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The Art of the Party: Red Crag

01:49 The southwestern city of Chongqing became the provisional wartime capital of the Republic of China in 1937, following a full-scale invasion by Japan.There, the Communist Party of

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Kabul, Taliban negotiators meet in Qatar as Afghan fighting rages

Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban met in Doha for talks on Saturday, as violence rages in Afghanistan with foreign forces almost entirely withdra

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Cosmic fireworks: New images reveal details of our galactic neighbours

Astronomers have captured dazzlingly colourful images of the Milky Way's galactic neighbours, enabling researchers to figure out exactly how star formation works.

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Teen in space! Dutch student to be youngest person to ever to leave earth's atmosphere

Bezos's Blue Origin craft will have no pilots on board as the systems are completely automated.

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A series of struggles and successes

The new documentary A Long Cherished Dream features Chang Kaiyong, secretary of a village Party branch committee, pursuing a xiaokang society. [Photo/China Daily] A grand picture of the times i

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Branson's space tourism flight is a landmark moment - but out of reach for most people

There was at least one Englishman with something to celebrate on Sunday night.It will go down in the life story of Sir Richard Branson as the day he was officially handed the title of astronaut after

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Ever Given container ship under way for departure from Suez Canal

The container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March left the position it had been anchored in for more than three months on Wednesday to depart the waterway after t

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Oil Surges to Six-Year High as OPEC+ in Crisis Mode

Oil jumped to the highest in more than six years after a bitter fight between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates plunged OPEC+ into crisis and blocked a supply i

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The air war in Afghanistan: Off target, twisted, illegal

Bagram Air Base, after all U.S. and NATO troops left, some 70 km north of Kabul, July 2, 2021. /CFP Editor's note:Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio a

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Three killed, five seriously injured in Germany knife attack

Three people were killed and five seriously injured in a knife attack in southern Germany on Friday by a 24-year-old Somali immigrant, described by officials as having

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'Something's out there': UFO researchers welcome release of Pentagon report into 'unidentified aerial phenomena'

The US government taskforce has been investigating sightings between US military personnel and unidentified flying objects.

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Scientists solve mystery of supergiant star Betelgeuse's 'great dimming'

The findings, by an international team of researchers, will affect the world's "understanding of the evolution of all stars".

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Rights group: Colombian police cause deaths of 20 protesters

An international monitoring group on Wednesday accused police officers in Colombia of responsibility for the deaths of 20 people and other violent actions against prote

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Eight people injured in Somali capital blast

At least eight people were injured after a landmine placed along the road went off in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police and witnesses said Saturday.A police officer who did not want to be ident

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Florida’s ban on bans will test First Amendment rights of social media companies

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a restriction on social media companies’ ability to ban candidates for state offices and news outlets, and in doing so offered a direct challeng

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Famous Japanese ballet dancer Mikiko Matsuyama dies at 98

Mikiko Matsuyama, a renowned Japanese ballet dancer who had made a great contribution to introducing the Chinese culture to Japan, died in Tokyo at the age of 98 on Saturday, Matsuyama Ballet said.In

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Investigation underway into causes of Israeli stampede that killed 45

Click arrows to view gallery An investigation into what caused the stampede resulting in the deaths of at least 45 Israeli worshipers at a religious festival in Mount Meron ear