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Fiery crash at Daytona 500

Click arrows to view gallery Michael McDowell won the Daytona 500 NASCAR race in Florida for the first time, following a fiery 16-car pileup early in the race ah

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Rio celebrates a “Vaccine Carnival”

01:46 Around this time a year ago, millions descended on Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the Carnevale festival. This year, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues its impact on Brazil, the cit

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China's Tianwen-1 adjusts orbital inclination before Mars landing

China's Tianwen-1 probe on Monday conducted a plane change maneuver at the apogee of the Mars orbit to adjust the orbital inclination of its flight.On February 10, the

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M5.2 earthquake hits off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted off the coast of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture at 16:31 local time on Sunday, with the epicenter recorded at a depth of 50 km.It came less than one day after a 7.3-ma

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M7.1 earthquake strikes off Fukushima, Japan

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture at 11:08 p.m. local time (1408 GMT) on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).The epicenter of the earthquake

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Recently retrieved stone Buddha head goes on display in Beijing

A stone Buddha head that was stolen from China almost a century ago and recently retrieved has appeared at an exhibition at Beijing Luxun Museum starting from Friday, which is the Chinese Lunar New Ye

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Donating plasma to help others build COVID-19 immunity

02:01 People who have successfully fought off COVID-19 are being encouraged to donate blood plasma.Their plasma now contains COVID-19 antibodies which strengthens immune systems.Resear

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China's first Mars probe enters red planet's orbit

China's first Mars probe Tianwen-1 has successfully entered the orbit of the red planet after a crucial "brake" to decelerate and be captured by Mars gravity, according

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A new “mysterious monolith” pops up in Turkey

00:42 Another mysterious monolith has popped up out of nowhere, this time in southeast Turkey, with a special inscription. Police are reviewing CCTV footage to see if a vehicle was use

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Martial law declared in parts of Myanmar amid ongoing protests

Martial law has been declared in large areas of Myanmar as massive protests against the military takeover continue.Myanmar’s General Min Aung Hlaing spoke Monday in a televised address, declaring

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300,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Peru

A total of 300,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm arrived in Peru on Sunday evening local time.

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China unveils antitrust guidelines for platform economy

The State Council, China's cabinet, on Sunday issued antitrust guidelines on the country's platform economy, signaling a strengthened antitrust enforcement against mono

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PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistani army

At the request of the Pakistani army, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday delivered a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pakistani army, according to an

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Rio de Janeiro mayor discusses pandemic's impacts

04:02 Eduardo Paes was elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro for the third time in 2020. He served from 2009-2016, when Rio hosted the World Cup and the Olympics.But he now faces a much more

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Messaging app accused of a "failure to communicate"

02:33 Facebook has stepped into more hot water over privacy issues.And this time it's through one of the companies it acquired the hugely popular WhatsApp.Here's why the messaging app

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Siberian tigers play in snow in NE China

Siberian tigers were having a good time playing in the snow at a zoo in Shenyang, capital of NE China's Liaoning Province, on February 2. Siberian tigers are an endange

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UK house prices fall for first time since June before tax break ends

British house prices fell in January for the first time in seven months, before the scheduled March 31 end of a tax cut for buyers, mortgage lender Nationwide said on T