Michael Flynn, U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is asking a federal court to let him withdraw his guilty plea on charges of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigatio
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Hong Kong has detected zero serious pneumonia case related to those in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, said Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Adminis
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Thirty percent of the Earth's surface across land and sea should become protected areas by 2030 to ensure the viability of ecosystems essential to human well being, according to a UN plan released Mo
American troops were informed of an impending missile barrage hours before their airbase in Iraq was struck by Iran, U.S. military officials said Monday, days after the
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine on Tuesday when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and
Authorities have made major progress in the battles against poverty, pollution and major financial risks in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In 2019
Nearly 50,000 people living near a volcano on an island close to the Philippine capital have heeded official warning to evacuate as fears of an eruption grew, official
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U.S. President Donald Trump, who was impeached by the Democrat-led House for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress last month, traded barbs with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday over the impeachm
Jiang Weize #11 of the CBA team shoots the ball in the Rising Stars Challenge game of the CBA All-Star Weekend in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, January 11, 2020. /C
Aerial photo shows burnt bushes near Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, Nov. 11, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note: Li Yihao is a doctoral candidate at Harvard University. The article refle
Aerial photo shows burnt bushes near Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, Nov. 11, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note: Li Yihao is a doctoral candidate at Harvard University. The article refle
Boris Johnson has told the new European Commission chief he will not extend the transition period beyond the end of the year in their first face-to-face talks.The prime
China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Germany's Mercedes-Benz announced on Wednesday the establishment of a China-based joint venture (JV) under the Smart brand.The two carmakers jointly invest
Japan’s justice minister launched a rare and forceful public takedown of auto executive-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn after he blasted the country’s legal system as allo