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Indonesia navy declares lost sub sunk, all 53 aboard dead

Indonesia’s navy on Saturday declared its missing submarine had sunk and cracked open, killing 53 crew members aboard, after finding items from the vessel over the past

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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southwestern Iran

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook southwestern Iran along the Persian Gulf on Sunday, followed by over a dozen aftershocks, state TV reported.At least five people were i

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Season's greetings: Luoyang begins its annual peony celebration

01:55 Large and plump, bright petals, peony flowers are in full bloom every spring from April to May in China.At this time, Luoyang, a city in central China'sHenan Prov

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Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal resembles Trumpian tendencies

Kandahar Air Field, a NATO-led coalition forces' military base, in Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 15, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Thomas O. Falk is a London-based pol

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Western Australia braces for 'worst case scenario' as cyclone Seroja nears

Authorities in Western Australia were urging residents of its Mid West coast to find safe shelter or leave on Saturday as cyclone Seroja barrelled towards a coastal reg

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Massive chip shortage exposes vulnerability in the global supply chain

Last week, Stellantis, Nissan and Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio joined an array of other car manufacturers in announcing new production cuts as the global supply of semiconductor chips is runnin

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Banks and insurers to face toughest cyber stress tests to date

The Financial Policy Committee will allude to the cyber resilience tests in its quarterly report on Friday, Sky News learns.

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China-Russia relation: An example to follow

/VCG Editor's note:Danil Bochkov is an expert with the Russian International Affairs Council.He graduated cum laude with a master's degree in economics from MGIMO-University under the Ministry

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It's now high time for the U.S. to take China's olive branch

VCG Editor's note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. Th

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MIT’s insect-sized drones are built to survive collisions

Insects are a lot of things – but fragile they’re not. Sure, most can’t withstand the full force of a human foot, but for their size, they’re evolve to be extremely rugged and resilient. Insect-

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Virus related to SARS-CoV-2 found in bats in Southeast Asia

It is the world's most pressing scientific puzzle. Pieces are scattered around the world in search of a suspect in the largest health crisis to ever hit the globe in the past century.The first docume

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Severe weather, blackouts shows the grid’s biggest problem is infrastructure, not renewables

It’s becoming harder for the U.S. to ignore the very real effects of global climate change — and despite the efforts of naysayers, it’s not a push to renewables that’s to blame

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How to tackle vulnerable countries' triple crisis

Editor's note: Manish Bapna is executive vice president and managing director of the World Resources Institute. Muhammad Musa, executive director of BRAC International, is a member of the Global C

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Air travel down 60 percent as airline industry losses top $370 bln

A new UN air transportation agency report confirms there was a "dramatic" fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60 percent over the course of last year, to levels last seen

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Researchers simulate lunar surface on Earth for Chang'e-5 mission

VCGAs millions of people watched the lander-ascender combination of China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft touched down successfully on the moon surface and unfolded its solar pa

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Wintersweet flowers bloom in Beijing

Wintersweet flowers are captured in full bloom at one of the Beijing's famous ancient Buddhist temples, Wofo Temple. /CFPIn China, the wintersweet flower is widely admi

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China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander successfully lands on the Moon

Chinese state news agencies are reporting a successful landing of the Chang’e-5 lunar robotic lander, which will seek to return lunar rock samples back to Earth. The launch took off on November