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UAE to set up anti-money laundering bodies

The UAE announced plans on Sunday to establish judicial bodies to prosecute money laundering and financial crime following increased monitoring by a global watchdog ded

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Biden nominates Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be first woman to lead U.S. Navy

President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an historic step that would break a gender barrier in the U.S. military by making her

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UK's Northern Ireland secretary, more ministers resign

Brandon Lewis has resigned as secretary of Britain's Northern Ireland after Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to step down from his position, Sky News reported Thurs

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UK summons French ambassador amid fishing row

Britain on Thursday said it had summoned France's ambassador in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights."We regret the confrontational language that has been

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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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PLA and firefighters step forward as record rainfall hits Henan

01:31 Record rainfall continues to bash Henan Province. The Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force dispatched their servicemen and equipme

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New Haiti govt to be formed Tuesday, Ariel Henry as PM: official

Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has run the country following the assassination of president Jovenel Moise, will step down and a new government will be formed with Ariel Henry as th

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Japanese musician to step down as Olympic composer

Japanese musician Keigo Oyamada, who admitted he had bullied his classmates decades ago, decided to step down as a composer for the Tokyo Olympics' opening ceremony, local media reported on Monday.

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COVID restrictions lifted in England

The UK government lifted daily pandemic restrictions in England on Monday, scrapping all social distancing in a step condemned by scientists and opposition parties.Starting midnight on Sunday, nightc

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Colombia turns to private sector to help in COVID-19 fight

02:28 AsColombia​looks to step up the pace of its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, it's turned to the private sector to play an important role. CGTN's Michelle Begue reports. Che

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Cuba greenlights local COVID-19 vaccine

02:16 Another big step forward in Cuba’s fight against the coronavirus. The country’s drug regulator​​ has given the ​green light for emergency use of one of five locally developed COVI

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Russia's Putin signs law to curb greenhouse gas emissions

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation on Friday that will require businesses to report their greenhouse gas emissions and has been described as Russia's first step towards carbon regula

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U.S. main fuel pipeline restarts operations after six-day shutdown

The operator of a main U.S. fuel pipeline that was forced to shut down for six days due to a cybersecurity attack said it had initiated the restart of the pipeline Wednesday afternoon.The Colonial Pi

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Russia to expel press secretary of U.S. Embassy

The press secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Rebecca Ross, is being expelled from Russia, Russian media outlet Kommersant reported on Wednesday.Rebecca was included in the list of ten American

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China hails U.S. easing COVID-19 restrictions on intl students

China on Wednesday said it is "a positive step" for the U.S. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on Chinese students and other international students traveling to the U.S. this fall.China hopes that the U.

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Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigns

Zimbabwe vice president Kembo Mohadi is seen at Singapore Casket, the funeral parlour where the body of the late former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, was being held in Singapore. /AFP Zimb

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2020 Run China marathon series symbolic of overcoming COVID-19

00:53 The Run China marathon series started from Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, ran through Shaoxing, Nanjing, Guangzhou and ended in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fu