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Nigerian businessman takes fight against malaria to Antarctica

Nigerian businessman Ned Nwoko plants Nigeria flag at the South Pole.Courtesy: Ned Nwoko/Instagram Ned Nwoko, founder and president of Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation (PNNF), a humanitarian group,

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Nearly all big U.S. company CFOs predict economic downturn in 2020

Ninety-seven percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) at North America's big companies say some form of U.S. economic downturn could come by the end of 2020, according to a new survey released Thur

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U.S. senators told to stop "meddling" in Philippine affairs

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's aides on Friday told some members of the United States Senate to stop "meddling" in Philippine affairs, reminding the U.S. that the Philippines is an independe

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Shanghai attracts record foreign capital in 2019

An estimated 19.05 billion U.S. dollars of foreign capital entered Shanghai in 2019, a new high in the city's history, the municipal government said Friday. An average of over 52 million U.S. dollar

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​New sculptures unveiled in Xi'an to showcase Qin civilization

The large-scale sculpture "The Pace of the Qin People" was unveiled in the central area of the Qin civilization Garden in Xixian New Area, Xi'an city in Shaanxi province on Jan. 8, 2020. "The Pa

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Burning Kangaroo Island: not only koalas are suffering

01:19 Australian bushfires are claiming everything in their way, putting wildlife concerns in the center of the attention, namely koalas. Kangaroo Island, Australia's third-largest isl

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Tehran Asks Canada for Information on Ukrainian Plane Crash after Trudeau's Statement

A Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737-800 bound for Kiev crashed on 8 January just minutes into its flight, killing all 176 people on board, including nine

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Nigerian hospital separates conjoined twins

A Nigerian hospital confirmed on Tuesday the successful separation of conjoined twin girls, after several surgeries.The twins were conjoined at the chest and abdomen, Jaf Mommoh, chief medical dir

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Wall Street notches records on trade optimism, Apple gains

Major U.S. stock indexes registered record closing highs on Thursday as optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal firmed and as Apple and other market heavyweights posted strong gains. Also helping the

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French march in nationwide protest as pensions crisis continues

04:19 More than 40,000 people marched in Paris in the latest show of opposition to the government's plans to reform pensions. It formed part of a nationwide strike on Thursday that sev

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China unveils typical cases on food, drug safety

Chinese authorities unveiled 15 typical cases related to food and drug safety Thursday to provide guidance for severely punishing criminal acts endangering food and dr

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Egypt FM to visit Algeria over development in Libya

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is heading to Algeria over the recent escalations in Libya, said the country's Foreign Ministry in a statement on Thursday. "Sh

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Chinese university sets up neuroscience undergraduate majors

Zhejiang University on Thursday announced that it has set up two undergraduate programs in the field of neuroscience under the newly established school of brain scienc

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UN biodiversity meeting gets Chinese art style logo

Photo shows the logo for COP15. (Xinhua) The logo for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity was unveiled in Beijing on Thursday with distinctive Chine

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Ballard CEO applauds China's business environment, opportunities

As China has made advancements in protecting intellectual property (IP), foreign investors should not scare themselves away with IP worries from the world's biggest market, according to Randall MacEw

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BLCU's Belt and Road Academy established to promote sinology

The Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) officially establishes its new Belt and Road Academy to promote sinology and holds the first Belt and Road sinology and cultural development forum in

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Tibet sets up 490 weather stations to enhance meteorological disaster monitoring

A total of 490 automatic weather stations have been set up and put into operation in poverty-stricken areas across southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. These sta