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Italy's Conte takes his time to resolve political crisis

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appeared in no hurry on Thursday to resolve a political crisis triggered by a junior coalition partner, which has abandoned the ca

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How washing clothes creates microplastic pollution in Arctic

Plastic particles have been discovered inside fish in the deepest recesses of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. /CFP Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic po

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Beijing wakes up to coldest morning since 1966

Icicles at a park in Beijing, January 7, 2021. /CFPThe temperature in Beijing dropped to minus 19.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning, coldest since 1966 when the mer

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China Media Group's star-studded New Year gala opens

China Media Group (CMG)'s New Year gala opened with star-studded performances at 8:00 p.m. on December 31.The four-hour-long celebration revolves around some of the mos

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Army receives stealthy 'Bug' drones that can snoop on targets more than a mile away

The tiny reconnaissance drones could be used to record video on forward positions and beam it back to the troops.

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Death toll from Uganda boat accident hits 26

The death toll from a Tuesday boat accident in Lake Albert has hit 26 as search operations continue, AFP reports quoting Uganda health officials on Friday.The boat capsized while en route to Panyimur

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Coronavirus reaches end of earth as first outbreak hits Antarctica

The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile's military said this week, as health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine staf

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Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness

00:30 Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes on Monday as southern Chile and Argentina were plunged into darkness.Hea

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Xingkai Lake along the China-Russia border enters frozen period

00:58 Ice layers extending for hundreds of kilometers have formed on Xingkai Lake on the border between China and Russia. Viewed from China's side in Mishan City in Hei

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Venice under water as complex dam system fails to activate

St Mark's Square is in the lowest area of Venice, lying just one metre above sea level. /Reuters Venice's St Mark's Square was under water on Tuesday as strong winds and heavy rains pushed int

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Tens of thousands evacuated as Cyclone Nivar targets southeast India

Fishermen move a fishing boat to a safer place along the shore before Cyclone Nivar's landfall, in Chennai, November 25, 2020. /Reuters Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from low-lyin

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Fears of desert locust resurgence in Horn of Africa: FAO

The Desert Locust crisis which struck the greater Horn of Africa region earlier this year threatening food supplies for millions, could re-escalate as recent strong winds carried mature swarmlets

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Researchers find microplastics on top of Mount Qomolangma

Traces of microplastics have been found close to the top of the world's highest peak Mount Qomolangma, a study showed Friday, likely originating from equipment used by the hundreds of climbers who su

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Somalia, U.N. scale up operations against desert locusts

A Somali man attempts to fend off desert locusts in a grazing land at Daynile neighborhood, outskirts of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, on Nov. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Hassan Bashi) Somalia and the F

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Microplastics found 8,440 metres up in Mount Everest's 'Death Zone'

The samples were taken on the trekking routes close to the Khumbu Glacier, at Everest Base Camp, and high into the "Death Zone".

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Flood waters rage through Central America amid Hurricane Iota

00:46 Hurricane Iota made landfall on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast as a dangerous Category 4 storm this week.Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo said on Tuesday that at least six

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President Xi shares his global vision during the 2020 BRICS Summit

Editor's Note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.Chinese President Xi Jinping shared his vision