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Sierra Leone cancels football season over COVID-19 pandemic

Sierra Leone is the latest country in Africa to cancel its domestic football season due to the coronavirus pandemic. /CAF The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) cancelled the Sierra Leon

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Voting begins in Singapore general election

Polling stations in Singapore opened at 8:00 a.m. local time on Friday for the country's general election. Some 2.65 million people are eligible to vote. Polling stations will be closed at 8:00 p.m.

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Mayor of S.Korean capital Seoul found dead

Park Won-soon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, was found dead around midnight, hours after his daughter filed a missing report to police Thursday evening, multiple local media said citing t

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Beijing issues new guidelines for reopening of sports venues

As Beijing lowered its emergency response to COVID-19 from level II to III, the city's Municipal Bureau of Sports on Tuesday issued new guidelines for the reopening of sports and fitness venues. The

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U.S. attorney identified as suspect in shooting judge's son

The suspect who killed a federal judge's son on Sunday was identified as Roy Den Hollander, an attorney, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey announced Monday. The

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Cambricon's shares surge by almost 300% at opening bell in IPO debut

STAR Market, China's new Nasdaq-style tech board, is seen before the listing ceremony of the first batch of companies at the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) in Shanghai, China, July 22, 2019. /Reut

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Chinese researchers develop new method for wooden artifacts evaluation

Chinese researchers have developed a new method to evaluate the deterioration state of archaeological wooden artifacts, China Science Daily reported on Monday. Evaluating the deterioration state of a

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Urgent: Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy launches rocket carrying UAE's Mars orbiter

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Monday launched a rocket carrying a Mars orbiter developed by the United Arab Emirates. At 6:58 a.m. local time, the H2A ro

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Hong Kong tightens coronavirus restrictions, new cases hit record high

A subway station in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), July 14, 2020. /ReutersHong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has ordered most of

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Urgent: U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 140,000 -- Johns Hopkins University

U.S. COVID-19 deaths have surpassed the 140,000 mark to reach 140,103 as of 8:50 p.m. local time on Saturday (0050 GMT on Sunday), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns

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China's Jiangsu issues red alert for Yangtze River floods

Aerial photo taken on July 13, 2020 shows the Yangtze River in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) The water resources department of east China

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U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 3.6 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 3.6 million on Friday, reaching 3,604,408 as of 12:34 p.m. local time (1634 GMT), according to the Center fo

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5.9-magnitude quake hits 2 km SSE of Iquique, Chile -- USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 2 km SSE of Iquique, Chile at 01:40 a.m. local time (0540 GMT) on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 73.82 km, was in

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Hong Kong reports record number of local COVID-19 infections

Hong Kong reported a record number of new local infections of COVID-19 for a second time this week on Thursday. The Center for Health Protection said 63 local and four

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Celebrating Bastille Day

00:29 France celebrated a modified, socially distanced Bastille Day on Tuesday. Health workers fighting COVID-19 also joined French troops at the Place de la Concorde square.This is th

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Xiongan high-speed railway station being constructed in Hebei, China

The architectural concrete surface of Xiongan high-speed railway station was completed recently in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. The Xiongan high-spee

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5.1-magnitude quake hits north China, no casualties reported

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Guye District of Tangshan City in north China's Hebei Province at 6:38 a.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Ne