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IOC President Bach to run unopposed, likely to stay on until 2025

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach looks set to remain in office until 2025 after the IOC said on Tuesday that he will be the only candidate running in next year's preside

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Medable raises $91 million for its clinical trial management software

The clinical trial management software developer Medable has raised $91 million in a new round of financing as life sciences companies struggle with how to conduct the necessary validation studies of

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Saudi Arabia-Iraq border crossing opens for trade

FILE PHOTO: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faizal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al-Saud. /Getty Images The Arar border crossing was opened for trade by Iraq a

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Iran imposes new restrictions to stem virus spread

Ceremonies like weddings, wakes and conferences will be banned in the Iranian capital until further notice as the Middle East's hardest-hit nation battles a third wave of COVID-19, police said on

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Hong Kong's 'frozen' tourism industry seeks recovery

A HK Express airplane is prepared for boarding at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, October 15, 2020. /CFP Hong Kong is trying to rescue its "frozen" tourism industry by rel

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UN agency provides cash to help repair homes after Beirut's blasts

BEIRUT, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a cash assistance program aiming to help 11,500 families for repairing homes with 600 U.S. dollars each

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DPRK's Kim pledges thousands of new homes in storm recovery effort

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un promised to help typhoon-hit areas recover and to build at least 25,000 houses over the next five years, state media said on Wednesday.

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Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries including China next month

Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries and regions from November 1, which is the first reduction after the COVID-19 outbre

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Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries including China: media

Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries and regions from November 1, which is the first reduction after the COVID-19 outbreak, the Yomiuri newspaper repor

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Sri Lankan PM visits Chinese-built Colombo port

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa visits the Chinese-built project Colombo Port, along with Hu Wei, charge d'Affaires of the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka. /Xinhua Sri Lankan Prime Mi

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Wang Yi says China, Italy withstood test of COVID-19 pandemic

02:17 China's State Councilor andForeign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said the relations between China and Italy have withstood the test of the COVID-19 pandemic.Wang ma

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S. African national parks ready to receive visitors

File photo taken on Aug. 30, 2015, shows rhinos at the Kruger National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. (Xinhua/Gao Yuan)South African National Parkssays it is ready to receive visitors in the facilit

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Xi visits flood-affected residents in Anhui

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has visited flood-stricken residents in east China's Anhui Province. "I have always be

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S. African president announces further relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown

South Africa will further ease its COVID-19 lockdown restrictions so as to reopen more sectors of the economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday. The cabinet has decided to move to level t

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Lebanese gov't resigns after deadly Beirut blast

People visit the Port of Beirut after explosions in Lebanon, Aug. 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)Lebanon's prime minister announces resignation of his government followi

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Kuwait reports 651 new COVID-19 cases, 69,425 in total

Kuwait on Wednesday reported 651 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 69,425 and the death toll to 468, the Health Ministry sai

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Upgraded Tibetan-language search engine, input method software launched

An upgraded search engine app and input method software designed for Tibetan-speaking users have been officially launched, according to local authorities in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The