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5.1-magnitude quake hits north China: CENC

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- 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, accordin

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M5.1 earthquake strikes north China city Tangshan

A preliminary 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Guye District of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, at 6:38 a.m. Beijing time on Sunday, according to the China

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Fiat Chrysler recalls more than 900,000 U.S. vehicles

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Friday it would recall about 925,239 of its older model vehicles in the United States to replace airbag covers on their steering wheels after 14 potentially relat

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Two killed, 56 injured in hospital fire in S. Korea

Two people were killed and 56 others injured in a hospital fire in a region south of South Korea's capital Seoul on Friday, Yonhap reported, citing officials.The fire broke out at a hospital in Go

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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 550,000: Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 550,000 on Thursday, reaching 550,440 as of 10:33 a.m. local time (1433 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins Un

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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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German entrepreneur jailed for ordering gun attack on lawyer: report

A court in the western German city of Frankfurt on Thursday sentenced entrepreneur Alexander Falk to four years and six months in prison for inciting attackers to shoot and seriously injure a lawyer

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Rain-induced flooding disrupts college entrance exam in Chinese county

The national college entrance examination starting Tuesday morning did not proceed as scheduled in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, due to severe flooding c

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Taiwan DPP authority slammed for suppression of mainland press

A Chinese mainland spokesperson Friday slammed the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority's suppression of news organizations and journalists from the mainland,

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Kazakh first president Nazarbayev recovers from COVID-19

First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has recovered from COVID-19, the press secretary of the first president Aidos Ukibay tweeted Thursday. The latest te

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At least 50 killed, many feared missing in jade mine landslide in Myanmar

Bodies of at least 50 jade scavengers have been recovered while many others are still missing in a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state on Thursday, U Dollar, an official from the local village admini

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U.S. hospitals face severe challenges from coronavirus

02:43 The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a huge challenge to U.S.hospitals. Many of them have experienced surges ofcoronavirus patients inthe past few months.All had to cancel non-eme

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Hong Kong celebrates 23rd anniversary of return to motherland

China's Hong Kong celebrated Wednesday the 23rd anniversary of its return to the motherland. The national flag was hoisted and the national anthem was played at a cere

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Illegal fireworks are out-of-control in NYC

02:38 The American Pyrotechnics Association predicts 2020 will see an all-time high in consumer fireworks sales and use.After months of coronavirus lockdowns in many states and protest

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Meeting a nomadic Berber family in Morocco

02:29 CGTN Africa's Daniel Sango takes us behind the scenes of their recent filming in Morocco for the Berber episodes of the "Tribes in a Flux" series. He shares the incredible time a

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China's May industrial profits rebound 6% due to easing cost pressures

Profits of China's major industrial firms rose 6 percent year on year to 582.3 billion yuan (82.28 billion U.S. dollars) in May due to the easing of cost pressures on producers and gradual recover