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S. China's Guangxi suspends cross-border passenger transport

South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued a circular Friday calling off the cross-border road passenger transport and international waterway passenger transport services. The move aims to

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Over 4,000 people affected by earthquake in SW China's Sichuan

Over 4,000 people have been affected in Shiqu County in southwest China's Sichuan Province as a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the area on Wednesday, local authorities s

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Lockdown to be lifted for 'low COVID-19 risk' regions around Wuhan

More than 80 percent of the cities and counties around Wuhan have been permitted to terminate the weeks-long lockdown, announced health officials in Hubei Province, where Wuhan is located."For counti

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At least 43 people killed in attacks in northern Burkina Faso

FILE PHOTO: Burkina Faso soldiers patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area. Luc Gnago, /Reuters At least 43 people were killed and six others injured after unknown gunmen attacked at l

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Beijing steps up health campaign

Beijing has stepped up efforts in its health campaign, with some 300,000 workers dispatched and more than 150,000 sanitation infrastructures cleaned, local authorities

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At least 24 killed by militiamen in northeast of DRC

File photo taken on June 13, 2019 shows people in a refugee camp in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At least 60 people have been killed in tribal clashes in Itur

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All counties in Shanxi, Henan shake off poverty

A total of 17 new counties in northern China's Shanxi Province have been removed from China's list of impoverished counties, marking all of its 58 impoverished countie

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All counties in central China province shake off poverty

Another 14 counties in central China's Henan Province have been removed from the country's list of impoverished counties, local authorities said Friday. This means all

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Why do 'overflowing' wild boars need to be protected?

On February 24, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which is China's top legislature, adopted a decision banning illegal wildlife trade and the consumption of wild anim

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Virus-hit Italy may get EU reprieve over debt

European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni attends a news conference on public finances in EU states at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 26, 2020. /Reuters

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Virus-hit Hubei to provide further help for stranded passengers

Authorities in Hubei, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, issued a statement on Tuesday to provide further help for stranded passengers and those in need.

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Indian gov't to facilitate doubling of milk processing capacity by 2025

Indian government Tuesday said it was continuously working towards increasing milk productivity through genetic improvement and reduction of input cost. "Special progr

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Victories in Aleppo "prelude" to rebels' defeat elsewhere: Syrian president

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Monday that the recent victory of the Syrian army in Aleppo province is a prelude to the major defeat of the rebels elsewhere. In

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Palestine urges int'l community to act against U.S. peace plan immediately

Palestine on Monday urged the international community to move against the U.S. Mideast peace plan, known as the "Deal of the Century," without delay. The Palestinian F

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China's Yunnan lifts 1.37 mln people out of poverty in 2019

About 1.37 million people bid farewell to poverty last year in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the local government said Monday. According to the provincial poverty

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Gunmen kill at least 30 in northwest Nigeria raid: police

Gunmen on motorbikes killed at least 30 people across two villages during a raid in northwest Nigeria, local police said. In a statement reaching Xinhua in Abuja on Sunday, the police in the northwes

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Coronavirus-hit city near Wuhan sacks derelict officials

Enshi in China's coronavirus-stricken province of Hubei punished eight government officials over incompetent control of the epidemic. Two township-level Party chiefs h