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One million lives lost and yet hope remains

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, March 9, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-b

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One million lives lost and yet hope remains

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, March 9, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-b

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Police, abortion rights campaigners clash in Mexico City

Activists clashed with police, who threw tear gas at protesters during a rally in Mexico City on International Safe Abortion Day. Demonstrators, clad in green bandanas, wielding

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South Africa seeks greater African role in UN Security Council

VCG Image South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged greater African representation at the UN Security Council as well as a stimulus package for the continent as it confronts Cov

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Prospect of more discoveries at Sanxingdui after 34 years

A revolving Sunbird chiseled on a round plate covered in gold foil, a bronze-made towering tree corresponding to the description in China's mythological classics such as Mountains and Seas, severa

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U.S.-Europe row as Pompeo triggers start of Iran sanctions 'snapback'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flanked by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft and U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook as he speaks to reporters following a meeti

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Police charge man with 3 murders after knife attack in English town

Police officers stand behind the cordon at the scene of multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain, June 21, 2020. /Reuters A suspect has been charged with three counts of murder over a knife atta

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Police declares UK stabbing a 'terrorism incident'

Police officers and their vehicles are seen at the scene of reported multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain, June 20, 2020. /Reuters Three people were killed, and several were seriously injure

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Lidar helps uncover an ancient, kilometer-long Mayan structure

Lidar is fast becoming one of the most influential tools in archaeology, revealing things in a few hours what might have taken months of machete wielding and manual measurements otherwise. The latest

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Trump’s executive order attacking social media companies faces its first legal challenge

An executive order from the White House targeting Twitter for moderating one of the president’s posts is being challenged in a new lawsuit from a digital rights group. The president signed the o

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U.S. protests in pictures

Protesters demonstrate outside of a burning fast food restaurant, early Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. In many U.S. cities, protesters have set police cars ablaze, smashed windows of b

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France's Macron hopes to secure Putin backing for UN truce plea

French President Emmanuel Macron said he has secured the agreement of three of the five permanent members of the United Nations' (UN) Security Council to back a call by the UN for a global ceasefire

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Knifeman in southern France kills 2 in attack on passersby

A man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in a town under lockdown south of the French city of Lyon Saturday, killing two people and wounding othe

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In first, UN Security Council approves resolutions remotely

The UN Security Council on Monday for the first time approved resolutions remotely after painstaking negotiations among diplomats who are teleworking due to the coronav

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Myanmar MPs reject bid to allow Suu Kyi to become president

Myanmar's parliament rejected on Wednesday a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to officially be