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Haiti requests UN commission to probe president's killing

Haiti's government has requested help from the United Nations to conduct an international investigation into the killing last month of President Jovenel Moise, the coun

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Biden signs law honoring officers who fought U.S. Capitol attackers

U.S. President Joe Biden honored police officers who had defended the Capitol against insurrectionists on January 6 by signing legislation on Thursday that awarded them Congressional Gold Medals and

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Typhoon Lupit makes landfall in south China's Shantou

Typhoon Lupit made landfall in the coastal area of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the provincial meteorological cen

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Who is Iran’s new President, Ebrahim Raisi?

Click arrows to view gallery Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated Thursday as the new President of Iran. Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter. Subscri

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Raisi sworn in at parliament as Iran's president

Iranian ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in Thursday as the country’s president, in a parliamentary ceremony broadcast live on state television."I will dedicate myself to the service

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Top French court approves law requiring COVID health pass

France's top constitutional authority on Thursday approved a COVID pass that limits access to cafes, restaurants and inter-city trains and planes to people who have been vaccinated or tested negative

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Team China qualify for men's, women's 4x100m relay finals

Team China qualified for the men's and women's 4x100 meters relay finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

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Peru's new president completes cabinet

Peru's newly-elected president Pedro Castillo completed his cabinet, by swearing in former World Bank economist Pedro Francke as his finance minister in late Friday evening.Aníbal Torres was also swo

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Strong second quarter growth belies fears over Delta variant

01:40 The U.S.posted further evidence on Thursday that its economy has put the devastating impact of the pandemic behind it.Economic output expanded six and-a-half percent over the last

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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases at record-high 10,743 on Friday: NHK

Evening commuters cross the street in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. /CFP Newly reported daily COVID-19 cases in Japan reach a record-high 10,743 on Friday,

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Over 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China

More than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.

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Google fined for refusing to localize users' data in Russia

Russia on Thursday imposed a fine of 3 million rubles (about $41,017) on Google for refusing to localize its users' data in the country, Google's first fine for the offence, Moscow's Tagansky Distric

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Tokyo logs record high daily cases of COVID-19 for 3rd straight day

Tokyo recorded 3,865 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, authorities announced, hitting another daily record high as the city has become Japan's biggest COVID-19 hot spot.It is the third straight daythe

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At least 136 killed in India's monsoon, rescuers search for missing

00:44 At least 136 people were killed from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India's western Maharashtra State as rescuers are still searching for dozens more

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Ancient street in Lhasa thrives with dynamism, cultural inheritance

01:16 Barkhor Street in Lhasa is an iconic scenic spot in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It has been thriving with new dynamism amid cultural inheritance an

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Muslims celebrate the last day of Eid al-Adha holiday

Click arrows to view gallery Muslims around the world participated in the last day of the Eid al-Adha holiday Thursday with prayers and celebrations, c

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Turkey rescues 37 people from sunken migrant boat

Thirty-seven people have been rescued from a migrant boat with 45 people on board that sank south of Turkey, and Turkish naval ships and an aircraft are continuing search and rescue operations, the d