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Afghan council frees Taliban prisoners to set up peace talks

A traditional Afghan council concluded Sunday with hundreds of delegates agreeing to free 400 Taliban members, paving the way for an early start to negotiations between

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Beirut's blasts to sink Lebanon's Palestine refugees further into despair: UN official

A UN official warned on Saturday that the aftermath of the explosions at Port of Beirut will sink the vulnerable communities, especially the Palestinian refugees, furt

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Ethiopian returnees receive emergency COVID-19 aid at quarantine sites

NRC staff load trucks with essential materials that will be transported and distributed to quarantine/isolation centres where several migrants and returnees are located. /NRC Over 15,000 Ethio

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S.Korea reports 20 more COVID-19 cases, 14,519 in total

South Korea reported 20 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Friday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,519. The da

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UN offers emergency funds, plans alternative aid delivery after Beirut explosions

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2020 shows a view of the Port of Beirut after explosions in Beirut, Lebanon. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)UN is sending emergency teams to Lebanon to ass

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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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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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Crossbeam announces $25M Series B to keep growing partnerships platform

As sales teams partner with other companies, they go through a process called account mapping to find common customers and prospects. This is usually a highly manual activity tracked in spreadsheets.

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10 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

The National Health Commission said Thursday that 10 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Wednesday. There were 837

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Ukraine leader hopes Minsk will hand over suspected Russian mercenaries to Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he hoped Belarus would hand over suspected Russian mercenaries to Ukraine for future prosecution.“I hope that

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Thousands of British theater workers lose jobs due to COVID-19 impact

At least 5,000 theater workers in Britain, more than half of them in London, have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 shutdown, a trade union report has revealed. Since the British government anno

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Recommended candidates for China's highest state honors released for public opinions

China on Monday released a list of recommended candidates for highest state honors, and invited public opinions about it, according to a working committee on the Party

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New contemporary art exhibition opens in Beijing

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] At the exhibition, artists with diverse cultural backgrounds, many of whom specialize in more than one discipline, present their art installations integrat

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Chinese mainland reports 49 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said Sunday that it received reports of 49 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday, of whom, 33 were domestically tran

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Anniversary 93: Taking the measure of the PLA

04:39 I'm Robert Lawrence Kuhn and here's what I'm watching: the People's Liberation Army, the PLA, on its 93rd anniversary, taking its measure over the past year. But how to tell its

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Coronavirus infects hundreds of children at U.S. summer camp

A camp counselor is helping a child on the trapeze at a circus summer camp in Vermont. /Reuters Hundreds of children contracted the coronavirus at a summer camp in the U.S. state of Georgia la

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Xinjiang reports 112 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported 112 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the regional health commission said Friday. Of the 112 patien