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Paralympic legend So Wa Wai's biopic set to inspire all

A day before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ends on Sunday, Jimmy Wan Chi-Man's Zero to Hero, a biopic about So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first Paralympic athlete to win gold, will be released in t

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Vietnam's total confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 500,000

FILE PIC: The last cured COVID-19 patient (2nd R, front) in Vietnam and his family present flowers to a doctor in Vietnam's northern province of Vinh Phuc, Feb. 26, 2020. Vietnam's Ministry of He

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Team China claim silver in men's goalball at Tokyo Paralympics

Team China players celebrate on the podium after winning the silver medal during the Tokyo Paralympics men's goalball final in Chiba, Japan, September 3, 2021. /CFP (L-R) Silver medalis

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San Diego County declares COVID misinformation public health crisis

After hours of vigorous, often contentious debate, San Diego County became the first in the United States to declare COVID-19 misinformation "a public health crisis." /Getty Images After hours

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Brazil's Sao Paulo launches investment guide to China

People work at the construction site of a temporary hospital at Ibirapuera sports complex in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 16, 2020. /Xinhua The government of Brazil's largest and most industrial

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Zambia parliament elects first woman speaker

FILE PIC: Lawmakers in Zambia on Friday chose prominent lawyer Nelly Mutti as the country's first woman Speaker of the National Assembly. /AFP Lawmakers in Zambia on Friday chose prominent law

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Online gaming reduction for minors, photos taken by taikonauts

00:24 New personal data privacy law passedChina's top legislature has passed a law to protect personal information, effective November 1, in an effort to further regulate cyberspace wit

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At least 16 dead in northern Mexico after major road accident

At least 16 people were killed on Thursday morning in a road accident between a passenger bus and two tractor trailers near km 39 of the Sonoyta-San Luis Rio Colorado highway in the northern Mexican

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CIFTIS to promote balanced recovery of world economy: UNCTAD economist

Journalists visit a venue of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31,

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Cyprus to offer COVID-19 booster shots

FILE PIC: Cyprus joined other European Union (EU) countries in deciding to administer COVID-19 vaccine boosters to vulnerable people and health professionals, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantel

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OPEC+ decides to hike oil production gradually

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and a group of Russia-led producers (known collectively as OPEC+) agreed on Wednesday to continue increasing oil production gradually as t

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China pledges stronger support for small firms, poor students

CFPChina will strengthen support for market entities, especially the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and improve loan aid for students from families in finan

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Egypt signs 4.45-bln-USD contract to establish 1st electric train line

FILE PIC: A man waits for trains in Heliopolis Station in Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 20, 2019. /Xinhua Egypt signed on Wednesday a contract to establish the first line of the electric express train

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Israel reports 10,313 new COVID-19 cases

The death toll from the coronavirus in Israel rose by 39 to 7,082, the ministry said. /Xinhua Israel's Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 10,313 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally of

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Ghana ready to host 2023 African Games, says president

FILE PIC: President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana Ghana is ready to host a successful African Games in 2023, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday.The president gave the a

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Xi, senior leaders watch gala featuring ethnic minority cultures

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with some performers, organizers and primary-level Party members of 56 ethnic groups before the opening gala of the sixth ethnic mino

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Restoration begins of 1,600-year-old Mati Temple Grottoes in NW China

The Mati Temple Grottoes is a national key cultural relic protection site and major landmark in Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province. /CFPThe restoration has