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Imagine Cup 2021: Who is the world champion?

02:48 Microsoft’s annual Build Developer Conference kicked off Tuesday.As part of the event, Microsoft announced the winners of itsImagine Cupglobal competitionfor students innovators i

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Kenya rolls out program to restore lost citizenship

Kenya's Minister of the Interior, Fred Matiang'i. /VCG Kenya on Tuesday launched a 60-day rapid results initiative (RRI) program to expedite the issuance of citizenship to persons who had lost

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New York prosecutors probing Trump convene grand jury

New York prosecutors have convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, suggesting they may have found evidence of a crime, local media reported on

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China's registered museums grow by 23.4% from 2016 to 2020

The number of China's registered museums increased by 23.4% from 4,692 to 5,788 during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), among which 5,214 were open to the public free of charge, accordi

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Xiaomi removed from U.S. blacklist

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was officially removed from a U.S. government blacklist of "Chinese military companies," said Xiaomi in a statement on WednesdayThe U.S.

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China replaces Germany as UK's biggest import market: ONS

China has replaced Germany as the UK's biggest single import market for the first time on record, partly fueled by demand for Chinese textiles used for face masks and PPE, according to the Office for

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Blinken says U.S. to reopen consulate in East Jerusalem

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday that his country will go ahead with the process of reopening its consulate in East Jerusalem and strengthen its ties with the Palestinian A

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DC Attorney General files antitrust suit against Amazon over third-party seller agreements

Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine announced a new antitrust suit against Amazon Tuesday, accusing the company of stifling competition by exerting control over

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Egypt reduces compensation claim on Ever Given to 550 mln USD

An Egyptian court in April ordered the owners of Ever Given to pay 916 million U.S. dollars in compensation. /AFP Egypt offered to cut its compensation claim down to 550 million U.S. dollars a

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Power station fire leaves thousands without electricity in Queensland

An explosion and fire at the Callide Power Station in central Queensland, Australia, left thousands of households and businesses without power on Tuesday, local media ABC News reported.Electricity ha

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Beijing recommends avoiding cross-border travel due to COVID-19

China's foreign ministry on Tuesday recommended that Chinese citizens avoid unessential cross-border travel, citing the still severe COVID-19 situation around the world

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Iran announces 7 qualified candidates to run for presidency

Iran's Interior Ministry on Tuesday announced the names of seven qualified candidates to run for Iran's upcoming presidential election.The list includes Saeed Jalili, Ebrahim Raisi, Mohsen Rezaei, Al

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Ukraine to ban flights to Belarus from Wednesday: PM

Ukraine will ban flights to and from Belarus from Wednesday and prevent passengers arriving from the country from transiting through its airports, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said in a statement on

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Lithuania bans all flights from crossing Belarus' airspace

Lithuania on Monday said it would not authorize any departing or arriving flights that cross Belarusian airspace, a day after Belarus forced a Vilnius-bound plane to land and arrested a journalist on

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Moscow Will Take Steps to Respond to Diplomat Expulsion From North Macedonia

The expulsion of a Russian diplomat from North Macedonia will certainly affect the bilateral relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, warning that it w

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North Macedonia's president gets Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine shot

North MacedoniaPresidentStevo Pendarovski received his first shot of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in the city of Kumanovo on Tuesday.He said vaccines are the only safe a

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Uganda reopens int'l airport after fire outbreak

Uganda on Tuesday reopened its Entebbe International Airport after operations were temporarily suspended following a fire outbreak earlier in the day, the country's aviation regulator said. /Xinh