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Airbnb says will house 20,000 Afghan refugees globally for free

Airbnb will begin housing 20,000 Afghan refugees around the world for free, the company's Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky has announced on Twitter."The displacement and resettlement of Afghan re

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UN chief salutes world's Olympic athletes, highlights Olympic spirit

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday paid his respects to all the Olympic athletes around the world andthanked the people of Japan.Noting that the Olympic spirit brings humanity's best

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How are Mexico's electric cars addressing gender equality?

04:32 With the advent of electriccars, attitudes towards the environment are changing, as people seek greener solutions to preserve the planet. And in Mexico, one car company is seeking

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Peru to hold presidential elections in April amid COVID pandemic

02:24 Peruvians go to the polls on April 11, but polls show only one candidate has more than 10 percent of the potential vote.The same polls indicate that a third ofPeruvians aredissat

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Japan court decides prohibition of same-sex marriage unconstitutional

A court in Japan ruled on Wednesday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, Kyodo News reported.The lawsuit at the Sapporo District Court filed by three couples in Hokkaido was among five

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Colorado reports first known U.S. case of virus variant

An official from the U.S. state of Colorado announced on Tuesday the finding of the first known U.S. case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant that was first detected in the UK."Today we discov

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Emergency highway landing

00:20 A light aircraft made an emergency landing on an interstate highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota, with the plane making touchdown at the same speed of vehicles on the road. Tak

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Mexico's President plans to raffle off presidential jet

02:49 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his government is protecting the Mexican people from the coronavirus and at the same time fighting corruption.He still plans to

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How COVID-19 hit the auto industry in the U.S.

01:39 Sales of new cars sank when the pandemic hit the U.S. It dropped 45% in March, compared to the same month of 2019 according to research firm J.D. Power.The following months, sale

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TS overthrows AG dominance and wins the 2020 KPL Spring championship

TS GAMING defeated All Gamers (AG) 4-3 in the King Pro League (KPL) Spring Final in Shanghai on Saturday, breaking its embarrassing record of three-straight-losses to the same opponent and winning th

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China's producer prices down 1.5 pct in March

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, dropped 1.5 percent year on year in March, compared with a 0.4-percent decline

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Hubei reports zero new COVID-19 cases for 4th consecutive day

Central China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus in the country, reported zero new infections for the fourth straight day. According to the provincial health commission, five ne

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China, S. Korea establish COVID-19 cooperation mechanism

China and South Korea on Friday established a cooperation mechanism to fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic and held their first video conference on the same day.The mechanism, led by foreign

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One more virus-infected foreigner in China recovers: spokesperson

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases of foreign nationals in China stays the same, while that of cured and discharged cases has risen from seven to eight, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson s

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One more virus-infected foreigner in China recovers: spokesperson

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases of foreign nationals in China stays the same, while that of cured and discharged cases has risen from seven to eight, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson s

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Fourteenth case of coronavirus confirmed in U.S.

The 14th person has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to the country's Centers for Disease Control (CDC).The patient who is in California

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Just in: 9 people killed in air strikes in Syria

DAMASCUS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed on Sunday in air strikes in northwestern Syria, local media reported. Seven of those killed were from the same family in the northwestern provinc