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Palestinian officials: Israel killed Al Jazeera reporter

The Palestinian Authority on Thursday said its investigation into the shooting death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh proves she was deliberately killed by Is

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Microsoft hires key Apple engineer to design server chips

Microsoft hired a key Apple engineer to design its own chips for its servers, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.The softw

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Xi encourages Yunnan rural vitalization, border stability

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday encouraged officials in local villages in southwest China's Yunnan Province to continue working on rural vitalization under the guidance of the Communist Part

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A docuseries on the Inspiration4 mission is coming to Netflix

Inspiration4 is getting its own documentary. Netflix said Tuesday it would be releasing a five-part series on the mission, its first documentary to cover an event “in near real-time,” in five parts in

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China's Chen Lijun wins men's 67kg weightlifting gold medal

Chinese veteran Chen Lijun, who pulled out of the men's weightlifting event because of leg cramps at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and has since struggled with in

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Lukashenko orders closure of Belarus border with Ukraine: BelTA

Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered the closure of the border with Ukraine on Friday, seeking to block what he called an inflow of weapons to coup-plotters detected by his security services,

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Chinese war epic TV series 'Decisive Victory' to debut June 25

A poster of the TV series "Decisive Victory." /CMGChina Media Group (CMG) announced Thursday the release of Chinese war epicTV series "Decisive Victory" on June 25.Sche

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American man, son admit helping Carlos Ghosn flee Japan

Carlos Ghosn reacts during a news conference in Paris, France, September 15, 2017. /Reuters An American man and his son on Monday admitted in a Tokyo court that they illegally helped former Ni

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Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita sworn in as transitional president

Colonel Assimi Goita attends the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana, September 15, 2020. /Reuters Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn in

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Astra to acquire electric in-space propulsion company Apollo Fusion

Astra, the space launch startup with plans to go public via a SPAC merger, will acquire electric propulsion maker Apollo Fusion, the company said Monday. Electric propulsion systems are effective at m

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China-aided Africa CDC project running smoothly, says expert

Construction work on the China-aided future headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is running "very smoothly with full force," a long-serving African Un

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Rebirth of an ancient art

When Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in May 2001-the first entry from China on that list, many Chinese people probably wonder

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SpaceX launched 52 more Starlink satellites to orbit on Saturday

SpaceX successfully launched another 52 Starlink internet broadband satellites into orbit on Saturday, less than one week after it sent up the last batch. A small satellite from startup Capella Space

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Scholar: Eastern Asian countries more competent at handling COVID-19

04:12 Governments' management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Asian countries provided valuable lessons to a more efficient global governance, a leading scholar and veteran diplomat

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SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit

00:24 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbiton Wednesday, pushing the total launched to date to 1,445. Thousands more are planned a

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NBA opens probe after Jeremy Lin says he was called 'coronavirus'

The National Basketball Association (NBA)'s developmental G League has launched an investigation after Jeremy Lin said he was called "coronavirus" during a game.In a Facebook post on Friday, Lin talk

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Alexey Navalny convicted of slander by Russian court

Putin critic Alexey Navalny has been convicted of slander by a Russian court, the state-run RIA Novostri says.The court found Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent opponent, guilty of defaming a W