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Festivities ahead of the Lunar New Year in Singapore amid COVID-19

People visit the "Dahlia Dreams" floral display in Singapore with face masks on Sunday.The display is the part of the Lunar New Year celebrations held at the Flower Dome

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Bomb explosion rocks hotel in Somali capital

A suspected suicide car bomb explosion occurred near a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Sunday.Police say al-Shabab group stormed the hotel but that most of the peo

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Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as Vietnam's communist party chief

The 13th Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee on Sunday re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong as the party's general secretary for his third term, Vietnam News Agency reported. Source(s): Xinhua New

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Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as Vietnam's communist party chief

The 13th Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee on Sunday re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong as the party's general secretary for his third term, Vietnam News Agency reported. Source(s): Xinhua New

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10 dead, 1 missing in east China gold mine

Ten miners have been confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for one missing miner trapped in a gold mine in east China's Shandong Province, authorities said on

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100 people detained in Amsterdam after lockdown protest

00:38 Police detained over 100 protesters in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Sunday, firing water cannons and sending in dogs to disperse a protest against the coronavirus lockdown restricti

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Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa wins new term

Portuguese incumbent President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was re-elected in Sunday's presidential elections, official preliminary results suggest.With 89.56 percent of votes counted, the center-right Re

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Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Sunday, adding that his symptoms were mild and that he was receiving medical treatment.

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Heavy snow hits London

(Scroll to the right to see more)Heavy snow hits London on Sunday. Conditions are set to become more hazardous going into the final week of January with weather warni

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Thousands of Brazilians protest over government's handling of COVID-19

(Scroll to the right to see more)Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets for a second day on Sunday to protest against the government's response in combating COVID-1

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Egypt begins rolling out COVID-19 vaccines

00:16 The first two frontline medical workers in Egypt have received their first shot of the Chinese Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday. Thevaccineis currently free for medical wor

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UNCTAD report: China becomes largest FDI recipient in 2020

People visit the renovated East Nanjing Road Walkway in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 12, 2020. /Xinhua Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to China rose by 4 percent to 163 billion U.

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UAE cabinet approves establishing UAE embassy in Israel's Tel Aviv

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s cabinet has approved the establishment of a UAE embassy in Israel's Tel Aviv, the UAE government said on Sunday via Twitter.

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U.S. to work with Israel to build on regional normalization agreements

The Biden administration will work closely with Israel on regional security issues and to build on the country's regional normalization agreements, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan

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Kuwaiti Emir appoints Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as PM

The Kuwaiti Emir has appointed Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as the country's prime minister, Kuwait News Agency reported on Sunday.

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COVID-19: UK Health Secretary Hancock says self-isolating until Sunday

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday via Twitter that he is self-isolating and "will be staying at home and not leaving at all until Sunday.""We all have a part to play in getting th

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Russian judge jails Kremlin foe Navalny for 30 days initially

A Russian judge on Monday ruled that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny should be held in custody for 30 days until February 15, his spokeswoman said on Monday via social media, a day after he was detaine