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Highlights of Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 28: Together, we can win it

Liu Cuiqing (R) of China and her guide Xu Donglin compete in the women's 400m T11 final at the Tokyo Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 28, 2021. /CFP Ntando Mah

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Tokyo Paralympics highlights on Aug. 27: China win big with 12 golds

China's Liu Shuang (L) and Jiang Jijian compete during the PR2 rowing mixed double sculls competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, August 27, 2021. /CFP Uzbekista

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Paralympics: China's Zhou Xia sets new world record in women's 100m

Zhou Xia of China celebrates after setting a new world record of 13 seconds in women's 100 meters at the Tokyo Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 27, 2021. /CFP China's Zhou Xia set a new wor

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Curio Wellness rebrands retail biz, expands its cannabis retail franchises to new states

Curio Wellness announced its innovative franchise program in 2020, and today it’s bringing the program across the United States. The company is now accepting franchise applications in ten states, incl

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Big Tech pledges billions to bolster U.S. cybersecurity defenses

Tech giants Apple, Google and Microsoft have pledged billions to bolster U.S. cybersecurity following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday.The meeting, which also include

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Experts worry about worsening opium trade under Taliban

01:51 Despite the chaos besetting Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, the illegal drug trade has continued to thrive out of the country, according to reports from the Unit

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Highlights of Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 25: Nothing stops them

L-R: Silver medalist Artem Manko of Ukraine, gold medalist Li Hao and bronze medalist Tian Jianquan of China pose with their medals after competing in the wheelchair fencing men's sabre indivi

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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: Medal Table

China's gold medal journeyAugust 24Wheelchair fencingLi Hao – Class A, men's sabre individual, category AFeng Yanke – Men's sabre individual, category BBian Jing – Class A, women's sabre individua

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Uganda receives first batch of evacuees from Afghanistan

Taliban fighters stand guard outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport during an evacuation at Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghanistan on Tuesday, August. 24, 2021. (Photo by Bashir Darwi

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China win silver in track cycling women's individual pursuit at Tokyo Paralympic Games

Chinese athlete Wang Xiaomei on Wednesday claimed the silver medal in the Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. It is the first meda

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China win silver in track cycling at Tokyo Paralympic Games

Chinese athlete Wang Xiaomei on Wednesday claimed the silver medal in the Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. It is the first medal that the Chinese delegation h

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testRigor scores $4M seed to turn a list of actions into a QA testing script

Imagine typing out a series of steps in plain English that would reflect a list of actions a human QA tester would undertake to test an app, then turning that list into an automated testing script. Th

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Taliban say no evacuation extension as G7 meets on Afghan crisis

16:37 The United States should withdraw all troops and contractors by the existing August 31 deadline, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesda

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War and want: How conflict drives poverty

03:25 According to the World Bank, living below the extreme poverty line means surviving on less than $1.90 a day. But poverty means much more than a lack of income and resources. It in

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Afghanistan is 'profound lesson' on failure of military intervention

The disorder and violence suffered by Afghanistan serve as a "profound lesson" to those attempting the imposition of Western-style democracies on countries with different cultures, heritage and tradi

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China calls for holding U.S. accountable for actions in Afghanistan

U.S. soldiers stand guard as Afghan people wait at Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. /CFP As of April, an estimated 241,000 people had lost their lives as a direct resu

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The G7, the UN, and Afghanistan's Future

CFP Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs, professor at Columbia University, is director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the UN Sustainable Developm