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China's foreign trade rises 10.7% in first quarter

China's foreign trade jumped 10.7 percent to 9.42 trillion yuan ($1.48 trillion) in the first quarter of 2022 compared to a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesd

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Sri Lanka announces default on its external debt

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday that the country will default on its external debt, pending a bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).D

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Xi urges the world to make peace, promote talks in Ukraine crisis in talk with Boris Johnson

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the international community to commit to promoting peace and talks when dealing with the Ukraine crisis, calling to "create condition

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Iran 'temporarily' suspends normalization talks with Saudi Arabia: report

Iran has "temporarily" suspended normalization talks with Saudi Arabia, Iran's Press TV reported on Sunday.The Iranian side has "unilaterally and temporarily" suspended

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EU leaders to meet 'in coming days' to discuss Ukraine's membership application

European Union leaders will meet in the coming days to discuss Ukraine's application to join the bloc, the President of the European Council Charles Michel said in a tw

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China releases new quantum computing software

China has released a new quantum computing programming software named "isQ-Core" and deployed it to the country's superconducting quantum hardware platform.It represent

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, letting Biden nominate successor

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire, lawmakers said on Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden the opportunity to fulfill a campaign promise to appo

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Nvidia preparing to walk away from Arm acquisition

Nvidia Corporation is preparing to abandon its purchase of Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corporation after offering about $40 billion for the British company in 2020, Blo

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Djokovic's final legal battle on Australia deportation opens

World tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic launched a final bid on Sunday to avoid deportation from Australia over his COVID-19 vaccination status, as an emergency Federal Court

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China welcomes media from all countries to cover the Winter Olympics

China welcomes media from all countries to cover the Winter Olympic Games and will, as always, protect their rights and interests and will facilitate their reporting, s

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Kazakh state secretary says the country was under terrorist attack

In an exclusive interview with CGTN the Kazakhstan State Secretary Erlan Karinan said Kazakhstan has suffered from an international terrorist attack and the situation i

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Iran says disputes 'decreasing' in Vienna nuclear talks

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said Saturday that the disputes, or so-called "open parenthesis," are decreasing in the Vienna talks, the official IRNA

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Chinese mainland records 189 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland recorded 189 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 132 linked to local transmissions and 57 from overseas, data from the National Health Comm

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Tibet beefs up investment during 14th Five-Year Plan

A train station under construction in Tibet, November 30, 2020. /CFP Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region plans to invest 601.5 billion yuan (about $94.3 billion) during its 14th Five-Ye

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Chinese mainland records 91 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland recorded 91 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 41 linked to local transmissions and 50 from overseas, data from the National Health Commissi

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Community spread of COVID-19 'under control' in Xi'an: Officials

Shaanxi provincial government holds a press conference on COVID-19 control, January 4, 2021. /People's Government of Shaanxi Province The community spread of COVID-19 in Xi'an, capital of nort

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South Africa's parliament fire contained

A fire that has raged at South Africa's parliament for two days was finally contained on Tuesday, reported AFP citing firefighters.The parliament fire, which started early Sunday, was initially decla