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DPRK accuses U.S. of interference in inter-Korean relations

Kwon Jong Gun, director general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, told the official Korean Central News Agency that it was ridiculous for Wash

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George Floyd's death triggers police legislation changes at all levels

Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, reacts as he describes the pain of losing his brother as he testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practice

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Update: China releases article exposing "U.S.-style human rights" crisis magnified by COVID-19

Photo taken on May 29, 2020 shows the White House in Washington D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Thursday issued an

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World Bank: Elevated extreme poverty to persist through 2021

Economic growth rates will be eclipsed by population growth in countries with the biggest shares of the world's poor, the World Bank says, meaning extreme poverty won't decrease in 2021. /AFP

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China's Wangfujing group wins duty-free retail license

Night view of Wangfujing Street. /VCG Photo The parent company of one of China's largest department store chains said on Tuesday that it had been granted a government license for duty-free ret

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Cathay Pacific plans to repay HKSAR government over 3-5 years

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER plane lands at Hong Kong Administrative Region, China August 14, 2019. /Reuters Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said it expects to repay the Hong Kong Special Admi

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China Telecom urges the FCC not to revoke ability to operate in U.S.

China Telecom Corp's U.S. unit urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to revoke the company's nearly two-decade old authorization to provide international telecommunications services t

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UK, Japan free trade talks kick off

Britain and Japan launched free trade negotiations Tuesday as the two large economies seek to seal a post-Brexit deal, said British Secretary of State for Internationa

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U.S. COVID-19 deaths could reach over 145,000 by August

People wearing masks on the street, Los Angeles, U.S., March 27, 2020. /VCG University of Washington researchers estimated on Monday that 145,728 people could die of COVID-19 in the United Sta

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U.S. decision to withdraw troops from Germany "unacceptable"

FILE PHOTO: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. /REUTERS Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic ties has criticised U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops from

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US Attorney General denies Trump wanted 10,000 troops to quell unrest

The United States of America, Attorney General William Barr on Sunday denied that President Donald Trump wanted 10,000 active duty troops sent onto the country's streets to quell the protests. /R

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Israelis protest Netanyahu's annexation plan

Several thousand Israelis demonstrated on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the occupied West Bank, de-facto

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German documentary condemns Washington's irresponsibility in dealing with pandemic

The German public broadcaster ZDF aired a documentary criticizing the U.S. administration's irresponsibility in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The documentary,

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'We can't take much more': Protests swell in U.S.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end to racism and brutality by U.S. law enforcement as protests over the police killing of

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'We can't take much more': Protests swell in Washington, other cities

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end to racism and brutality by U.S. law enforcement as prote

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Trump directs U.S. troops reduction in Germany: media

U.S. President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to reduce U.S. military presence in Germany by September, U.S. media reported on Friday. Citing U.S. government offici

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Venezuela Urges France to Deliver Opposition Leader Juan Guaido, Reportedly in Hiding at its Embassy

Earlier, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro set of a succession of rumours after hinting that opposition leader Juan Guaido was “hiding from justice” at an undisclose