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APD | Turkish President Erdogan reaches Pakistan on 2-day visit

By APD writer Muhammad SohailTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday on a two-day visit aiming to strengthen bilat

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Ending conflicts, developing infrastructure are critical for Africa

Africa's first Chinese standard modern railway was established in Nigeria. Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopoliti

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The Parasite: How South Korea shapes Asian cultural wave

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, and

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East China province sends more medics to virus-hit Hubei

Five medical teams with 958 members from east China's Jiangsu Province were sent to the virus-hit Hubei Province on Sunday to support the prevention and control of the

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Turkish FM says time to open new page in EU accession

ANKARA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday called on the European Union to open a new page in the accession talks between Ankara and Brussels which is in limbo

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Nigeria feels 'blindsided' by U.S. travel ban, works to get it lifted

Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama (L) speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, February 4, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. /AP Photo Nigeria has be

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Messenger Kids adds expanded parental controls, details how much kids’ data Facebook collects

Facebook’s messaging app for families with children, Messenger Kids, is being updated today with new tools and features to give parents more oversight and control over their kids’ chats. N

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Coronavirus: Second new hospital in epicenter Wuhan nears completion

Second new hospital in Wuhan Leishenshan to be completed. /CGTN Photo A second hospital to combat the coronavirus epidemic could be completed in Wuhan in record time on Wednesday. Construction

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Oman aims to be a global logistics hub, says ASYAD CEO

01:59 The World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report ranks the Sultanate of Oman at 58, 10 positions up compared to last year. And the country ranks the first in the region in terms of tr

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'Time is precious' in epidemics, says scientist that discovered Ebola

03:31 The Chinese authorities are facing a literal life or death race against the novel coronavirus, according to the man who helped tackle Ebola forty years ago."Time is precious. In

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Syrian army seems determined to capture rebel-held areas in Idlib, Aleppo

The Syrian army seems determined to capture rebel-held areas in Idlib and Aleppo provinces in northern Syria, with two official statements released Saturday regarding

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Thousands protest in Iraq to demand ouster of US troops

Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capit

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Commentary: Dream-chasing China a global anchor of stability

China will embrace its Lunar New Year Saturday, a new start for the nation to race against time to reach the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. The past year's journey forged ahead through the

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Pakistan reiterates one-China principle, rejects CPEC rumors

Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aisha Farooqui reiterated on Thursday that Pakistan firmly supports the one-China principle, stressing that Taiwan-related affai

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Rebels launch counter-offensive in Syria's Idlib

The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front launched a massive offensive on government positions in the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday, according to state news agency

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Backgrounder: Opening up among China's major policies over past year

Opening up has been among the major policies that China holds dear despite mounting protectionism and downward pressures, and the country has expedited its pace of ope

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China's FTZ favored by foreign investors

East China's Jiangsu Province has shown increasing appeal to foreign investors in less than half a year after it was established as a pilot free trade zone (FTZ). Sinc