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Greece erects 40-km border fence to deter potential Afghan migrants

The fence on the border area between Greece and Turkey in Poros Village, Evros region, Greece, June 18, 2021. /Getty Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40-kilometer fence on its border w

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Aug. 14 - Aug. 20)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Huawei CFO's extradi

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Much of UK at risk of thunderstorms with possible flooding

FILE PIC: A car runs on a flooded road during a heavy rain in London, Britain, on July 25, 2021. /Xinhua Weather forecasters have said much of the United Kingdom is at risk of thunderstorms on

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Uganda improves cancer health care as cases rise

FILE PIC: A staff shows a new radiotherapy machine for treating cancer patients at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in Kampala, capital of Uganda. /Xinhua Uganda on Thursday said it is continuing

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Container ship Ever Given crosses Suez Canal for return trip

FILE PIC: Rescue vessels work at the site of the grounded container ship Ever Given on the Suez Canal, Egypt, March 28, 2021. /Xinhua The Panamanian-flagged and Japanese-owned ship Ever Given

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UN chief condemns attack in Burkina Faso

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned Wednesday's attack in northern Burkina Faso, where dozens of people were killed and several others wounded.Guterres conveyed his c

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No more blunders to be made

Getty Editor's note:Junaid S. Ahmad is a professor of religion and world politics and is the director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Decoloniality in Islamabad, Pakistan. The article

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Spectators to be allowed for China's 14th National Games

Torch relay of the 14th Chinese National Games starts at Yongningmen square in Xi'an, China, August 16, 2021. /CFPSpectators will be allowed to enter venues to watch th

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China passes data protection law

China has passed a personal data protection law, state media Xinhua reports (via Reuters).The law, called the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), is set to take effect on November 1.It was pro

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70 years of Change in Tibet: Progress in education and cultural protection

China held a meeting to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Thursday.Wang Yang, a member of the St

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Putin discusses Afghanistan with Macron, Draghi by phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone conversations with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi respectively on Thursday to discuss the situation in Afghanista

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Suspect in U.S. Capitol bomb threat surrenders

The suspect who drove near the U.S. Capitol building on Thursday threatening that the bomb in his vehicle would detonate ultimately surrendered and was taken into custody, U.S. Capitol Police (USCP)

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G7 seeks cooperation on evacuation, refugees amid chaos in Kabul

The Group of Seven (G7) on Thursday sought to secure close cooperation in personnel evacuation and the resettlement of refugees as chaos continues at the Kabul airport amid the hasty withdrawal of th

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Rwanda receives Chinese-donated vaccines to boost COVID-19 fight

Sinopharm, China Biotech, COVID-19 Vaccine at a National Pharmaceutical Products Exhibition on May 12, 2021, Shanghai, China. /CFP Rwanda on Thursday received 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm CO

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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 7.38 mln: Africa CDC

Kenyans queue to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Makongeni Estate in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (Brian Inganga via CFP) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in A

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Zimbabwe steps up vaccine rollout as more vaccines arrive from China

FILE PHOTO: A medical staff shows a box of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign at the Boris Trajkovski Arena in Skopje on May 6, 2021. /Robert ATANASOVSKI vi

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Chinese medical team hailed in Ghana

A doctor of the Chinese medical team to Ghana (1st L) introduces the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapy to staff of Ghana's China Traditional Herbal Hospital in Accra, Ghana, July 20, 202