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China's central bank to extend lending tools for carbon reduction

China's central bank said on Sunday it will extend three lending tools for carbon reduction as part of its efforts to support green development.The People's Bank of Chi

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White House expands flights to Cuba, reverses other Trump admin restrictions

The White House announced a historic shift in its policy toward Cuba Monday night, saying that for the first time in six decades it will sign off on an American company

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China will use policy tools, including RRR cuts, to support economy

China will use policy tools, including reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cuts – the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves – in a timely way, to support the real econ

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African small enterprises receive training on trading under AfCFTA

The International Trade Centre (ITC) said on Tuesday that it has launched a training program for small businesses on how to export within the African Continental Free T

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U.S. recovers $2.3m paid to hackers who shut down Colonial Pipeline

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, after last month's hack of its systems that led to the shutdown of the East Co

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Microsoft CEO challenges staff to work on global problems at Build

03:06 One of Microsoft’s largest events of the year – Build -- kicked off virtuallyTuesdaywith CEO Satya Nadella appealing to developers to take on some of the world’s biggest challenge

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France, Germany and Spain strike deal over joint combat jet

France, Germany and Spain said on Monday they had reached a deal over the next steps of the development of a new fighter jet, Europe's largest defence project at an est

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Brazil opens first International Chinese School with Huawei technology

02:53 After more than a year of empty classrooms and only partial online instruction, one private schoolin Rio de Janeiroused the downtime to rethink and re-wire… and is roaring back to

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Sales of colorful buns surge ahead of Spring Festival in N China

01:06 With Spring Festival just a few days away, sales of huamo, a traditional food in northern China, have surged in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. Local bakers have

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Protests in Paris over draft legislation that bans filming police

Bad weather didn't stop demonstrators in Paris from coming out Saturday to protest the French "global security" draft legislation banning the filming and posting of police activities. People were

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3,500-yr-old tomb in NW China indicates sun worship

Chinese archaeologists examining an ancient tomb in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have conjectured that the site was dedicated to the worship of the sun.The tomb was found in

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Archaeologists find 3,000-year-old stone tomb in NW China

Researchers have discovered a stone tomb in northwest China's Qinghai Province, according to the Qinghai Normal University. The tomb was built in the Bronze Age, some

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Iran says to equip damaged part of Natanz nuclear site with more advanced equipment

A new and more advanced structure will be built at Natanz nuclear facility to replace the one damaged in a recent "incident," the spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Org

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Chinese authorities stress implementation of financial policies for poverty relief

Chinese authorities have stressed the faithful implementation of various financial policies for poverty relief to coordinate efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19

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GitHub launches new tools for teachers, including autograding

GitHub today announced new features for GitHub Classroom, its collection of tools for helping computer science teachers assign and evaluate coding exercises, as well as a new set of free tools for te

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Iran asks IMF for 5-bln-USD loan to combat COVID-19

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a 5-billion-U.S.-dollar loan to combat the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, the

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Google cancels its 2020 I/O developer conference

After Facebook canceled its F8 developer conference, it doesn’t come as a huge surprise that Google is canceling its I/O developer conference in Mountain View for 2020 as well. The company has s