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Israel successfully tests Arrow-2 anti-missile system: ministry

Israel has successfully tested its Arrow-2 ballistic missile interceptor, the defense ministry said Thursday. The test was conducted at a test site in central Israel t

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China's FDI inflow up 15.8 pct in July

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 15.8 percent year on year to 63.47 billion yuan (about 9.14 billion U.S. dollars) in

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Deutsche Telekom reiterates opposition to barring Huawei from Germany

Deutsche Telekom said no telecoms equipment vendor should be barred from Germany on political grounds, reiterating its opposition to calls from some lawmakers to bar China's Huawei Technologies on

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Hong Kong reports 69 new COVID-19 cases, 4,312 in total

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4,312. Among the 65 local cases, 32

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Beijing's major wholesale market to reopen after COVID-19 epidemic wanes

Xinfadi, the largest wholesale market with fruit, vegetable and meat supplies in Beijing, is to reopen starting Saturday, around two months after its business was suspe

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Mongolia receives 30,000 face masks from China-initiated int'l energy organization

The Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) has donated 30,000 face masks to Mongolia to support its battle against the COVID-1

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China extends anti-dumping duties on optical fibers from India

China will continue to levy anti-dumping duties on imports of single-mode optical fibers from India for another five years, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursda

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Glacier ruptures in Switzerland

00:36 The Tourtemagne Glacier ruptured last Thursday after small ice avalanches in Valais, Switzerland.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscribe here!

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1 mln mark

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday revealed that the number of COVID-19 cases across the African continent has exceeded 1 million. The Africa CDC, a speciali

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Nigeria extends second phase nationwide lockdown by four weeks

A man washes his hands at the Primary Healthcare Centre, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos, Nigeria May 7, 2020. Picture taken May 7, 2020. /Reuters Nigerian Presi

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Cote d'Ivoire's president announces candidacy for presidential election

Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara officially announced on Thursday his candidacy for the October presidential election. "I have decided to respond favorably to the call of my fellow citi

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Beijing reports one new COVID-19 case

Beijing reported one new COVID-19 case Thursday, the municipal health commission said Friday. The new case was a close contact of a confirmed case in Dalian, northeast

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Sudan's PM, U.S. state secretary discuss "terror listing" over phone

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Thursday received a telephone call from the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during which they reviewed lifting Sudan from

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Cameroonian PM appeals for more sustained COVID-19 funding for African countries

Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on Thursday appealed for "more sustained" funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to support African countries striken by the C

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Russian legal enforcement detains 25 clandestine gunsmiths in five regions

The FSB said that 116 units of military and civilian firearms with restored combat properties have been withdrawn from illegal circulation.MOSCOW, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Russian law enforcement bodies hav

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31 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

The National Health Commission said Friday that 31 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Thursday. There were 843 pat

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Ukraine's President Zelensky visits the Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Ukraine’s President Zelensky visited the frontlines of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions Thursday and had a meal with Russian-backed separatists.Zelensky was elected to po