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Spotlight: Record heat waves continue to scorch U.S. West

One month ago, the United States' Death Valley recorded a 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.3 degrees Celsius) temperature, the hottest on the planet since 2017 and one degre

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Unhealthy air quality declared due to smoke from wildfires in Southern California

Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2020 shows the dust cloud from the so-called Ranch 2 Fire in Los Angeles County, the United States. (Xinhua/Gao Shan)Los Angeles County public h

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Roundup: Over 150,000 Brits rush home from France before quarantine kicks in

Passengers from France by Eurostar arrive at St. Pancras International Station in London, Britain on Aug. 15, 2020. People arriving in Britain from France, the Netherla

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Russia does not seek to rejoin G7: Kremlin

Journalists work at the G7 summit press center in Biarritz, France, Aug. 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)According to Peskov, the G7 lacks global significance because it exc

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Spotlight: Hollywood insiders weigh in on future of U.S.-China co-productions

File photo taken on June 28, 2009 shows the Hollywood sign on the hill in Los Angeles, the United States. (Xinhua/Qi Heng)"There have been many peaks and valleys in th

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Vice premier stresses more targeted COVID-19 control in Beijing

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, checks the reserves of epidemic prevention ma

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South Sudan officials praise China's battle against COVID-19

Medical staff nurse a COVID-19 patient before transfer at the Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Xiang)South Sud

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Global COVID-19 cases top 7 mln - Johns Hopkins University

Handmade masks are on sale at a bakery near Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, France, May 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)The United States suffered the most from the pandemic, w

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Xinhua Special: China adopts world's first modern-day civil code

What civil rights is a person entitled to?Do unborn children have rights and interests?What is the legality of AI face-swapping apps?What regulations must pet owners ob

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Senior Chinese leaders attend deliberations at annual legislative session

Senior Chinese leaders Wang Yang and Han Zheng Sunday attended deliberations at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, the national legislature. Bot

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28 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows cured patients waving goodbye to medical workers before leaving the Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province,

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France GDP down by 5.8 pct in Q1 2020, sharpest fall since 1949

File photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows people walking past discount signs in Paris, France. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)Due to the costly measures to cushion the pandemic's econom

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Full text: Speech by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19

The following is the full text of the speech by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 held Tuesday. Speech by H.E. Li Keqiang P

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China's COVID-19 cure rate reaches 94 percent even in hardest-hit place

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows cured patients waving goodbye to medical workers before leaving the Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province,

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China becomes top filer of int'l patents in 2019: WIPO

File photo taken on March 18, 2019 shows World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry speaking during a press conference in Geneva, Sw

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Spotlight: WHO chief says threat of COVID-19 pandemic very real as all EU members report cases

The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the novel coronavirus has got a foothold in so many countries and the threat of a pandemic has bec

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EU raises COVID-19 risk level, insists not to close interior borders

The risk for people in Europe to be infected with the COVID-19 was leveled up by the European Center for Disease Prevention Control (ECDC) on Monday, but the European