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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 25

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Final results issued by the French Interior Ministry confirmed that the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron dominated the vote in Sunday's first round of the French presidency.

Macron came first with 24.01 percent of the vote while Marine Le Pen, head of far-right National Front party (FN), came second with 21.30 percent of the vote or 47.581 million ballots for her. (France-Election)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. on Monday slapped sanctions on 271 employees of Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) in response to Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons.

The employees of SSRC, a Syrian government agency, are designated for their role in "developing and producing non-conventional weapons and the means to deliver them," the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement. (US-Syria-Sanctions)

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NEW YORK -- An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted 38km W of Valparaiso, Chile at 21:38:25 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 33.0557 degrees south latitude and 72.0422 degrees west longitude. (Chile-Earthquake)

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NICOSIA -- Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades was reported on Monday as saying that negotiations to reunify the partitioned island were heading towards a potential impasse as a result of Turkish hardline demands.(Cyprus-Negotiations-Impasse) Endi