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The Israel Defence Forces Confirms Gaza on the Verge of Running Out of Electricity

The Gaza Strip is slated to experience a power outage on Sunday (16 May) due to the lack of fuel for its power plant, which is expected to run out soon, the Israel Defe

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Southern magnolia: Useful plant with showy, elegant summer flower

The Yulan magnolia is a well-known spring flower in China. If you missed seeing it bloom, do not worry. Its relative, a plant called southern magnolia, is ready to show

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'Nine minutes of terror' as China becomes second country to land on Mars

The Tianwen-1 vessel has landed in an icy area known as Utopia Planitia, about 1,200 miles away from America's Perseverance rover.

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Less than 3% of U.S. small businesses could face tax hikes

U.S. President Joe Biden tours the Sewerage & Water Board's Carrollton water plant in New Orleans, U.S., May 6, 2021. /CFP Less than 3 percent of the roughly 30 million small-business owners i

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Xi convenes symposium on advancing water diversion project development

President Xi Jinping on Friday convened a symposium on advancing the high-quality follow-up development of China's mega water diversion project.Xi stressed the need to

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Beer spa in Brussels

Can you take a beer bath? The Good Beer Spa inBrussels, Belgium lets you bathe and relax in beer.See how customers enjoy a beer spa in tubs filled with hot water and a mixture of

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Netanyahu says Israel firm on Jerusalem as global concern mounts

Israel "firmly rejects" pressure not to build in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday following days of unrest and spreading international condem

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Biden open to accept 25% corporate tax rate to fund spending programs

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the White House, May 5, 2021. /CFP U.S. President Joe Biden said a corporate tax rate between 25 and 28 percent could help pay

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Jersey: UK sends patrol ships to island amid row with France over fishing rights

Two British offshore patrol vessels will be sent to the island of Jersey "as a precautionary measure" amid an escalating row over fisheries with France, a Downing Stree

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Rice terraces await spring farming in SW China

00:49 Farmers in Congjiang County of southwest China's Guizhou Province have filled their rice terrace fields with water for the upcoming spring farming season.Guizhou'

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School reopens in South Sudan after more than a year of closure

VCG School reopened Monday in South Sudan after closure for more than one year due to COVID-19 pandemic.Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, vice president in charge of service cluster, said the decision c

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Graphics: What you need to know about the India coronavirus surge

The world's second-most populous country, India, is now struggling to contain a second wave of infections much more severe than its first last year. India reported more than 300,000 new coronaviru

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Two dead after vessel overturns off San Diego coast

Two people were killed and 23 others were transported to hospitals after a vessel overturned Sunday off the coast of San Diego, U.S. authorities said.Multiple agencies including San Diego Lifeguards

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Investigation underway into causes of Israeli stampede that killed 45

Click arrows to view gallery An investigation into what caused the stampede resulting in the deaths of at least 45 Israeli worshipers at a religious festival in Mount Meron ear

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China urges Japan to revoke wastewater dump decision and apologize

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday called on the Japanese government to revoke its decision to dump nuclear polluted water into the ocean and apologize, in response to a q

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China, ROK marine law enforcers conduct joint patrol

A China Coast Guard vessel is seen off the coast of Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, September 1, 2020. /CFP The marine law enforcement agencies of China and the Republic of Korea (ROK)

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COVID-19 lockdown slows snowmelt in Indus River Basin

A dramatic decline in emissions during the COVID-19 lockdown dropped the accumulation of harmful pollutants in the Indus River Basin, resulting in clean water and reduced snowmelt.Extensive emissi