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Wang Yi calls on ASEAN Plus Three cooperation amid COVID-19 pandemic

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for more cooperation among ASEAN Plus Three (APT) to face new challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic as he attended the Association of Southeast

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Kabul hit by powerful explosion, gunfire, at least three dead

A powerful blast followed by sporadic gunfire hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday near the city's heavily fortified "Green Zone", an area home to government buildings and foreign embassies

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Scotland to lift most remaining legal COVID restrictions next week

FILE PIC: Scotland will lift most of its remaining coronavirus restrictions next Monday. /Xinhua Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will lift most of its remaining coronavirus restric

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UN: 118 civilians injured, 40 killed in S. Afghanistan

A total of 118 civilians were injured and 40 killed within the last 24 hours as the Taliban and the Afghan Army clashed in southern Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, the United Nations Assistance Mission in

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Wang Yi: China provides over 190m vaccine doses to ASEAN members

China has provided over 190 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said while att

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Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated as Iranian president

Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as president of Iran on Tuesday, after receiving the approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a ceremony broadcast live on state television.In a speech durin

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Demonstrations in Rome over "Green Pass" COVID-19 documentation

Click arrows to view gallery Protestersgathered in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on Tuesday to demonstrate against the Green Pass plan. Some protesters removed police-i

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ROK, DPRK hold daily liaison phone call after nearly 14 months

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) held their daily liaison phone call on Wednesday after a nearly 14-month suspension, reported Yonhap, citing the unifi

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Cloud, business services lift Microsoft earnings

Microsoft on Tuesday reported a jump in profits in the recently ended quarter, keeping strong momentum from accelerated gains in cloud computing during the pandemic.Pro

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Anti-epidemic film 'Chinese Doctors' stays atop Chinese box office

Domestic anti-epidemic-themed movie Chinese Doctors continued to top Chinese box office chart on Tuesday, China Movie Data Information Network reported Wednesday.The movie pocketed nearly 37.4 million

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Madagascar president survives assassination attempt

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina flashes a two-finger salute, in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, September 2, 2009. /Reuters Madagascar President Andry Nirina Rajoelina has survived a

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin capsule completes successful flight

03:00 "Best day ever!" Those were the words of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as he touched down in the West Texas desert on Tuesday.On this 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a

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Bucks beat Suns at home to win NBA Championship again after 50 years

The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, winning the series 4-2 and claiming their second championship in franchise history.

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Jeff Bezos takes test flight for commercial space travel

03:23 First it was Richard Branson, now Jeff Bezos.10 days after the founder of VirginGalacticmade his first trip into space, the founder of Amazon is preparing to do the same.Bezos and

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Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos launched into space

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, was launched into space aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Tuesday, nine days after his rival Richard Branson reached the edge of space on board a V

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IOC approves adding "together" into Olympic motto

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved adding "together" into the Olympic motto.The decision to add "together" into the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger" was unanimously app

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Rockets land near Afghan presidential palace: report

Several rockets landed near the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul during the Eid festival prayers attended by Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and other dignitaries on Tuesday, according to s