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PLA's YU-20 aerial tanker makes its debut at Changchun Airshow

The PLA Air Force Open Day is being held in Jilin Province, northeast China. The event showcased the latest equipment used by the PLA Air Force. The high-profile J-20 s

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UN statement: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement saying that the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation o

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China cuts benchmark lending rate: PBOC

China on Monday cut the market-based benchmark lending rate in a bid to shore up growth.The one-year loan prime rate (LPR), which influences most new and outstanding lo

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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He pledges support for digital platforms

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He called for support for the development of the platform economy and technology companies' stock listings in a meeting with executives and ind

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Russian cruiser Moskva sinks following serious damage

Russia on Thursday said the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, sank in stormy seas when it was being tugged to a port after having been damage

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DPRK says it conducts second 'important' satellite test

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it had conducted "another important" test for its reconnaissance satellite system, following an initial test on Fe

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Chinese aid for fighting COVID-19 arrives in Solomon Islands

Chinese aid for fighting COVID-19 arrived in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands on Friday, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peopl

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Chinese scientists develop prototype tool to test COVID-19 in 4 mins

Chinese scientists have developed a molecular system that can provide COVID-19 testing results in less than four minutes. A research team from Shanghai-based Fudan Univ

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Chinese embassy refutes CNN Portugal's 'misleading' report on Beijing 2022

A spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in Portugal on Saturday refuted a recent report by CNN Portugal claiming that Portugal will join the "diplomatic boycott" of the

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US extradites second suspect in assassination of Haiti's President

The United States has extradited a second suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his bedroom last July.Rodolphe Jaar is in f

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Former Swedbank CEO Bonnesen charged over money-laundering scandal

Birgitte Bonnesen was fired from Swedbank in 2019 after allegations of money-laundering in Estonia first emerged. /News Oresund/Sofi Eriksson/Wikimedia Commons The former CEO of Swedbank, Birg

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Rockets target air base used by the U.S.-led coalition in western Iraq

Five rockets targeted an air base used by the U.S.-led coalition in western Iraq on Wednesday but without causing any casualties or damage, AFP reports citing an unnamed official.Reports indicate tha

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China launches new camera satellite with 5m resolution

00:25 China on Sunday launched a new satellite with a camera that can take pictures of the ground with a resolution of five meters, according to the China National Space Administration

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China successfully launches testing satellite with Kuaizhou-1A rocket

China launched its Shiyan-11 satellite into space aboard a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 7:41 a.m. (BJT) on Thursday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwester

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UN experts review plans for release of Fukushima plant water

A team from the UN nuclear agency arrived in Japan on Monday to assess preparations for the release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushi

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UK summons French ambassador amid fishing row

Britain on Thursday said it had summoned France's ambassador in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights."We regret the confrontational language that has been

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WHO chief on vaccine equality: Make benefits of science available to all

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called for global COVID-19 vaccine equality at a press conference on COVID-19 va