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Basketball Africa League: Zamalek beat US Monastir to claim title

The curtains came down on the inaugural Basketball Africa League that saw Zamalek become the winners of the tournament. The Egyptian outfit Zamalek defeated fellow North Africans US Monastir of T

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Wild Asian elephants migrate northward in SW China

The authorities are tracking 15 wild Asian elephants in southwest China's Yunnan Province as the herd migrates northward.As of May 29, the elephants were found entering

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Ambassador: China eyes deeper friendship with Egypt in new era

Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang (1st L, Center) and Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed (2nd L, Center) attend a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first batch of Chinese Sinovac vaccin

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UK records 6 COVID deaths as over 25M people receive 2 vaccine doses

The United Kingdom has recorded another six coronavirus-related deaths as more than 25 million people have now received two vaccine doses, latest government figures show. /Xinhua The United Ki

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Namibia's president, first lady recovering from COVID-19

Namibia's President Hage Geingob. /Xinhua Namibia's President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos are on course for a speedy recovery after both of them tested positive for COVID-19 las

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Coronavirus: Africa's infections surpass 4.82M

The African continent reported 4,823,795 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday noon, this is according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) . /Xinhua The African contine

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COVID-19: Kenya extends nationwide curfew to July

The Kenyan government on Sunday extended the country's nationwide curfew by a further 60 days to July 27. /Xinhua The Kenyan government on Sunday extended the country's nationwide curfew by a

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Pakistani FM meets Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to boost bilateral ties

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi during an interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 1, 2020. /Reuters Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood

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IAU approves Chinese names to identify areas on Moon

A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern island province of Hainan, Nov. 24, 2020. /Xinhua The Int

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Spain to welcome back international cruises from June 7

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship had to make an unplanned stop off the Spanish island of Mallorca on Monday to drop off five crew members who tested positive for COVID-19. /Xinhua Spain will allo

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Half of youth aged 16-19 in Toronto receive first dose of COVID jab

FILE photo: A man in Toronto, Canada walks to the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. /Xinhua As of Saturday morning, more than 50 percent of youth aged 16 to 19 years old in Toronto had received a first

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Rwanda, Egypt seek to enhance military cooperation

Rwanda and Egypt have been working on ways to strengthen bilateral ties and further mutual interests in economy and trade, as well as defence and security. /Xinhua The Chief of Staff of the Eg

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China successfully launches Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft

01:26 China successfully launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 on Saturday, which is scheduled to dock with the space station core module Tianhe to deliver supplies,

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Egyptian court delays hearing in Suez container ship compensation case

An Egyptian court on Saturday postponed a hearing in a compensation case filed by the Suez Canal authority against the owners of a container ship that blocked the canal for six days in March, giv

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Roadside bomb hits university bus in eastern Afghanistan, killing 4

At least four people were killed and 11 others wounded after a roadside bomb hit a university bus in Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province on Saturday, an Interior Ministry official said. Source(s):

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. /Xinhua Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Ba

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Libya, Italy, Malta, EU discuss cooperation on illegal immigration

An overcrowded boat overturns with migrants it carried desperately struggling in waters off the Libyan coast, May 25, 2016. /CFP Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Friday met with he