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Four dead in Moscow apartment shooting

Four people, including a child, were killed by gunfire in an apartment here on Thursday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. After receiving a call from neighbors, police officers and investiga

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Fire kills 6 in south China

Six people were killed after a fire broke out in a house under construction at about 7:40 a.m. Thursday in Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, acco

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7 killed in central China fire accident

Seven people were killed after a fire broke out Wednesday morning in Shuangfeng County, central China's Hunan Province, according to the local publicity department. Th

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Afghanistan arrests 10 criminals, drug traffickers

The Afghan National Police (ANP) operations team has arrested 10 suspects and seized narcotics in six provinces of the country's 34 provinces, the Afghan Ministry of I

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China Food and Drinks Fair turns online after delay

The 102nd China Food and Drinks Fair (CFDF) will be held online from July 28 to 30 after a postponement due to COVID-19, according to the event's organizing committee.

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Five missing in central China floods

Five people went missing after a rainstorm-triggered flood hit Jianghua Yao Autonomous County in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said on Sunday. The f

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Iranian cargo ship sinks off Iraqi coast, 2 die

An Iranian cargo ship sank off the Iraqi coast on Thursday night, Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) announced on Friday. "The ship, which was carrying ceram

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2 injured, 2 missing after heavy rain hit southwest China

Two people were injured and two others remained missing by the end of Tuesday due to rain-triggered mudslides and landslides in southwest China's Yunnan Province, loca

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Eight killed in scaffolding collapse in southern China

Eight workers were killed after a scaffold collapsed at a construction site in southern China's Guangdong Province on Saturday, local authorities said. The emergency m

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COVID-19 can push 60 million people into extreme poverty: World Bank

The head of the World Bank cautioned on Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to push up to 60 million people into extreme poverty (under 1.90 U.S. dollars per day), wiping out the gains made

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China to complete BeiDou system with launch of its final satellite next month

China plans to complete its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) with the launch of its last satellite in June, according to a BDS official. The final satellite is a geostationary earth orbit sat

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China to complete BeiDou system with launch of final satellite in June

China plans to complete its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) with the launch of its last satellite in June, according to a BDS official.The final satellite is a geostationary earth orbit s

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8 injured, 2 trapped in east China factory blast

Eight people were injured and two trapped after a blast in a factory in eastern city Danyang, local authorities said Friday. The blast happened at around 11 a.m. Frida

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China to complete BeiDou system with launch of its final satellite next month

China plans to complete its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) with the launch of its last satellite in June, according to a BDS official. The final satellite is a geostationary earth orbit sat

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Northeast China city raises COVID-19 emergency response

The city of Shulan in northeast China's Jilin Province raised its emergency response level for COVID-19 after a new locally-transmitted case was reported on Thursday,

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WHO: COVID-19 virus originates from nature, animal research underway

Dr Peter Embarek, a scientist for Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses of World Health Organization. /CCTV The COVID-19 virus originates from bats in nature and occasionally spread to humans

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Massive fire breaks out in Delhi, India

A massive fire broke out at a warehouse in Tikri border area in north Delhi on Wednesday, confirmed an official of the Department of Delhi Fire Services to Xinhua over phone. As many as 30 fire tende