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Libraries enrich villagers as new skills are learned

Every Monday morning in Mentun village, locals gather in their rural library to share books and they are often joined by book lovers from nearby villages.After extensive renovations were completed a y

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Weav raises $4.3M to knit together a universal API for commerce platforms

Weav, which is building a universal API for commerce platforms, is emerging from stealth today with $4.3 million in funding from a bevy of investors, and a partnership with Brex.Founded last year by e

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NBA highlights on Apr. 25: KD returns again, reaps victory as usual

Kevin Durant (#7) and Kyrie Irving (#11) of the Brooklyn Nets hi-five each other in the game against the Phoenix Suns at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., April 25, 2021. /CFP The B

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Bangladesh bans travelers' entry from India

A health worker checks a passenger's temperature and pulse at a railway station platform amid the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2021. /Reuters Bangladesh has imposed a ban on t

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Most Chinese banking institutions safe from risks: central bank

The office building of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission in Beijing, China, October 25, 2018. /CFP The majority of China's financial banking institutions passed risk assess

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Kenya will not ease COVID containment measures despite cases decline

Kenya's cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Health Mutahi Kagwe. /Ministry of Health Kenya will not ease the current containment measures prematurely, the cabinet secretary of the Ministry o

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Back in the forefront: Prof. Chi-Chih Yao on Tsinghua's 110th birthday

Tsinghua University was born at a time of national danger and developed at the time of national rejuvenation, and has witnessed many generations of youths in the past 110 years.During this Chinese to

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Egypt signs deal with China to manufacture Sinovac vaccine locally

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (1st R) holds talks with Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang (2nd L) in Cairo, Egypt, April 21, 2021. /Xinhua Egyptian Holding Company for Biologi

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The dark-money tipping point

A man holds a sign before U.S. Supreme Court. /Getty Editor's note: Sheldon Whitehouse is a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. Hank Johnson is a U.S. Representative for Georgia's fourth congressi

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Peking Opera family opens museum in ancestral home

The descendants of a renowned family of Peking Opera performers have turned their ancestral home in Anhui province into an opera museum. The Peking Opera Grand Masters Hall was opened in Hongxing v

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Why the Boao Forum is more relevant than ever

The venue for a sub-forum of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference in Boao Town, south China's Hainan Province, April 17, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Yuan Sha is an assistant resea

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COVID-19: Expectant women in Kenya afraid to give birth in hospitals

04:14 In Kenya, pregnant women are among those who have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.A recent health ministry report suggests that a section of pregnant women, afraid

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Fauci expects use of J & J COVID-19 vaccine to be resumed in U.S.

FILE PHOTO: The United States' top infectious disease scientist Dr. Anthony Fauci during a past event. /VCG The top US pandemic advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said he expects the use of J

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SA's Table Mountain on fire, visitors, university campus evacuated

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a fire ravaging the slopes of Table Mountain and Signal Hill in gale force winds in Cape Town, South Africa. /Getty Images South Africa's popular tourism spot and

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California on the frontline of climate change

02:41 In the U.S. state of California, record temperatures have been recorded over the past year, as the state witnessed its worst wildfire season in recent history, along with increas

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Will U.S.' Afghan troop withdrawal ensure sustainable peace?

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani (C) takes an oath during his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 9, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow a

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Biden works to balance civil rights and criminal justice

On one end of Pennsylvania Avenue, he mourned with the family of a fallen police officer. On the other, he pledged to help end the epidemic of Black men being killed by