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Biden has chosen General Lloyd Austin for defense secretary: report

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin for defense secretary, Politico reported on Monday, citing three people with knowledge of the discussions.

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Koalas return to habitat after bushfires

00:41 Fourteen koalas that were injured in last year’s devastating bushfires in eastern Australia have been returned to their habits with the help of veterinarians. According to the Wo

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Iran prepares to raise oil exports if sanctions ease: state media

Iran has instructed its Oil Ministry to prepare installations for production and sale of crude oil at full capacity within three months, state media said on Sunday, ahead of a possible easing of U

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Ministers talk with protesting farmers in India

01:00 Thursday talks between Indian government ministers and representatives of protesting farmers are reported to have failed, continuing the deadlock over disputed bills. Tens of tho

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Africa's virus caseload hits 2,196,257: Africa CDC

VCG Image The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa stood at 2,196,257 on Thursday with a death toll of 52,490, according to data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.D

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El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala stage mass raids on gangs

SAN SALVADOR, El Savador (AP) — The Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have rounded up hundreds of suspected street gang members as part

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U.S. federal appeals court rejects Trump's Pennsylvania election case

On Friday, a U.S. federal appeals court rejected a request by the U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of the battleground state of

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Picking up after Cyclone Nivar roars through southern India

00:44 Three have been reported dead after powerful Cyclone Nivar hit southern India late Wednesday. See some of the aftermath of the storm here.Check out The China Report, our new week

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Argentina pushes for humanitarian fund to fight COVID-19

01:56 Latin America is one of the regions hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.Three nations are members of theG20- Mexico, Brazil andArgentina, whose president Alberto Fernandez has c

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Cloned Jinhua pigs born in east China

A surrogate pig gave birth to seven cloned baby Jinhua pigs, November 23, in Dongyang, east China's Zhejiang Province. /VCG The baby pigs, along with four born three days earlier, are C

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Thousands of Peruvians sign up for Chinese vaccine trial

03:40 Thousands of Peruvians are volunteering for the Phase Three clinical trial of theChineseCOVID-19 vaccine.China says its support for the efforts in Peru shows a high degree of tru

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Russia adds 24,581 new COVID-19 cases

VCG Image Russia has recorded 24,581 more COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, slightly down from the all-time high of 24,822 a day earlier, the country's COVID-19 response center said

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Multiple blasts rock Kabul, casualties feared: reports

A series of loud explosions shook central Kabul on Saturday, according to media reports.There were no immediate reports on casualties but the explosions occurred in densely populated parts of the Afg

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Hong Kong police arrest three former opposition lawmakers

Hong Kong policeon Wednesday confirmed that they had arrested three former opposition lawmakers – Hui Chi-fung, Chan Chi-chuen and Chu Hoi-dick – on suspicion of disrup

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3 Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli air strikes

CFP file photo An Israeli air strike over the Golan Heights killed three Syrian military personnel early on Wednesday, Syria's state news agency SANA said.Israeli military spokesman Avichay A

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Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine induces quick antibody responses: study

The experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech can induce quick antibody responses and is suitable for emergency use, preliminary trial results published in the medical journa

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The Masters tournament starts at Augusta National

The Masters tournament starts at Augusta National Golf Club in the U.S. state of Georgia on Thursday after being postponed from April due to the coronavirus pandemic. It