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UN says Libyan authorities shot dead 3 Sudanese migrants

Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted by the coast guard in the Mediterranean S

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1,000-year-old eye potion found to tackle antibiotic-resistant infections

The potion was found in Bald's Leechbook, one of the earliest known medical textbooks, written in Old English

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2 injured after army helicopter makes hard landing in S. Afghanistan

Two Afghan army personnel were wounded after a military helicopter made a hard landing in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Monday, a provincial source confirmed. "The incident occurred i

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Presidential election puts U.S. political system to the test

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COVID-19 underscores role of prevention, key in ancient Greek & Chinese traditional medicine

Greece managed to effectively address the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic so far, despite the wounds in the national health system after a decade of a financial crisis, by focusing on

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EU agrees on $2.1 trillion deal after marathon summit

After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coron

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Most Chinese see first aid kit as important household item: survey

A recent survey found that about 92 percent of Chinese people think families should be equipped with first aid kits in case of an emergency while over 80 percent said t

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Death toll in Indonesia's flash floods climbs to 21, with 31 missing

The number of casualties of flash floods and landslides in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province rose to 21 on Wednesday, with 31 others missing, an official said. The search and rescue efforts were

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How will the UK's Huawei ban impact the bilateral relationship?

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MIT creates a soft-fingered robotic gripper than could eventually tie knots and sew stitches

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has shared the results of a new project in which it built a two-fingered robotic gripper, which has soft pads for dedicated and fin

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Dozens shot on July 4th weekend in New York City

Over 50 people were shot with at least six of them dead on the July 4th weekend in New York City as people were celebrating the country's Independence Day, local autho

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King Philippe of Belgium expresses "deepest regret" for colonial wounds inflicted on Congo

King Philippe of Belgium expressed "deepest regret" for the colonial wounds inflicted on the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the DRC) on Tuesday, m

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1 shot dead in protest in U.S. Kentucky

One person was killed and another injured on Saturday night in a shooting incident during a protest in the U.S. city of Louisville, Kentucky, local authorities said. R

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Mexico City police chief shot in assassination attempt, 3 others died

00:43 Mexico City's chief of police was shot and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on Friday that he quickly blamed on one of Mexico's most powerfu

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One dead, 11 wounded in shooting in U.S. city of Minneapolis

One man was killed and 11 people were wounded in a shooting in the northern U.S. city of Minneapolis, local police said Sunday. Minneapolis police tweeted that "12 peo

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Four dead in Moscow apartment shooting

Four people, including a child, were killed by gunfire in an apartment here on Thursday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. After receiving a call from neighbors, police officers and investiga

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Ex-officer charged over fatal shooting of African American as legislation on policing pushed

U.S. Georgia State's Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard on Wednesday announced 11 charges, including felony murder, against Garrett Rolfe, the former Atlanta police officer who fatally sh