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Burning Kangaroo Island: not only koalas are suffering

01:19 Australian bushfires are claiming everything in their way, putting wildlife concerns in the center of the attention, namely koalas. Kangaroo Island, Australia's third-largest isl

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Shanghai Disney Resort to celebrate Spring Festival with special events

To celebrate the Year of the Rat, Shanghai Disney Resort said Thursday it would hold a series of special events from Jan. 13 to Feb. 9. On Jan. 23 and 24, Shanghai Dis

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Egypt FM to visit Algeria over development in Libya

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is heading to Algeria over the recent escalations in Libya, said the country's Foreign Ministry in a statement on Thursday. "Sh

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Thousands of thirsty camels to be shot down in Australia

Thousands of camels are being shot dead in the drought-ravaged region of Australia, to prevent ongoing conflict between the animal and local communities.Thirsty herds of feral camels in search of

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Iraq to summon Iranian ambassador over strikes on military bases: statement

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it will summon the Iranian ambassador over the Iranian missile strikes on military bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq. A st

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2 rockets land near U.S. embassy in Iraq's capital

Two Katyusha rockets on Wednesday landed near the U.S. embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. The attack t

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Iraqi president condemns Iranian strikes on military bases in Iraq: statement

Iraqi President Barham Salih on Wednesday condemned the Iranian missile strikes on military bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq. In a statement by his office, Salih said

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Iraqi Shiite militia leader promises to retaliate against U.S. airstrike in Iraq

The Iraqi Iranian-backed Shiite militia leader Qais al-Khazali said Wednesday that the Iranian initial response to the killing of Iranian military leader is done, and

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Iraqi PM calls on U.S., Iran to "show restraint, respect Iraqi state"

The Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday called on the United States and Iran to exercise self-restraint and respect the Iraqi state after the

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Iraqi forces say no casualties reported in Iranian missile strike

The Iraqi military said Wednesday that no casualties were reported in the missile attacks earlier in the day against military bases housing U.S. troops. According to a

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Iran's IRGC fires missiles at U.S. airbase in Iraq

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired "tens of surface-to-surface missiles" at the U.S. airbase in Anbar province in western Iraq in retaliation for

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Liberians rally in anti-government protest

Thousands of protesters in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Monday rallied against a deepening economic crisis in the impoverished country./ PHOTO: Christopher Kieh Thousands of Liberians took

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What's trending worldwide

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of the latest world news published by Xinhua News Agency. People mourn during the funeral ceremony of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Teh

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Chinese research vessel returns from longest probe in western Pacific

Chinese research vessel KEXUE, or Science, returned to its homeport in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on Sunday after finishing its longest research mission in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Fossil research in China shows evidence of Ordovician mass extinction

A group of scientists from China, Australia, the United States and Britain say they have made a precise calculation of the first mass extinction that occurred on Earth more than 400 million years

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Beijing embraces first snowfall of 2020

People in Beijing woke up Monday to find the city had been covered in a blanket of white snow, marking the first snowfall of 2020. The snow started at about 5 p.m. Sun

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Fossil research in China presents evidence of Ordovician mass extinction

A group of scientists from China, Australia, Canada, the United States and Britain have made an accurate calculation of the first mass extinction that occurred on Eart