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Moon declares 7 special disaster zones as 17 people died from flood

A couple looks at flodded Han River park in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (ROK), on August 4, 2020. /Reuters President Moon Jae-in on Friday declared seven cities and counties in central of Rep

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Xinhua Headlines: China concludes international film festival amid market recovery

-- This year's Shanghai International Film Festival kicked off five days after China allowed cinemas in low-risk areas to reopen starting on July 20.-- With outdoor scr

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Five years on: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics preparations full speed ahead

On this day in 2015 IOC President Thomas Bach, at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, opened an envelope with the results of a secret ballot held to determine wheth

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Commentary: Chinese military: on guard for peace

by Xinhua writer Guo Yage On Aug. 1, 1927, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China was born out of a mission to seek national independence and liberation of the Chinese people. More than nine

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What has changed with Chinese cinemas back in business?

04:30 No popcorn, staggered seating, mandatory masks and movie reruns – going back to the theater in China offers a drastically different experience in the coronavirus era, but that's

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Commentary: Chinese military: on guard for peace

by Xinhua writer Guo Yage On Aug. 1, 1927, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China was born out of a mission to seek national independence and liberation of the Chinese people. More than nine

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Xinhua Headlines: Five years on from Beijing 2022 bid, Games already leaving legacy

-- With the 2022 Winter Olympics under two years away,the Games are already leaving a legacy, both for the host country and for the wider Olympic movement. -- From creating a whole generation of wint

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Chinese vice premier stresses full preparation for national population census

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Wednesday stressed solid efforts to prepare for the seventh national population census, thus ensuring its completion to a high qualit

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Turkey to suspend research in waters disputed with Greece

Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean that abruptly raised military tensions with neighboring Greece,

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UN chief calls for efforts to build sustainable cities amid COVID-19

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for efforts to build sustainable cities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a video message for the launch of his po

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Spotlight: Final-phase clinical trial of investigational COVID-19 vaccine starts in U.S.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension

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Across China: Highland villages shelter residents from floods

While many Chinese residents relocate to townships to escape floods, some in east China's Anhui Province are sheltering away in special villages. China has entered its

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Xinhua Headlines: 3rd CIIE to inject impetus into global economy

-- Preparations are in full swing for the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), scheduled to open in early November this year.-- The event is likely to instil c

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Germany to offer free coronavirus tests to returning travelers

Germany will offer free coronavirus tests to all returning travelers in new measures agreed Friday as concerns grow over a surge due to summer travel."Those returning from risk countries should be

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: How countries went from reopening to lockdown

Editor's note: This is the 94th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone. On Thursday, Israel convened its special coronavirus advisory committee to discuss the probab

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China-Laos railway bores bottleneck project of Houay Phoulai Tunnel

The China Railway No. 8 Engineering Group (CREC-8) has drilled through Houay Phoulai Tunnel, a highly risky and a key bottleneck project along the China-Laos railway,

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Live COVID-19 updates: India registers yet another daily new high in both cases, deaths

A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 screening centre in Patna, India's Bihar state, on July 21, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) The following are the