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India's COVID-19 deaths surpass 55,000, total cases near 3 million

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,975,701 and death toll due to the pandemic in the country also surged to 55,794 on Saturday, revealed the latest data released by the federal health ministry. As m

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M6.8 earthquake strikes Banda Sea off Indonesia: CENC

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Banda Sea off Indonesia at 11:09 p.m. Jakarta time on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The quake at a depth of 640 km was mon

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Wild giant pandas seen in protected area of SW China

Walk on the wild side: Giant pandas have been filmed in an ecological corridor, a specially-protected location for pandas in China, for the first time in 18 years. Joi

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Apple market value tops $2trn as virus crisis drives tech surge

Apple has seen its market value hit $2trn for the first time as shares in US tech companies enjoy a surge in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.The iPhone-maker's stock reached the milestone

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M7.0 earthquake hits Sumatra, Indonesia

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck southern Sumatra in Indonesia at 6:29 a.m. on Wednesday local time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, wa

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China to hold 2020 space conference in September

The 2020 China Space Conference will be held from Sept. 18 to 21 in Fuzhou, capital city of east China's Fujian Province, its organizers said. Jointly hosted by the Chinese Society of Astronautics

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China grants its first COVID-19 vaccine patent: Singaporean newspaper

The Chinese government has granted China's first COVID-19 vaccine patent, Singapore's Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao reported. The vaccine candidate, referre

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Michelle Obama slams Trump as the 'wrong president' for U.S.

Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama said the U.S. President Donald Trump is "the wrong president" for the country, and "he is clearly in over his head."Michelle made the remarks at the virtual 2020

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China's Sichuan raises flood response to highest level

Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday morning raised the emergency response for flood control to Level I, the highest rung in the four-tier emergency response s

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13 dead, 27 missing in Nepal landslides

Landslides in six different regions of Nepal have killed 13 people, injured 11, and left 27 others missing from 10:00 a.m. on Thursday to the same time on Friday, data from Nepal's Disaster Risk Redu

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China urges schools to step up epidemic control

Chinese authorities have urged schools to step up efforts on epidemic prevention and control as the new semester will start in September. Local Party committees and go

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Urgent: Global COVID-19 cases surpass 20 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 20 million on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 20,001,019, with a

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Wild giant panda images captured in ecological corridor in SW China

Images of the giant panda living in the wild were captured by infrared cameras along the ecological corridor in southwest China's Sichuan Province, said the Giant Pand

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HK's Analogue does not expect U.S. sanctions to impact firm

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. /VCG Building services provider Analogue Holdings Ltd. said on Sunday it did not believe sanctions imposed on Hong Kong Justice Secretary Teresa

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Beijing announces dates for schools to start new semester

Beijing's municipal education authority announced on Sunday the dates when schools in the capital city will start their autumn semester. Senior high schools in Beijing

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Tackling food insecurity through gleaning

02:28 As the U.S. copes with the coronavirus pandemic, many food crops have gone to waste amid a drop in demand from restaurants. At the same time, with record unemployment, food insec

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A view from Russia, with Ambassador Andrei Kelin - The Agenda in full

29:39 In this special edition of The Agenda, Stephen Cole talks to the Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin.The ambassador has been in his post since November last year and in tha