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Tesla criticised for opening showroom in China's Xinjiang region

The move drew criticism in Washington at a time when the US has accused China of genocide against the region's Uyghur Muslims and has passed a law restricting imports from there.

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Missouri to lift COVID-19 state of emergency

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) has lifted the state's COVID-19 state of emergency for the first time since March 2020."Thanks to the effectiveness of the vaccine, widesp

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Xiaomi Mi 12 series: A big bet on new Snapdragon chip

The Xiaomi Mi 12 series smartphones. /Xiaomi Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday released its latest flagship series, the Mi 12 and Mi 12 Pro, with the fully revamped Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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Deadly flooding hits Brazil, displaces thousands

Heavy flooding has left at least 18 people dead and more than 280 injured in the northeast region of Brazil, officials say.The floods have affected nearly 40 cities thr

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Death toll from Super Typhoon Rai climbs to at least 208 people in the Philippines

Manila (CNN)The death toll from Super Typhoon Rai climbed to at least 208 people Monday, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP), after the storm swept across

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South Korea's largest dairy company apologizes over a video advert implying women are cows

Seoul (CNN Business)South Korea's largest dairy company, Seoul Milk, has apologized after releasing a controversial advert which some critics say portray women as cows.

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Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing accused of crimes against humanity

Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing has been accused before the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity for overseeing, as army c

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WHO Warns There's Only 'Anecdotal' Evidence About Omicron, But Strain Could Be Less Severe

Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical leader for COVID-19 at the World Health Organization (WHO), said there is only "anecdotal information" about the Omicron variant, but

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U.S. central bank admits it underestimated spread of inflation

Top U.S. financial officials offered a sobering message: Inflation is more widespread than initially thought, and it’s too soon to measure the Omicron variant's impact

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10 states sue Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. health workers

Ten Republican state attorneys general sued on Wednesday to stop the Biden administration's requirement that millions of U.S. health workers get vaccinated against the

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Ethiopian authorities detain more than 70 UN drivers – UN email

Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, an internal UN email seen by Reuters on Wednesday said, amid reports of widesp

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Chris Christie says Trump should move on and 'tell the truth' about the 2020 election

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said former President Donald Trump needs to "tell the truth" about the 2020 election and move on.Christie also had advice for the

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Facebook Sees 15 Times More Hate Speech Than 5 Years Ago As It Vows to Fight Antisemitism

A top Facebook officer on Wednesday said that the platform was removing 15 times more hate speech than it was five years ago and pledged to keep fighting the harmful ex

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China's State Grid, Huawei join hands for next-generation smart EV charging solutions

China's State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, has teamed up with tech giant Huawei to develop the next-generation smart electric vehicle (EV) charging i

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Howard University cancels classes after ransomware attack

Washington D.C’s Howard University has canceled classes after becoming the latest educational institution to be hit by a ransomware attack.The incident was discovered on September 3, just weeks after

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Premier Li vows China will secure transition to green development

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the opening ceremony of the 7th World Conservation Congress via video conference in Beijing, September 3, 2021. /Gov.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on

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Nation-building as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy fails again

The U.S. retreat and where it leaves Afghanistan today demonstrates that political power change, tinkering with internal political dynamics and exporting democracies in