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President Xi to deliver 2022 New Year speech

Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a New Year address to ring in 2022 at 7 p.m. BJT (1100 GMT) Friday.The speech will be broadcast by major TV and radio channels

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A look at the winter sport Nordic Combined

01:43 It’s one of the originalsports of theWinterOlympicsbut also one of the least well-known.‘NordicCombined’ attracts athletes with a special combination of skills who can both ski-ju

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Liverpool miss chance to close gap at top, Spurs held by Saints

Players of Liverpool and Leicester City in action during a Premier League match in Leicester, England, December 28, 2021. /CFP Wasteful Liverpool missed the chance to close the gap with leader

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Elon Musk's SpaceX raises over $337 million in fresh funding

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $337.4 million in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.SpaceX, which counts Alph

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Alpine skiing: Kilde continues super-G domination with win in Bormio

(L-R) Raphael Haaser, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, and Vincent Kriechmayr celebrate at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Bormio, Italy, December 29, 2021. /CFP Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway won

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'All parts of society' called on to play their part in UK's National Cyber Strategy

"Being able to harness and nurture the skills and talents of the whole population is critical for our national security," the government has said.

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Ink master Qi Baishi's first NFT piece to be auctioned

One of Chinese ink painting master Qi Baishi's artwork has been digitalized and turned into an NFT (non-fungible tokens) art piece. It will be auctioned at a hotel in Shanghai on December 31.Qi

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Elon Musk's SpaceX raises over $337 million in fresh funding

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $337.4 million in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.SpaceX, which counts Alph

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Thousands of flights canceled on Christmas weekend

Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass cancellations and delays over Christmas weekend, as staff and crew call out sick

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UN Secretary-General urges more support for Lebanon

Visiting United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the international community to increase its support for Lebanon, Lebanese TV station al-Jadee

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Moon says South Korea not considering 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing Olympics: Yonhap

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that South Korea is not considering a "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yonhap reported.He was speakin

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Tornadoes kill at least 74 in Kentucky

At least 74 people in Kentucky have been confirmed dead after a barrage of tornadoes hit large parts of the U.S. state on Friday night and residents could be without he

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Tornadoes kill at least 74 in Kentucky

At least 74 people in Kentucky have been confirmed dead after a barrage of tornadoes hit large parts of the U.S. state on Friday night and residents could be without he

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UN chief Antonio Guterres accepts invitation to attend Beijing Winter Olympics

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, his spokesman has confirmed. "The secretary-general received an invitati

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Weibo opens 6% below issue price on Hong Kong debut

China's Twitter-like social media platform Weibo opened 6.1 percent below issue price in the debut of its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday

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Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday that Australia will join the U.S. in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns

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Omicron: WHO Chief slams countries restricting travel from Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Sunday slammed countries that have imposed travel restrictions on travelers from southern Africa