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American democracy in the throes of violence

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America's rare earth vulnerability deepens

Rocky Smith, plant manager of Molycorp Inc. Mountain Pass rare earths mining and processing facility, holds a handful of rocks containing rare earth elements during a media tour in Mountain Pass,

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​Chinese company launches groundbreaking LED cinema system

A groundbreaking LED cinema system was installed at a Beijing cinema on Dec. 29, 2021, demonstrating the future of cinema projection technologies.Shenzhen Timewaying Technology's milestone LA2K-10

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Supercomputers could help prevent millions of deaths caused by antibiotic resistance

Each year, around 700,000 people worldwide die because of antibiotic resistant bacteria, with this number expected to increase to millions in the coming years.

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The end of BlackBerry: support for classic smartphone discontinued

BlackBerry rapidly lost market share to phones like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android-driven models. /AP Photo/Justin Sullivan. The company behind the once dominant BlackBerry has pulled its

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End of an era: Today is last day BlackBerry phones will ever work

The company itself now provides security software and had been maintaining support for the devices "as an expression of thanks" to loyal customers.

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A truly remarkable 2021 passed and a more promising 2022 ahead

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at the New Yea

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City promo video "Beijing of Dreams" makes a worldwide debut

05:16 "Beijing of Dreams," a promotional video presenting the charms of the Chinese capital city, was officially released on Friday.A launching ceremony was held in Han

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How China is helping to change the world for the better

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IOC president Bach confident of safe, secure Beijing 2022

IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during the 100-year anniversary of the IOC Executive Board at the Ancient Olympia, in southern Greece, one day before the flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing

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2021 in review: Sports stars who amazed the world, left their marks

Su Bingtian celebrates after clocking 9.83 seconds in the men's 100m semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 1, 2021. /CFP China's Su Bingtianetched his name in history when he

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Latest data shows Chinese economy is recovering

On October 18, China's National Bureau of Statistics announced the country's latest economic data in the third quarter of this year. The latest financial data has shown

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ESG investments are taking over the world. What about China?

Getty Editor's note:Djoomart Otorbaev is the former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, and a member of N

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Why does the U.S. knowingly and willingly slide down the hole of war?

Editor's note: The United States has been at war for more than 200 of its 245 years of existence. Between the end of WWII and 9/11 – barely 50 years – the U.S. initiated 201 conflicts that ravaged

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Thousands of flights canceled as Omicron hits Christmas holiday travel

Airline carriers globally scrapped at least 2,366 flights on Friday, which fell on Christmas Eve and is typically a heavy day for air travel, according to a running tal

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WHO chief: World must pull together to 'end pandemic' in 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on Monday for the world to pull together and make the difficult decisions needed to end the

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WHO: Omicron probably in most countries, vaccines less effective against severe COVID-19

The Omicron variant first detected in South Africa last month has now been reported in 77 countries and regions and is probably present in most worldwide, World Health