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More areas in Hebei's Shijiazhuang raise COVID-19 alert level

Shijiazhuang City in north China's Hebei added nine medium-risk COVID-19 areas, in addition to one high-risk region, the Gaocheng district, local health commission anno

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Pence rejects Trump's call to block Biden win confirmation

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. /VCG The United States Vice President Mike Pence has rejected President Donald Trump's demand that he blocks the confirmation of Joe Biden's election as the nex

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U.S. Congress convenes to formally count Electoral College votes

VCG The U.S. Congress convened in a joint session Wednesday afternoon to formally count the Electoral College votes cast in the 2020 presidential election.This is the final step in certifying

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Polls open for Georgia Senate runoff elections

U.S. state of Georgia polls open on Tuesday for the all-important Senate runoff elections, the races that will decide which party controls the upper chamber.Democrats need to win both seats to split

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Zimbabwe starts 30-day lockdown regulations as infections spike

A worker disinfects a bus in Harare, Zimbabwe on Dec. 31, 2020. /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The Zimbabwean government plans to start 30 days of lockdown regulations following an increase of c

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Nationwide Covid memorial announced as part of Biden inauguration

The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Thursday that it would host a nationwide memorial honoring those who have died from the coronavirus the day before Presid

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Argentina's economy in 2020, a year in review

02:48 The pandemic has brought about the largest economic decline for Latin America in over a century. For countries like Argentina, the regions third economy and which were already in

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Democrats Ossoff and Warnock each rake in over $100 million in knife-edge Georgia Senate battle

Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have each raise more than $100 million ahead of their Georgia run-off elections.Mr Ossoff raised a record $106.8 million for hi

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Architecture: When East meets West

28:45 For quite a long time, the concept of harmony between man and nature deeply influenced Chinese architecture. But with modernity and globalization, has that changed? What influenc

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Venezuela receives ninth planeload of medical supplies from China

Workers unload medical supplies from China at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in La Guaira, Venezuela, on December 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Marcos Salgado) Venezuela on Tuesday received the n

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China adds new vessel to marine geophysical research fleet

Shiyan 6, China's first scientific research vessel focusing on geophysical exploration. /CFP An oceangoing geophysical research ship was added to China's fleet of marine research vessels on Fr

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Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine jab on Monday

Joe Biden and his wife Jill. /Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden will receive their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine publicly on Monday, according

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U.S. Vice President Pence, wife get vaccinated

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House on Friday, in an attempt to build confidence among the American people on the vaccine's saf

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U.S. Vice President Pence, wife get vaccinated live on television

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House on Friday, in an attempt to build confidence among the Ameri

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Troubles rise for China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s top chipmaker, is under mounting pressure as reports of its CEO’s looming departure and a potential U.S. sanction conc

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Pakistani government pins hope on Chinese vaccine

The Pakistani government pins hope on Chinese vaccine, Dr. Javed Akram, vice chancellor of Lahore's University of Health Sciences, told DW last Wednesday."We think the Chinese vaccine would be ava

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China's Supreme People's Procuratorate decides to arrest Ren Hua

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate, the national prosecuting agency, has decided to arrest Ren Hua, former vice chairperson of the government of the Xinjiang Uygur