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Tanzania to hold general elections on October 28

Tanzanians attend a rally by Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) on 6 July 2020, /Photo courtesy: CCM - Twitter. Tanzania will hold its general elections on 28 October, the country's electoral body anno

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Marriages down, divorces up in EU: statistics

New patterns of family formation continue to encroach upon more traditional family models in the European Union (EU), according to the latest statistics from Eurostat,

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China donates nearly 300,000 face masks to Sri Lankan schools, Election Commission

China has donated nearly 300,000 face masks to Sri Lankan schools, universities and the country's Election Commission, as the island nation prepared for school reopeni

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Supreme Court orders Trump financial records released to prosecutors

The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump must hand over financial records to prosecutors in New York.In a 7-2 ruling, the court said the president does not have absolute imm

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Would a Universal Basic Income avoid worker bailouts and end poverty?

06:09 Financial aid to workers during the coronavirus outbreak has raised the question of whether a Universal Basic Income (UBI) could be the answer to poverty.Prof Matt Smith, from th

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England scraps quarantine for select 'low risk' countries, regions

00:53 Britain has unveiled a list of more than 50 countries and regions around the globe that are deemed "low risk" and could be exempt from the 14-day travel quarantine upon arriving

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Mega hydropower project in SW China starts operation

The first group of electricity-generation units at the Wudongde Hydropower Station in southwest China, set to be the country's fourth and the world's seventh largest,

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State Council appoints secretary-general of Committee for Safeguarding National Security of HKSAR

The State Council on Thursday appointed Chan Kwok-ki as secretary-general of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative R

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Canada extends ban on most foreign travellers to July 31

Canada has extended the current ban on international travellers until July 31, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Tuesday. "The Government of Can

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Int'l airlines resuming flights to China amid relaxed COVID-19 restrictions on aviation

International airlines are resuming flights to the Chinese mainland as China has eased its COVID-19 restrictions on aviation. On Wednesday, German airline Lufthansa resumed scheduled flights between

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Kyrgyzstan ratifies amending protocol on Russia's military base in Kant

President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov on Monday signed into law a protocol on making amendments to the agreement between Kyrgyzstan and Russia on the status and

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2 more Trump campaign staffers at Tulsa rally test positive for coronavirus

Video: "Testing is a double-edge sword... Slow the testing down, please," U.S.President Donald Trump tells his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20, 2020. (Xinhua)The n

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UN rights body adopts China-sponsored resolution on mutually beneficial cooperation

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a China-sponsored resolution, calling upon all countries to uphold multilateralism and work together to promote mutually beneficial cooperation in the fi

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DPRK preparing anti-South Korea leaflet campaign: KCNA

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is preparing to launch an information campaign against its southern neighbor, the official Korean Central News Agency (

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DPRK ready to distribute leaflets to S. Korea: media

People in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are ready to distribute large quantities of leaflets to South Korea in retaliation for the latter's hurting

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2nd donation of medical supplies from Chinese gov't arrives in Guinea-Bissau

A second donation of medical supplies from the Chinese government to Guinea-Bissau arrived Thursday at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira International Airport. This batch of equipment, including 10,000 test ki

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The young Swiss woman fighting COVID-19 as a soldier

03:47 Sheryl Grubenmann, a girl from Switzerland who works as a caretaker in her everyday life was called upon by the Swiss Army to join the fight against COVID-19 due to the shortage