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Search for Florida condo collapse victims nears end

The rubble of the demolished section of the Champlain Towers South building is seen through flowers on a makeshift memorial to the scores of victims of the building's partial collapse, July 12, 2

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Annual book fest opens in Hong Kong after delay

The 31st Hong Kong Book Fair, which was postponed for a year due to COVID-19, opened Wednesday when more than 700 exhibitors showcased a wide range of books and literar

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Does Bloomberg's ranking truly show U.S.'s COVID resilience?

Visitors wear face masks on the boardwalk in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., July 1, 2020. /VCG Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Econ

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Advancing climate-resilient development: Lessons from China

VCG Editor's note: Alexander Ayertey Odonkor is an economic consultant, chartered economist and a chartered financial analyst with a keen interest in the economic landscape of countries in Asi

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Tracing origins of COVID-19 should not be politicized: SA official

A digital illustration of the COVID-19. /Reuters Countries must refrain from using tracing the origins of COVID-19 to score cheap political points, a South African official has said."What is i

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Turkmenistan voices support for China on HK, Xinjiang related issues

A representative of Turkmenistan said Wednesday at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) that Hong Kong and Xinjiang related issues are China's internal affairs and Turkmenistan suppo

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Study reveals 14 living descendants of Renaissance maestro Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance painter, sculptor, and architect Leonardo da Vinci died more than 500 years ago, but his direct bloodline lives on in the form of a handful of people including an artisan, a surveyor, and

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China asks Pakistan to probe bus blast that kills 9 Chinese nationals

China has asked Pakistan to thoroughly investigate a bus blast that killed nine Chinese nationals, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.China strongly condemns the blas

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UN releases new global framework for managing nature through 2030

Golden snub-nosed monkey in China. /CFPThe UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat on Monday released the first official draft of a new Global Biodivers

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UN rights body adopts resolution on tackling systemic racism

Demonstrators hold signs following the sentencing of former Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin outside Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., June 25, 2021. /CFP

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China develops refrigerator to realize ultra-low temperature

Optical paths are used in research at the USTC Shanghai Institute For Advanced Studies, July 30, 2015. /CFPA Chinese research institution has developed a prototype refr

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Nepali Congress president Deuba appointed as prime minister

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed prime minister of the country on Tuesday within a deadline set by the Supreme Court."The president has appoin

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Cuban president accuses U.S. of stoking social unrest

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel in blue shirt talks to the media, in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, July 11, 2021. /Reuters Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday accused the United S

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Italy to change people's view of its fine art

The world-renowned museum, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, central Italy, has launched an initiative to "scatter" the riches of its collection around Florence and other parts of Tuscany. [Xinhu

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Nepali High Court reinstates lower house

The Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday ordered the House of Representatives to be reinstated and directed the Office of the President to appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba, a leader of Nepali Congress, as new

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At least 50 killed in huge fire at COVID-19 hospital in southern Iraq

At least 50 people were killed on Monday when a huge fire broke out in a hospital treating coronavirus patients in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar, local media reported.The evening massive fire h

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One killed, 10 missing in building collapse in China

One person died and another 10 people are missing after a building collapsed Monday in east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said.The incident happened at 3: