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BEIJING (Xinhua) — The following are the highlights of China's key technology news from the past week:

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a “newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher,” another demonstration of the North’s expanding weapons arsenal apparently aimed at increasing its leverage ahead of a possible resumption of nuclear talks with the U.S.

BEIJING (Xinhua) — An international study has found that China is on track to meet its carbon emissions goals up to one decade early.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm.

CHONGQING (Xinhua) — A zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday threw a birthday party for its celebrity "granny panda" who turned 37, equivalent to more than 100 human years.

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police drew their guns and fired a warning shot Sunday night after protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and brought out water cannon trucks for the first time, an escalation in the summerlong protests that have shaken the city’s government and residents.

PHUKET — Police said Sunday a Norwegian tourist stands accused of killing a British man at a luxury hotel in Phuket province last week over a noise row gone violent.

BANGKOK —  It’s been 18 years since the epic ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy conquered cinemas and hearts all over Middle-Earth, and here’s the chance to relive those moments.

Fresh experiments set to prove, or disprove, the consensus that cannabis cannot cure cancer.