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Astronomers Find Exceptionally Rare Asteroid Entirely Inside Venus’ Orbit

While most asteroids are typically located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the astronomers found a rather unique one, moving around Venus.There are only

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Iran seeks help reading plane's black boxes amid pressure to hand them over

Iran has asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, a request that will add to interna

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China's auto market to bottom out this year and next

China's auto market will likely bottom out this year and next, after posting sales declines for two consecutive years, a senior official said Monday. Both car sales an

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Palace Museum director apologizes for parking gaffe

The director of the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, apologized on Tuesday for a controversial event brought to the public's attention by a social network post on Sina W

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Director general of British broadcaster the BBC to step down

Hall was appointed to the role in 2012, having previously served as director of news between 1993 and 2001. (Credit: Reuters/Andrew Winning) Tony Hall, the director general of the BBC, announc

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Norwegian coalition breaks up after disagreement on ISIL repatriation

Progress party leader Siv Jensen announces her decision (Credit: Fredrik Varfjell/NTB Scanpix/AFP) Norway's coalition government is close to collapse after a right-wing party pulled out over t

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Ukraine presses for return of downed plane's black boxes

Debris of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. /Reuters Photo

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Can Russia's Constitution be above international law?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, Jan. 15, 2020. Medvedev later resigned amid changes in the government announced by Putin. /Xinhua Photo Edi

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Israel to host world leaders to mark 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz

Israel was on Monday in final preparations for the arrival of world leaders to mark 75 years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland. T

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Driverless transport pods begin UK public trials

The pods use sensors, radar and vision processing to navigate crowded areas and avoid collisions.

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HKSAR gov't strongly disagrees with Moody's rating downgrade

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on early Tuesday that it strongly disagrees with Moody's latest decision to downgrade Hong Kong

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Wuhan establishes headquarters for pneumonia control

Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, has established headquarters for the control and treatment of the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCo

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Senate Rep Leader McConnell Proposes Quick Impeachment Trial for Trump

The new resolution would give House Democrat prosecutors and the president's defence 24 hours over two days to present their respective cases, before allowing senators

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UK-Africa summit: Exploring trade opportunities in Africa after Brexit

Anti-Brexit protesters in front of Downing Street in London, UK, January 8, 2020. /Reuters Photo Editor's note: Richard Fairchild is an associate professor at the University of Bath School of

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Erdogan blames int'l community for not showing fast response to Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets reporters at Atatuk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, before departing for Berlin to attend an international conference on Libya, Jan. 19, 2020. (Ihlas New

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UK-Africa summit: Exploring trade opportunities in Africa after Brexit

Anti-Brexit protesters in front of Downing Street in London, UK, January 8, 2020. /Reuters Photo Editor's note: Richard Fairchild is an associate professor at the University of Bath School of

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Chinese community helps school in Zimbabwe with donations

The Chinese business community in Zimbabwe with support from the Chinese embassy on Monday donated various goods to a Children's Home in Harare. The donated items, which included mattresses, books,