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UK plans to bring forward petro and diesel car sales ban

Boris Johnson delivers a speech at the JCB Headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, Britain, January 18, 2019. /Reuters Photo Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035,

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Truecaller hits 200 million users

Truecaller, one of the world’s largest caller-identification service providers, has amassed 200 million monthly active users and is increasingly proving that it can turn a profit, it said Tuesday.In

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In defense of cosmopolitanism

Editor's Note: Andres Velascoisa former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The artic

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Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Swedish Left Party MPs

The Swedish teenage climate activist was also nominated in 2019 and was polling as one of the favourites in the Nobel race, but narrowly missed the prize.Greta Thunberg

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Backgrounder: Democratic candidates running for president in 2020 U.S. election

Voters of the Republican and the Democratic parties will cast their first votes in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, formally kicking off the 2020 U.S. presidential electio

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U.S.-Taliban talks tested at critical juncture

Afghanistan has been locked in an 18-year-long war and the peace talks initiated by the U.S. in 2018 have yet to produce tangible results. The current mood in the country is a speck of hope coupled w

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Remote work platforms attract new users as coronavirus spreads

Chinese business has turned to remote mode in recent days due to the impact of the coronavirus epidemic, which greatly stimulates the use of remote work platforms that are eyeing for more business

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An app tasked with reporting the results of the Iowa caucus has crashed

A smartphone app tasked with reporting the results of the Iowa caucus has crashed, delaying the result of the first major count in nominating a Democratic candidate to run for the U.S. presidency.The

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U.S. House managers, Trump's lawyers clash in closing arguments as impeachment trial nears end

U.S. House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump's defense team clashed Monday in their closing arguments of the Senate impeachment trial. In a four-hour session equally divided for both s

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Shanghai citizens volunteer to produce masks amid epidemic

Within 12 hours, 300,000 masks were produced by 20 volunteers in Shanghai, who had no experience working in plants before the novel coronavirus outbreak. As an effecti

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Brexit: Brussels rules and Canada agreements

Pro-Brexit supporters celebrate Brexit outside Stormont in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Britain, January 31, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Richard Fairchild is an associate professor a

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UN Security Council to hear briefing from Kushner on controversial Mideast peace plan

The Security Council will hear a briefing behind closed doors from Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's senior adviser, on the U.S.-proposed Middle East peace p

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China attaches great importance to security of Beijing Winter Olympics: envoy

China's UN envoy said Monday the Chinese government attaches great importance to the security of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in 2022. China's Permanent Representa

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Experimental HIV vaccine regimen proves ineffective

The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced Monday that the four-year clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen proved ineffective. NIAID has stop

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WHO praises China's effective control measures, calls for world preparedness, not panic

World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday spoke highly of China's effective control measures to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, and called on all countries to i

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APD | China's resilience sets to fight against coronavirus

By writer Imdad Hussain Editor's note: Imdad Hussain currently works as Senior Producer and reporter at state-run Television based in Islamabad, having experience of mo

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APD | China's resilience sets to fight against coronavirus

By writer Imdad Hussain Editor's note: Imdad Hussain currently works as Senior Producer and reporter at state-run Television based in Islamabad, having experience of mo