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Peng Liyuan, OAFLAD initiate event to care for African orphans' health

Ahead of International Children's Day, Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) jointly

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Swipe no more: End of the magnetic security strip?

Could the end of the strip be the beginning of the end for the plastic card? /AP/Keith Strakocic The magnetic strip on the back of a credit or payment card is ubiquitous, but for how much lon

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Europe reacts – and evacuates – as Taliban enters Kabul

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. More countries are now evacuating their staff as the Taliban advance. /Rahmat Gul/AP Photo With the Taliban on the

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Afghans fleeing say Taliban executing soldiers, attacking civilians

The Taliban are denying reports that militants are executing Afghan soldiers after they surrender.The reports have come from Afghans fleeing the relentless Taliban drive across the country. Many h

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Ushopal looks to charm China’s beauty lovers with niche Western brands

What will China’s answer to Estée Lauder look like in the digital age?According to Ushopal, it will provide a seamless online and offline shopping experience, where China’s savvy beauty sh

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'If Allah orders, I will kill my son': Radicalized extremist

01:54 A large number of perpetrators behind the terrorist attacks in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region were heavily influenced by radical thoughts of e

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Biden: U.S. COVID-19 deaths exceed that of World Wars, Vietnam, 9/11

During his first prime-time address to Americans, U.S. President Joe Biden said that the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country is superior to the total nu

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NASA and SpaceX launch: Parallel lives of next Americans in space

Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are close friends whose lives and careers have mirrored each other's for the past two decades.

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A rebranded and updated version of CBS All Access will launch this summer

A rebranded and expanded version of the CBS All Access streaming service will arrive this summer, ViacomCBS announced this morning. The service, now run by ViacomCBS following the merger, today offers

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#COVID19 watch, May 5

Healthcare workers wheel a patient to a triage tent at the Maimonides Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, April 19, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)- U.S. COVID

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NASA begs astronaut launch spectators: 'Please stay home!'

Spectators watch the space shuttle Atlantis lift off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. July 8, 2011 /AP NASA and SpaceX urged spectators on Friday to stay home for the firs

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UK leader Boris Johnson, partner announce birth of baby boy

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a baby boy.Johnson’s office says Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby b

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View from Malaysia: The lockdown tightens

Non-essential businesses and services must close. Rian Maelzer/CGTN It's nearly a week since Malaysia tightened its so-called Movement Control Order, and three weeks since the restrictions wer

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Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl

A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporte

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US steps up deadly airstrikes, during Taliban peace talks

Washington's peace envoy has traveled to Pakistan to boost regional support for reducing violence in Afghanistan ahead of a final deal to end America's longest war, eve

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Florida Republicans submit 4 last-minute anti-LGBTQ bills ahead of 2020 legislative deadline

Republican lawmakers in Florida submitted a batch of anti-LGBTQ bills this week with just hours to spare before the 2020 legislative deadline.If signed into law, the fo

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Prince Harry's wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm

Prince Harry's wife Meghan has returned to Canada following the couple's bombshell announcement that they were quitting their frontline royal duties, it emerged Friday,