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North China's Hebei reports 20 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Epidemic prevention personnel are checking the passing vehicles and drivers in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, north China, January 6, 2021. /CFPNorth China's Hebei

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Tesla 2020 deliveries beat estimates, but fall short of target

Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses during a television interview after his company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq market, New York, U.S., June 29, 2010. /Reuters Tesla Inc. on Saturday reporte

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UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission

FILE PHOTO: UNAMID peacekeepers. /UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran/VCG The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) officially ended operations on Thursda

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3 killed in Boko Haram attacks in NE Nigeria: official

Three people were killed by Boko Haram militants on Saturday night in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, an official said.In a statement reaching Xinhua on Monday, state governor spokesperson Isa

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Lockheed Martin acquires rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4Bn as Space heats up

Lockheed Martin (LM), the US’s largest defence contractor will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), a rocket engine and missile manufacturer, for $4.4 billion including debt and net cash, giving the com

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Kenyan police officers escape death in roadside blast

File photo of an area cordoned off by Kenya Police in a past operation. /Photo courtesy: National Police Service - Twitter Kenyan police officers escaped death narrowly on Sunday following a r

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Thousands of cars stranded in snowstorm in central Japan

00:42 Nearly a thousand cars and vehicles were left stranded on a local highway in central Japan, after a devastating heavy snowstorm hit the region earlier in the week between the Nii

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Orbiter-returner of Chang'e-5 enters moon-Earth transfer orbit

The orbiter-returner of China's Chang'e-5 probe has entered the moon-Earth transfer orbit after completing two orbital maneuvers, China National Space Administration (C

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China leads auto industry recovery as sales top expectations

China's vehicle sales are likely to hit 25.3 million units this year, an industry body said on Friday, as the world's biggest vehicle market continued to lead the global auto industry recovery fro

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Japan to extend tax breaks to green investment, low-emission cars

A school student holds a sign as she takes part in the global students strike for action on climate change in Tokyo, Japan, March 15, 2019. /Reuters Japan will extend tax breaks on low-emissio

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UK electric vehicle startup Arrival picks Charlotte for its North American headquarters

Arrival, the UK electric vehicle startup that plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with special purpose acquisition company CIIG Merger Corp., has picked Charlotte for its North

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Egyptian army says kills 40 "terrorists" in North Sinai province

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian Army soldiers are seen in the troubled northern part of the Sinai peninsula during a launch of a major assault against militants, in Al Arish, Egypt in March 2018. /VCG Photo

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Watch SpaceX fly its Starship spacecraft during its first high-altitude test live

SpaceX is all set to conduct a high-altitude test of its Starship rocket – a first for the spacecraft prototype design. The test will see Starship serial number 8 (SN8) fly from SpaceX’s develo

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Used car marketplace Carsome gets $30 million Series D for its Southeast Asia growth plans

Carsome, which bills itself as Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform for used cars, announced it has closed a $30 million Series D. The funding was led by Asia Partners, with participation from

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Emergency highway landing

00:20 A light aircraft made an emergency landing on an interstate highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota, with the plane making touchdown at the same speed of vehicles on the road. Tak

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Heavy haze in Beijing and surrounding areas eased in autumn

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas in China saw average concentrations of lung-damaging fine particles known as PM2.5 fall by 8.2 percent from the beginnin

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China, Japan, ROK complementary in innovation-based SMEs, says report

CFP China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are complementary in the innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which helps enhance trilateral cooperation on innovation-base