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China renews yellow alert for rainstorms

China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a yellow alert for rainstorms in several provinces and regions from Sunday morning to Monday morning. From 8 a.m. Sunday

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IEA lowers 2020 oil demand forecast citing dismal aviation sector

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted air travel. /VCG The International Energy Agency (IEA) cut its 2020 oil demand forecast on Thursday, warning that reduced air travel due to the coronavir

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COVID-19 vaccine could be available by year-end: report

VCG Image The first vaccine against COVID-19 may be available towards the end of this year or early next year, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday, quoting European Commissioner f

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COVID-19 vaccine could be available by year-end or early next year: report

Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, attends a press conference after the EU Health Affairs Council in Brussels, Belgium, on March 6, 2020. (Photo by Riccardo Pareggian

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Minecraft: Education Edition comes to Chromebooks

Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on Chromebooks.Now, if you were hoping that this means that the standard Minecraft game is now available on Chromebooks, t

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North China region confirms 1 death from plague

HOHHOT, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region confirmed Thursday that one person had died after contracting an intestinal type of plague, ac

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Chinese education authority warns about college admission frauds

The Ministry of Education (MOE) released a notice on Thursday warning about college admission scams. The ministry suggests that college candidates and their parents vi

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French cities given power to make masks compulsory in public

Lille is close to the border with Belgium, which has been one of the European countries worst-affected by the pandemic. /AFP/Denis Charlet. France has granted local governments the power to ma

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Obama warns voting rights under threat at John Lewis' funeral

Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy for the late U.S. congressman John Lewis' funeral on Thursday, warning that the voting rights the late civil righ

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China slams U.S. military contacts with China's Taiwan region

A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday voiced firm opposition to the U.S. sending military personnel to China's Taiwan region for exercises and exchange. Such "deliberate and provocative" moves

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Lawmakers argue that big tech stands to benefit from the pandemic and must be regulated

In his opening statements, the chairman of Wednesday’s historic tech hearing argued that regulating tech’s most dominant players is vital in the midst of the ongoing pandemic that has driv

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Over 54.8 mln people affected by floods in China

The rain-triggered floods in China have affected some 54.8 million people in 27 provincial-level regions as of Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Manageme

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Senior CPC official stresses modernization of grassroots-level governance

A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official on Tuesday stressed turning the political advantages of the CPC leadership and socialist system into governance effica

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Hong Kong strongly opposes New Zealand's suspension of agreement on fugitive offenders

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Tuesday strongly objected to New Zealand's unilateral suspension of the agreement on the surrender of fugitive offenders with Hong Ko

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Fresh floods hit China's Chongqing

Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, which is located along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, was on Monday hit by the most severe flooding since the flood

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Downpour leaves one dead, two missing in China's Chongqing

Downpour lashed southwest China's Chongqing Municipality since Saturday, leaving one dead and two missing, local flood control authorities said Sunday. Heavy rainfall

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Political advisors discuss improving epidemic prevention mechanism

Chinese national political advisors discussed improving the country's prevention and control mechanism for major epidemics at a bi-weekly seminar on Friday. The semina