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Zambian president calls on businesses to embrace digital technology

Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, on November 20, 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia (Photo by Thomas Trutschel /Getty Images Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday called on the business community t

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April: China's forex reserves rise

China's foreign exchange reserves expanded to $3.1982 trillion at the end of April. /CFP China's foreign exchange reserves expanded to $3.1982 trillion at the end of April, official data showe

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China censures U.S. hearing on so-called Xinjiang human rights issues

China on Friday censured a U.S. Congressional hearing on the so-called human rights issues in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, saying that it is a deliberate e

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Uruguayan footballers vaccinate with Chinese Sinovac vaccine

Inoculated with China's Sinovac vaccine at a vaccination center in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 29, 2021. /CFP Uruguay's first division soccer players on Thursday began to get vaccinated against

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China's online sales boom during May Day holiday

A delivery man is preparing to deliver packages in northwest China's Gansu Province, March 30, 2021. /CFP China's online consumer market maintained robust growth during the five-day May Day ho

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Afghan capital hit by blackout as 2 power pylons damaged

Afghanistan's capital city Kabul was hit by blackout as two power pylons were destroyed in explosion on Friday, the country's Breshna Sherkat, the national power company, confirmed.The incident took

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Nordic analysis calls out propaganda nature of U.S. report on Xinjiang

A passenger walks on the platform of a metro station in Stockholm, Sweden, October 11, 2019. /Xinhua A Swedish report has seriously questioned a controversial U.S.-led report on northwest Chin

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China's service trade deficit continues to shrink in Q1

China recorded a service trade deficit of 66.69 billion yuan (about 10.3 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2021, down by 74.7 percent from the same period a year ago, data from the Minist

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U.S. official urges Iran to make 'political decision' on reviving deal

Official cars are seen outside Grand Hotel Wien after a session of Iran nuclear deal talks in Vienna, Austria, May 1, 2021. /Getty A senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday that

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Over 10M Turks receive two doses of COVID-19 jabs

A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 6, 2021. /Xinhua Over 10 million Turkish citizens have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the ongoing nation

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Dow hits record high as cyclicals rise on jobless claims data

The Dow Jones Industrials hit a record high on Thursday, as economically sensitive stocks rose after an upbeat weekly jobless claims report, while vaccine makers fell as President Joe Biden backe

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Somalia revives ties with Kenya after nearly six-month break

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo addresses the lower house of Parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia May 1, 2021. /Xinhua Somalia said on Thursday it was restoring diplomatic relations

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UN report sounds alarm over acute global shortage of midwives

Midwives demonstrate how to help a mother deliver a baby in Mbarara district, Uganda, on May 5, 2019. Uganda joined the rest of the world on Sunday to commemorate the International Day of the Mid

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Nurses, midwives in Uganda go on strike over payment

Nurses and midwives in Uganda on Thursday started their sit-down strike after they failed to reach a consensus with government over payment of their lunch allowance. /Xinhua Nurses and midwive

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Africa CDC: Indian COVID strain discovered in 3 African countries

Health workers collecting samples from a lady in India. /Xinhua The coronavirus strain circulating in India has been detected in three African countries, according to the head of the Africa Ce

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UK reports 13 COVID deaths, 2613 new cases as 16M now fully inoculated

FILE PHOTO: UK nurse. /Xinhua The UK has reported another 13 coronavirus-related deaths and 2,613 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data.The figures compared with

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China Int'l Consumer Products Expo opens in Hainan

The first China International Consumer Products Expo kicks off in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, May 6, 2021. /CFP The first China International Consumer Products Expo k