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Fort Detrick and COVID-19: Why do the Chinese want an investigation?

An aerial photo of Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S. taken, May 25, 2007. /CFPThe U.S. has yet to let go of the "lab leak theory" on COVID-19 origin.After the WHO-China join

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'Lab leak' allegation nonsense, hinders global anti-COVID cooperation

Researchers work in the P4 lab in Wuhan Institute of Virology, Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, February 23, 2017. /CFPUnfounded allegations by some U.S. politici

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Hungary to end mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign: PM

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks to the media during a past event. /Getty Images Hungary will end its mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign as it switches to "standby" ino

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Nepali PM reshuffles cabinet after taking in other party members

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reshuffled his cabinet on Friday evening after offering 10 ministerial posts to a faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP).The JSP faction led by Chairman Mahan

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Scientific approach important for China's high-quality land greening

Adopting a scientific approach is of great importance amid China's efforts to promote high-quality afforestation, head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administra

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Cairo Opera House wows audience with Verdi's world-famous opera Aida

The entrance of the Cairo Opera House was decorated like a passage to a shining ancient Egyptian temple, which leads to the open-air Fountain Theatre that staged Egypt's world-renowned opera Aida

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Caricature gallery in Cairo highlights support for Palestinian cause

The hallway of the palace-like Greater Cairo Library in Egypt hosted works by Egyptian and Arab caricaturists in a gallery expressing support for the Palestinian cause and the struggle of the Palestin

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Khamenei: Iran wants action, not promises, for nuclear deal revival

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2021. /Reuters Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Tehran wan

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Yi Jianlian, Du Feng on Chinese men's basketball team's mission

Yi Jianlian of the Chinese men's national basketball team and his head coach Du Feng (R). /CFP Chinese men's national basketball team are currently training with 27 players behind closed doors

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WHO asks for rechecking research on possible COVID-19 origin

Samples from a study suggesting that COVID-19 was circulating outside China by October 2019 have been re-tested at the World Health Organization (WHO)'s request, a Reuters report quoted two scientist

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Zimbabwe's national airline resumes domestic flights after long break

VCG Zimbabwe's struggling airline Air Zimbabwe resumed domestic flights on Wednesday after a one-and-half year break due to operational challenges and the COVID-19 pandemic.The new Embraer (ER

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Kenyan health workers dash for second COVID-19 jabs

Nurses run as their warm up before the 4th Zumba dance session for health care providers-nurses, doctors, midwives and health care workers- organised by the Nursing Council of Kenya at Kenyatta s

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New water treatment plant to benefit 650,000 people in Mozambique

The 220-million-U.S. dollar worth project is expected to benefit some 650,000 people in the Greater Maputo Area. /VCG Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated Wednesday a new water treatm

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WHO expert rules out man-made origin of COVID-19

COVID-19 testing in Moscow, Russia, August 31, 2020. /CFP Concerns over artificial origins of COVID-19 do not have any value, Russian virologist and expert at the World Health Organization Dmi

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CPC members with 50-year party standing awarded commemorative medals

Events were launched across China on Wednesday to award commemorative medals to Communist Party of China (CPC) members bearing five decades of party membership.Eligible

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About 10,000 volunteers have quit Tokyo Olympics, say reports

About 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers to help this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have pulled out, Kyodo News said on Wednesday, citing the Japanese organizing committee."There's no doubt th

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Wild elephants going north are closing in on Kunming City

The wild elephants that left Xishuangbanna to go north are only two or three kilometers away from Jinning District in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. T