in a Japanese aquarium, Valentine's Day presents came two weeks early. The aquatic animals in Tokyo's Sunshine City aquarium, received custom-made hearts. The special...
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Sneak Peek at China’s new Disneyland

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:50 AM PST

Talks of opening a Disney Resort in Shanghai have gone on for more than a decade. After five years of construction, the park is nearing its final stages. Check out a sneak peek at how it's...
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UK cancer rate: 1 in 2 born after 1960 will have cancer

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:09 AM PST

In Britain, research from a charity suggests that one in every two people in Britain born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer within their lifetime. Cancer Research UK says more must be...
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French journalist recalls ten months as captive by ISIL

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

A former captive of ISIL in Syria, has said that the group cared little about religion. The former captive, French journalist Didier Francois, spent over 10 months as a prisoner of the group...
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Pakistani students arrive in China for mental counseling

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:10 AM PST

A group of Pakistani students, their parents, and teachers who survived a Taliban Massacre last December at Peshawar Army Public School, has arrived in Beijing. These 22 visitors are the first...
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TransAsia denies engine fault

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

Taiwan's aviation authority has confirmed that the control tower received a distress call from the TransAsia plane at 10:54 on Wednesday morning, just two minutes after it took off. There've...
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New standard for flight tracking

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 12:37 PM PST

The UN's aviation agency is proposing a new standard to help with the global tracking of commercial aircraft, especially in emergencies. Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organizati...
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Japan passes resolution to condemn ISIL

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

Japan has passed a resolution to condemn Islamic State, after the hard-line group said they had beheaded two Japanese citizens and killed a Jordanian pilot. The resolution was passed without...
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China, Argentina team up on 2 nuclear plants

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:14 AM PST

China and Argentina have signed a series of deals, including collaboration on two new nuclear power plants. The pacts were signed following a meeting Wednesday in Beijing between President...
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Oscars: What to expect from the Governors Ball

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:47 PM PST

Everyone knows it's great to be nominated for an Oscar. Nominees aren't just recognized for their craft, but they also get an exclusive invitation to the official Oscars after-party. CCTVNEWS...
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Father’s outpouring of love for son after having survived TransAsia jet crash

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 10:43 AM PST

Images of a father comforting his young son by showering him with kisses, as they waited for rescue workers to assist them at the site of the TransAsia air crash in Taipei have gone viral online....
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Outrage over public indifference as old man dies on the street

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:52 PM PST

A recent report of an old man who was run over by a car after he collapsed on a street in east China's Zhejiang Province has caused a heated debate on Chinese social media. Footage taken...
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