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Xinhua Headlines: China's top legislature reviews draft law on safeguarding national security in HK

-- The 66-article draft law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has six chapters.-- The draft requires the HKSAR to

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Spotlight: U.S. new jobless claims slow as states reopen, economists call for more relief

A staff worker checks the body temperature of a customer outside an Apple store on Fifth Avenue of New York City, the United States, June 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)-

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New York City to enter new phase of reopening on June 22, says mayor

Video: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tells his daily press briefing on June 18, 2020 that "Phase has rules" and "Phase II business in NYC should plan on reopening on Monday." (Xinhua) As of Thursday,

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Xinhua Headlines: Reopening may trick Americans into oblivion while coronavirus remains ravaging

-- The latest model by IHME predicts that total deaths caused by COVID-19 in the U.S. could reach anywhere from 171,000 to 270,000 by Oct. 1, with a possible figure in between at about 201,129;-- Back

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Spotlight: Trump signs executive order on policing as legislative efforts face partisan divide

Video: U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on policing on June 16, 2020, at the White House, Washington, D.C., the United States, amid calls for actio

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Master of crafts: a leaf into porcelain ware, a traditional craft to revive

Craftsman Wu Yingshan makes a leaf cup at his studio in Ji'an County, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Haobo)How to integrate a leaf into the

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Beijing strengthens community prevention, control as COVID-19 cases reappear

Beijing has strengthened community-level disease prevention and control in response to the resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases. Nearly 100,000 commun

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A visit to New York City's COVID-19 testing site

New York City is enhancing #COVID19 testing capacity in its first phase of reopening. Follow Xinhua's Wei Ying to a testing center to check out how tests are done. #FightVirus The governor Andrew Cuo

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UN chief stresses need to address digital divide amid pandemic

Video: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the digital divide is now "a matter of life and death" for people who are unable to access essential healthcare information.(Xinhua/Xie E)"Digita

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Xinhua Headlines: "U.S.-style human rights" crisis magnified by COVID-19

-- The U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic "self-interested, short-sighted, inefficient, and irresponsible." -- Long-existing and now deteriorating problems are exposed in the United

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Spotlight: U.S. Fed sees near zero interest rates through 2022, warns of long road to recovery

The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the record-low level of near zero, and projected interest rates to remain at

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Economic Watch: China's service sector bounces back as epidemic wanes

As the COVID-19 epidemic has waned in China, few new cases and more spending-stimulating policies have encouraged more consumers to visit shops and restaurants. Chines

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Hollywood starts engine with concerns in face of green light for reproduction

Photo taken on March 20, 2020 shows the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, the United States.(Photo by Qian Weizhong/Xinhua) "We've seen many times in the past how people want and need

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Craftsman's village sees silver lining from jewelry

A view of Maliao village, Leishan county, Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua] The making of a silver hairpin involves melting, forging, carving and brushing, and takes at least three hours. But th

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Update: New York City begins reopening 100 days after its 1st COVID-19 case

Video: After nearly three months of lockdown, New York City enters the first phase of reopening on June 8, 2020, 100 days since the city reported its first COVID-19 case.(Xinhua/Zhang Mocheng, Wei Yin

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World Oceans Day: Strive for a sustainable ocean

01:47 Oceans cover 71 percent of our planet and are home to more than half of the species living on Earth. Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their

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Pride Month 2020: LGBTQ quietly gains acceptance in China's big cities

Rainbow flags and posters with the colorful motif have been on display outside some embassies in central Beijing's leafy Chaoyang and Dongcheng districts in recent week