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Vice premier stresses solid, prudent efforts in building Hainan free-trade port

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has called for advancing the construction of the Hainan free-trade port in a progressive manner and by making solid and prudent efforts.

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May PMI indicates continued recovery of China's economy

01:59 New numbers show that the Chinese economy continues to recover from the coronavirus-led lockdown that began in January.The official manufacturing PMI came in at 50.6 in May. That

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Russia Sends Note of Protest to US Over Police Use of Pepper Spray on RIA Novosti Reporter

The Russian Embassy in the United States sent a note of protest on Sunday to the Department of State after a Minneapolis police officer pepper-sprayed RIA Novosti repor

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American Airlines to cut management and support staff by 30%

FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Boeing 737 jet sits at a gate at Washington's Reagan National airport with the U.S. Capitol building in the background, in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2020. REUTE

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American Airlines says to cut management and support staff by 30%

American Airlines Group Inc must reduce its management and support staff by about 30 percent and may have to cut frontline employees as it downsizes due to the coronavirus pandemic, showed a letter t

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Adviser: Taiwan-funded enterprises should participate more in BRI

Skyline of Taipei, China's Taiwan region. /VCG Taiwan-funded enterprises should be encouraged to participate more in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), so as to maintain stability in foreign

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Pakistan plane crash black box found after 97 perished

Rescue crews have retrieved the data recorder from the Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed on Friday, killing at least 97 passengers and crew members. /REUTERS. Rescue crews hav

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Trump calls on churches to 'open right now'

US President Donald Trump. /REUTERS. At a White House press briefing, US President Donald Trump called on places of worship to "open right now" and said he had deemed them "essential"."In Amer

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Chinese lawmakers deliberate draft civil code

Chinese lawmakers started deliberating a draft civil code Friday at the annual session of the country's national legislature. Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing

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US Air Force F-35 crashes during ‘routine’ training flight in Florida, 2nd loss for base in several days

A US Air Force F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft was lost during a training mission in Florida. The incident comes just days after another military jet crashed near the

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Scientists went 'cuckoo' due to laughing gas from penguin poo

Nitrous oxide pollution is no laughing matter warn the scientists, who note it is a significant greenhouse gas.

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Yao Ming says cooperation with school sports can nurture basketball talent

President of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Yao Ming said on Tuesday that he hoped his association's cooperation with Chinese school sports governing bodies will nurture more basketbal

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South Sudan VP and his wife test positive for COVID-19

South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny have both tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement from the government office that was released Monday.The pr

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European ministers discuss joint roadmap for recovery

A common European economic recovery plan was in the focus of Friday's video conference of European ministers responsible for internal market and industry. The ministers discussed the Joint Roadmap fo

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China's Jilin appoints new Party chief for Shulan city

Zhang Jinghui, vice mayor of Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province, will concurrently hold the post of secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shulan

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Roundup: China, CEE countries exchange information on fighting COVID-19 via video conference

Senior health officials and experts from China and 17 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) held a video conference on Wednesday, exchanging information on the fight against the novel coro

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NDB swiftly issues assistance loan to India to help fight COVID-19

The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) announced on Wednesday it had issued an emergency assistance loan of 1 billion U.S. dollars to India to help the country fight the