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U.S.-Kenya trade deal unlikely to be game-changer

The combined photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate

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239 mln people in sub-Saharan Africa suffering from hunger, malnutrition: FAO

Around 239 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, a senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Saturday. "239 m

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Senators attempt to force Twitter to ban Iranian leadership

Four senators, including Ted Cruz (R-TX), have asserted that, as a consequence of sanctions placed on Iran, Twitter must cease providing its services to Ayatollah Khamenei and other leaders in the c

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Coronavirus data: It's slowly getting better

In the previous data report, we compared the novel coronavirus with SARS. But looking at the scale of the new virus and at how fast the number of confirmed cases has grown, the 2019-nCoV looks very d

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Record-breaking female NASA astronaut returns to Earth

00:49 NASA astronaut Christina Koch, leader of the first all-female spacewalk and record setter for the longest mission in space for an American woman, has returned to Earth.Koch's mis

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Trump 'apoplectic' over Johnson giving green light to Huawei

The US disagrees with Boris Johnson's decision to allow Huawei to help develop 5G infrastructure in the UK.

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The political virus of defaming China needs a treatment

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visit the Epic Games Lab in London, Britain, January 30, 2020. /AFP Photo Editor's Note: The following arti

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Morbid views on China won't cure coronavirus patients

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on

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Travel industry faces unprecedented hardships amid virus outbreak

03:40 The service sector's contribution to China's GDP has increased by nearly 15 percent over the past two decades, but as coronavirus continues to sweep across the country, China's t

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BOJ signals readiness to ease as virus impact sours outlook

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe, speaks at a European Financial Forum event in Dublin, Ireland, February 13, 2019. /Reuters Photo The Bank of Japan stands ready to ramp up stim

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China fast-tracks customs clearance for epidemic control goods

China has sped up customs clearance for epidemic control materials from overseas amid efforts to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, the General Administration of

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Coronavirus outbreak: UN shifts biodiversity meeting to Italy

Concerned with the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in China, a United Nations (UN) meeting on Convention on Biological Diversity has been shifted to Italy.The preparatory meeting related to the

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UK unveils plans for climate conference amid criticism

Britain announced Tuesday that it plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 — five years earlier than its previous target — in a bid to speed up effor

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What is going on with Tesla?

Shares of American electric car company Tesla are sharply higher again this morning, adding $122.40 (or 15.69 percent ) to their value before regular trading today. The gains come after Tesla has rap

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Google’s location tracking finally under formal probe in Europe

Google’s lead data regulator in Europe has finally opened a formal investigation into the tech giant’s processing of location data, more than a year after receiving a series of complaints

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UK plans to bring forward petro and diesel car sales ban

Boris Johnson delivers a speech at the JCB Headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, Britain, January 18, 2019. /Reuters Photo Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035,

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Brexit: Brussels rules and Canada agreements

Pro-Brexit supporters celebrate Brexit outside Stormont in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Britain, January 31, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Richard Fairchild is an associate professor a