Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 31
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ISLAMABAD -- At least one child was killed and nine others injured as a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted parts of Pakistan on Wednesday, Pakistan's National Seismic Monitoring Centre said.
According to local media reports, the child died and others sustained injuries after a couple of mud houses collapsed in the Bela town of Lasbela district of the country's southwest Balochistan province.(Pakistan-Quake)
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NEW DELHI -- Five people were killed and four others rescued Wednesday after a boat capsized in a river in India's eastern state of Bihar, officials said.
The boat capsized in river Ganga at Fatuha town in Patna, the capital city of Bihar.(India-Boat-Death)
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WASHINGTON -- The United States would continue fighting the Islamic State (IS) until the radical group is defeated, President Donald Trump said in his first State of the Union address Tuesday.
"There is much more work to be done. We will continue our fight until ISIS is defeated," Trump said, referring to the terror group by its other name, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.(Trump-SOTU-Foreign policy)
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LOS ANGELES -- At least three people were killed and two others injured when a helicopter crashed into a house Tuesday in Newport Beach, California.
"5 persons involved, 4 in helicopter and one bystander on the ground. Confirmed 3 fatalities," Newport Beach Police tweeted. "Nobody was inside the home where the chopper went down."(US-Crash-Helicopter) Enditem