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First nuclear unit with Hualong One tech begins commercial operation

China's first nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design, was putintocommercialoperation on Saturday, Xin

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Shijiazhuang COVID-19 quarantine center nears completion

00:58 District 1 of Huangzhuang apartment isolation site in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, entered the final stage of construction on Monday, soon to be pu

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TechCrunch’s top stories of 2020

As the year comes to a close, some of our editors share their top stories from 2020.Read more:For Seattle’s cop-free protest zone, tech is both a revolutionary asset and disastrous liabilityUber in ta

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Uganda's second deputy PM dies aged 85

Uganda's Second Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has died in a hospital in the capital Kampala aged 85, a top government official announced on Saturday.Judith Nabakooba, minister for infor

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Santa's intervention

00:40 Undercover police dressed as Santa and Elf took down suspected car thieves last week in Riverside, California. This operation, conducted by Riverside Police Department's Property

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Somali military says kills eight Al- Shabab militants

Somalia's army soldiers and peacekeepers from AMISOM enter the town of Barawe during the second phase of Operation Indian Ocean. /Getty Images The Somali military said it killed eight al-Shaba

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Kenya's forex reserves down ahead of Christmas

Getty Image Kenya's foreign exchange reserves fell by 11.6 billion shillings (about 105 million U.S. dollars) this week as the shilling remained under pressure from international currencies am

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China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander successfully lands on the Moon

Chinese state news agencies are reporting a successful landing of the Chang’e-5 lunar robotic lander, which will seek to return lunar rock samples back to Earth. The launch took off on November

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Monumental origami installations on display in Brussels

An origami art installation is on display in the Royal Galleries of Saint Hubert near the Grand Place in the city of Brussels. /VCG Named "Origami for Life," the initiative aims at rais

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Palestinian official Erekat in critical, stable condition

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat remained in critical but stable condition in an Israeli hospital Tuesday, his family said, after he was infected with the corona

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Tesla battery supplier LG Chem forecasts record third-quarter profit

Sign of LG Chem seen on the 21st IE Expo China held in Shanghai, August 14, 2020. /VCG South Korea's LG Chem Ltd, an electric vehicle (EV) battery supplier for Tesla and a petrochemicals maker

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Poorer countries to get 120 million $5 coronavirus tests, WHO says

Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 per unit, the World Health Organization said on Monday. /AP

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SoftBank will bring Bear’s serving robots to Japan, amid restaurant labor shortages

SoftBank has been quite bullish on Bear Robotics this year, beginning with leadership in a $32 million Series A back in January. It’s easy to see why the investment firm believes that this is the bre

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UN honors Ugandan troops for their service in Somalia

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has awarded medals to over 600 Ugandan Officers and Militants serving under the sixth United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU VI) in Somalia. /Social Media

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Greece to Look Into Recent Drug Seizures in Evros Region, Reports Say

Greece's anti-terror unit has launched an investigation into the recent seizures of the Captagon codrug, known as the Jihadi Pill, at the Greek-Turkish border in the Ev

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Two killed in helicopter crash in Nigeria's economic hub

An aerial view shows the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. /Reuters Two people were killed and another injured in a helicopter crash in Lagos, Nigeria’s econo

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Peru to test China Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 3 trial

VCG Peru's Health authorities have approved a Phase 3 clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company announced on Chinese social m