NEW DELHI -- Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Friday that China and India should implement consensus and handle differences properly to bring the bilateral relations back on the right track.

"It is even more important to firmly grasp the consensus reached by our two leaders when the bilateral relations are overshadowed," Sun said in video remarks on current China-India relations. (China-India-Relations)

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HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has proposed that new civil servants employed from July 1 should sign a document to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the HKSAR, an official said Friday.

Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip said at a meeting of the Legislative Council that the requirement enables civil servants to clearly understand the responsibilities of their official status and helps further protect and promote the core values of the civil service. (HKSAR-Civil Servants-Allegiance)

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SEOUL -- Three people have been confirmed dead and 27 others wounded in a hospital fire that occurred in southwestern South Korea early Friday, according to local media reports.

The fire broke out at 3:42 a.m. local time Friday from the first floor of a hospital in Goheung, South Jeolla province, some 470 km south of the capital Seoul. It was extinguished about 140 minutes later. (South Korea-Hospital-Fire)

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KATHMANDU -- Nine people were killed in 24 hours from the landslides that occurred in two western districts of Nepal following incessant rainfall in the country, local official said on Friday.

The landslides buried houses in Kaski and Lamjung districts on Thursday night and six people died on the spot in Pokhara Metropolitan City-18, Sarankot. (Nepal-Landslide) Enditem

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