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Lebanon, Israel hold talks over maritime border disputes

Lebanon and Israel launched talks on Wednesday over their disputed sea border in a brief meeting which the lead Lebanese negotiator described as "the first step on a th

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Old foes Lebanon, Israel hold talks on disputed maritime border

Long-time foes Lebanon and Israel launched talks on Wednesday over their disputed sea border in a brief meeting which the lead Lebanese negotiator described as “the fir

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Google wakes up from its VR daydream

Daydream, Google’s mobile-focused virtual reality platform is losing official support from Google, Android Police reports. The company confirmed that it will no longer be updating the Daydream

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Pope recalls visit to Lesbos refugee camp, urges solidarity

Pope Francis expressed solidarity Sunday with the thousands of migrants who were left homeless by fires that wrecked a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and ca

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Joe Biden proves to be a unifier in Kenosha trip

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6 reasons why you shouldn't bet against Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 20, 2020. /VCG Editor's note: Josef Gregory Mahoney is a professor of politics at East China Normal Univer

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Lebanese president says no delay in Beirut blast investigations

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that there is no delay in investigations into the explosions that rocked Beirut on August 4, the National News Agency reported."We need time to find ou

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Families of Lebanese blast victims plead for outside inquiry

Lebanon’s judicial investigation of the Beirut port explosion started with political wrangling over the naming of a lead investigator, military threats to jail leakers

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Lebanon's military gets sweeping powers after Beirut blast

Lebanon's Parliament on Thursday approved a state of emergency in Beirut in its first session since the catastrophic Aug. 4 explosion, granting the military sweeping po

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4 dead, 4 missing after ship capsizes in Taiwan Strait

Four people were dead while four others remained missing after a mainland sand carrier capsized in the waters of the Penghu archipelago on Sunday evening, Taiwan's coa

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Hong Kong's MTR struggles to pick itself up

02:22 In 2019, Hong Kong's rail service provider, MTR, suffered a loss of more than 1.6 billion HK dollars. Direct damages to equipment accounted for a third of that figure and loss of

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Latin America virus cases top 1m as UK, Russia ease lockdowns

A relative stands at a distance during the burial of Robson de Souza Lopes at Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. /AP Confirmed coronavirus cases in Latin Americ

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From SARS to COVID-19, China's learning curve on transparency

04:23 When the SARS epidemic wrecked havoc in China in 2003, Kong Quan was the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. He said he made the first official announcement to the wor

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Understanding the Two Sessions: What is Xiaokang?

- China is on course to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects this year, known as "Xiaokang" in Chinese.- The concept of "Xiaokang" took root 2,500 year

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Trump bars new immigration green cards, not temporary visas

President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday. But the executive order would bar only

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New York oil price plummets to nearly 11 USD per barrel

U.S. oil prices plummeted almost 40 percent on Monday to nearly 11 U.S. dollars per barrel, the lowest level since 1998. As the last settlement day of the May contract

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Trump administration proposes $850 billion stimulus package to stabilize the economy

The Trump administration is heading to Congress to ask for a $850 billion stimulus package to stabilize an economy shaken by the dramatic response to the novel coronavirus, according to multiple repor