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Botswana to resume COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday

CFP Image Botswana's government announced the resumption of its mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign from Wednesday, August 18, as it seeks to inoculate more of its 2.3 million people.The Southe

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American held in Russian prison released from solitary confinement

Paul Whelan, the U.S. Marine veteran being held in Russia on espionage charges, has been released from solitary confinement, CNN reported on Sunday.Whelan reportedly sp

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Chocolate village: How sweet a business can be

02:27 Located in Jiashan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aficion Chocolate Village is a sweets factory that doubles as a tourist attraction, featuring everythin

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Local Ewenki ethnic group holds traditional wedding in Aoluguya, Inner Mongolia

The bride and bridegroom take part in a blessing ceremony in front of a traditional housing in Aoluguya Ewenki Township, Genhe City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 8, 2021.

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Observations show good results of mass vaccination in Brazilian town

A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. /Reuters Almost 98 percent of the adult population o

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Turkey's Erdoğan announces new COVID-19 restrictions

FILE PHOTO: A health care member is seen at work at a COVID-19 laboratory of the Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. /VCG Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday announced new cor

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Turkey reports more than 62,000 new COVID-19 cases, 288 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A health care member is seen at work at a COVID-19 laboratory of the Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. /VCG Data from Turkey's Health ministry on Saturday showed the country h

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Breaking stereotypes with wedding gowns in Xinjiang

05:06 In Xinjiang, traditions still maintain that women can't leave the house freely and dress as they wish. Even wearing a white gown to a wedding is unacceptable to m

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Cambodian PM threatens quarantine-breakers with jail

Cambodia's strongman premier Hun Sen threatened quarantine-breakers with jail time Saturday and warned civil servants they could lose their jobs if they go unvaccinated

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What does marriage mean to Chinese people?

05:34 People say love is blind, and in China, this idea is present in the Chinese characters. The left component of the character 婚 for marriage is 女 for female or the

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Imperial treasures from Shenyang Palace Museum on display in Beijing

02:39 An exhibition showcasing imperial treasures from the Qing Dynasty, from the 17th to early 20th century, is being co-hosted by the National Museum of China and the

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15 killed in traffic accident in central Tanzania

At least 15 people traveling to a wedding have been killed and two others seriously injured in a road accident in Tanzania’s central district of Manyoni in Singida region, police said on Monday.

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Kenya revises rules for weddings in effort to fight COVID-19 spike

The number of wedding guests allowed to attend the ceremony has now been reduced to 50. /Getty Images Kenya on Thursday reduced the number of guests allowed to attend wedding ceremonies after

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My Tibet Story: A wedding on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

03:58 "Dressed in Tibetan clothes, making a bouquet with Tibetan wildflowers…To put it simply, this wedding was second to none in the world," said Moogil, a South Korea

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UK artist creates plastic bag 'museum' to help raise waste awareness

A UK artist has created a plastic bag 'museum' in the hope that it will deter people from throwing away plastic objects.Katrina Cobain, a 24-year-old from Glasgow, Scotland, bega

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Five dead, 11 missing as floods hits Turkey's Black Sea coast

People inspect the destruction after floods caused by heavy rain in the mountain town of Dereli in Giresun province, along Turkey's Black Sea coastline, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. /AP Five people

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South Africa's diamond industry turns to local market to boost sales

A diamond ring and bracelets are displayed at Nungu Diamonds, during an interview with Reuters amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Bedfordview, located on Johannesburg's