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Togo reports an outbreak of African swine fever

Two surviving pigs are pictured in a pigpen at a village Henan province, China January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee Togo reported an outbreak of African swine fever in a farm northwest of the c

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Tourism helps China's battle against poverty: official

Tourism has played an "extremely important" role in helping China's impoverished families shake off poverty, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Li Jinzao said on Sat

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DPRK lashes out at military drill by S. Korea, calling it "grave provocation"

A military spokesperson of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) lashed out at the recent military exercise carried out by Seoul, calling it a "reckless mov

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Village near Beijing inches closer to zero-waste goal

04:01 Beijingwill fully implement garbage sorting starting on Friday. But in Xinzhuang Village of Xingshou Town, 40 km away from the city center, separating trash has long been a daily

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From water to land, fishermen in east China embrace new life ashore

Changes can bring opportunities. From water to land, Poyang Lake fishermen in east China embrace new life ashore after China instituted a 10-year fishing ban starting f

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China to standardize certificate issuance by neighborhood, village committees

China will streamline the issuance of certificates by neighborhood and village committees, according to a newly released guideline. The guideline listed 20 certificate

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S. Korean president says to seek realistic, practical ways for cooperation with DPRK

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that his government will seek "realistic and practical ways" for cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Ko

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Global Political Calendar: Two years after Kim-Moon summit

April 27 marks the two-year anniversary of the first summit between Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in. On April 30, Ger

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Palestine records 5 new COVID-19 cases, totaling 466

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah announced on Tuesday that five new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Tuesday, raising the total in Palestine to 466. Th

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Tokyo 2020 not rescheduled to 2022 out of management concerns, says IOC

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) explained on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games were scheduled to 2021 instead of 2022 because the host country could not manage a postponement beyond next

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Xi inspects northwest China's Shaanxi Province

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Xi went to Niubeiliang Nationa

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Forest fire in Tibet put out

A forest fire raging for four days in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region had been put out as of 5 p.m. Saturday, local authorities said. More than 2,600 people

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Transformation of a Tibetan village in the eyes of a villager

Sinadingzhu, 51, has been living all his life in a small village in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan. Over the decades, he has witnesse

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Over 2,600 dispatched to fight forest fire in Tibet

More than 2,600 people have been sent to put out a forest fire that started four days ago in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, local authorities said Friday.

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7 hostages freed by troops in central Nigeria

Troops in central Nigeria have rescued seven kidnapped victims during a mop-up operation, the defense headquarters said on Sunday. In a statement, John Enenche, the Nigerian defense spokesman, said t

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India, Pakistan firing on Kashmir LoC kills 3 civilians

Three Indian civilians were killed Sunday in an exchange of heavy fire and shelling between troops of Indian and Pakistan on Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir, of

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Live COVID-19 updates: WHO says global COVID-19 death tolls over 100,000

The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 200 countries and regions. The following are the updates on the contagiou