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U.S. inflation: Lumber prices

02:31 Prices in various sectors of the U.S. economy are on the rise these days, and among the areas seeing big increases is lumber. In fact, you might say the cost of wood products hasg

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More video released of 2019 arrest of Black motorist

01:55 New details are emerging in the death of a Black motorist stopped by police.Video from cameras worn by Louisiana State Police show the arrest of Ronald Greene.Police initially sai

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3 killed, 5 injured in U.S. Ohio shooting: Report

Three people were shot dead and five others injured at a bar in Youngstown, the mid-western U.S. state of Ohio, on early Sunday morning, according to a CNN report citing local police sources.

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Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash

Nigeria's army chief, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash on Friday on an official visit to the northern state of Kaduna, which has had security challenges in recent months, th

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U.S. Blinken plans visit to Middle East after Israel-Hamas ceasefire

U.S.Secretary of StateAntonyBlinken will meet with Israeli, Palestinian and other Middle Eastern counterparts, the State Department has announced.In a phone call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi As

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Russia takes over two-year term as rotating chair from Iceland

02:44 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Wednesday for the first high-level, face-to-face meeting since President Joe Biden took offic

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China extends exemption of additional tariffs on 79 U.S. products

China has announced the fourth extension of the exemption of additional tariffs for a list of 79 U.S. products from the second round of tariff countermeasures against the U.S., said the Customs Tarif

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Hong Kong, Singapore delay travel bubble for second time

The travel bubble between China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Singapore has been postponed again amid a spike of COVID-19 cases in the Southeast Asian city-state, the HKSAR sa

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China to chair UNSC meeting on Israel-Palestine situation

China, as the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for May, will hold a meeting on the Israel-Palestine situation on Sunday. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wa

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Lavrov, Blinken agree to meet in Reykjavik on May 20: Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and US Secretary of State Blinken has agreed to hold talks "on the sidelines" of the Arctic Council meeting on May 20. /Xinhua Russian Foreign Minister Sergei L

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'Not to contain China?' The U.S. should stop being hypocritical

02:45 At this year's G7 foreign ministers meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the U.S. was not seeking to "contain and hold down" China but simply to maintain inte

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Philippine President Duterte declares state of calamity nationwide

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of calamity nationwide until the end of the year due to an outbreak of African Swine Fever.

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Japan extends COVID-19 state of emergency to May 31

Japan on Friday extended the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until May 31 to curb a surge in novel coronavirus cases just months before the Tokyo Olympics.

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U.S. says Japan, S. Korea agree on UN resolutions for Korean Peninsula

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed on Wednesday with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the need to fully implement UN resolutions to protect the stability of the Korean Peninsu

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Blinken rejects claims of 'cold war' between China and U.S.: FT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the claims of "cold war" between China and the U.S. in an interview with the Financial Times, adding that he resisted "putting labels on most relations

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At least 20 critically injured in accident at Israel holy site

Dozens of people were injured, 20 of them critically, after a grandstand collapsed at a Jewish pilgrimage site in northern Israel, local rescue services said early Friday. Emergency services and ambu

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China slams EU report on COVID-19 disinformation

The Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) has slammed the European External Action Service (EEAS) for accusing China of disinformation regarding COVID-19. The mission said, "a disinformation rep