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Rescued snow leopard released with satellite collar in Qinghai

01:55 A snow leopard was released back into the wild with a satellite collar after recovering from wounds in northwest China's Qinghai Province.The animal's head was sc

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At least 15 shot, 2 dead in 'gang-related' shooting in Chicago

At least 15 people were shot, and two of them killed, at a "pop-up party" at a business on the South Side of Chicago on early Sunday morning.The shooting happened at 4:40 a.m. A 31-year-old woman, wh

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Switzerland outlaws facial coverings after 'burqa ban' vote

The referendum on facial coverings passed by a 51.2 to 48.8 percent. /Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Switzerland has banned facial coverings following a narrow victory in a binding referendum instigate

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Offering a service that prioritizes the highest-paying gigs in the gig economy, Stoovo raises funding

Semih Korkmaz and Hantz Févry launched Stoovo in 2019 as a way to help gig workers make the best use of their time.Févry, who immigrated to the U.S. from Haiti, knew first hand the struggles that come

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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck explains why the company needs a bigger rocket, and why it’s going public to build it

Rocket Lab packed a ton of news into Monday to kick off this week: It’s going public via a SPAC merger, for one, and it’s also building a new, larger launch vehicle called Neutron to suppo

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Why the U.S. should pursue cooperation with China

Getty Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs, professor of Sustainable Development and professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, is the director of Columbia's Center for Sust

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‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city

Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they kn

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Trump's trial is not about a conviction, but about accountability

Editor's note: Thomas O. Falk is a London-based political analyst and commentator. He holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Birmingham and specializes in U.S. af

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Former HK chief urges activists to 'think again' before following U.S.

Commenting on the latest rioting at the U.S. Capitol, Leung Chun-ying, former chief executiveof China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Thursday urg

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Sheriff: Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church

A 21-year-old man who hid from police in an East Texas church was charged with first-degree murder and felony assault in a shooting that left the pastor dead and two ot

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Tech It Out: A plant's shoot tip can keep viruses away

06:33 The community of viruses is extremely vast, occupying every imaginable biological niche. And animals are not the only victims.There are some 1,000 kinds of plant viruses in natur

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Chinese producer Fang Li brings tigers back to big screen

02:11 The cast of the Chinese fantasy film "Tiger Robbers" made an appearance at the press conference of the 3rd Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) on De

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Greece's retailers, restaurants fret over economic toll amid lockdowns

A woman wearing a mask walks by a cafe that only has takeaway services in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 3, 2020 (Xinhua/Marios Lolos). Many of the retailers and restaurants in Greece that have survi

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Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

A top Iranian nuclear scientist died in hospital from wounds suffered during an attack by "armed terrorists" on Friday, the country's defense ministry has confirmed.Moh

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Iran's top nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's car is believed to have been ambushed by armed assailants. IRIB news agency/AFP A top Iranian nuclear scientist died in hospital from wounds suffered during an attack by "

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S. Korea sentences leader of sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison

Cho Ju-bin, 24, was found guilty of running an online network that blackmailed at least 74 women, including 16 teenagers, into what authorities called "virtual enslavem

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S. Korea sentences leader of 'sextortion' group to 40 years in prison

A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the leader of an online sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison, Yonhap news agency reported. Cho Ju-bin, leader of South Korea's online sexual blac