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Alibaba reports a net loss of $1.17b due to record antitrust fine

A pedestrian walks past the Alibaba headquarters building in Beijing, April 10, 2021. /CFP Alibaba Group reported a 7.66 billion yuan ($1.17 billion) operational loss in the fiscal quarter end

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China fines Tencent, Didi, 9 others for failing to disclose deals

A man walks past the Tencent headquarters in Beijing, August 7, 2020. /CFP China on Friday fined 11 companies including Tencent and Didi Chuxing for violating anti-monopoly rules in nine merge

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Cuba reports new record of daily deaths from COVID-19

A woman wearing a face mask walks in Havana, Cuba, March 26, 2021. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua) Cuba registered 1,037 cases and 13 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death tol

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Thai provinces fear virus surge out of Bangkok ahead of holidays

A man wearing a face mask walks past Covid-19 coronavirus signage after taking a PCR test at the Urban Institute for Disease Prevention and Control in Bangkok on January 11, 2021. (Photo by Jack

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Mideast in Pictures

A worker sits on his cart at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, April 10, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua) The Iranian Health Ministry on Sunday reported 21,063 new COVID-19 cases, takin

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Olympics: 500 foreign volunteers may be admitted for Tokyo Games

Around 500 foreign volunteers may be allowed into Japan under special entry rules to assist with the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, Kyodo news reported on Monday.The organizers fo

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Pink robin: A plump bundle of cuteness

The pink robin, endemic to southeastern Australia, is a cute plump little bird that is adored by many. Only the male pink robin has the distinctive pink breast which contrasts with the black colored

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UK records another 5,758 coronavirus cases, 141 deaths

A man walks past a sign of a COVID-19 vaccination center in London, Britain, on March 16, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Yan) Another 5,758 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the

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Leung Chun-ying on improving electoral system is a necessary action

03:39 Leung Chun-ying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and former chief executive of the Hong

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My Vlog: What are the differences between NPC and CPPCC?

02:20 China's most important political event – the Two Sessions – is underway. It refers to the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese

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Trudeau set to meet Biden virtually on Tuesday

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks to a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 20, 2018. /VCG Photo Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to hold

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China issues guidelines on banks' online lending businesses

A woman walks pass the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission building in Beijing, China, October 25, 2018. /CFP China issued finalized guidelines on the internet loan business of c

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Biden says US won't lift sanctions until Iran stops enriching Uranium

U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn as he departs the White House to spend the weekend in Delaware in Washington, DC., on February 05, 2021. /Getty U.S. President Joe Biden on

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Shares in TikTok rival Kuaishou nearly triple on Hong Kong debut

A passenger wearing a protective mask walks past Kuaishou Technology advertisements at a subway station in Beijing, China, February 3, 2021. /CFP Shares in Chinese video app company Kuaishou a

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More than half of Americans disapprove of U.S. handling of pandemic

A woman wearing a protective mask and googles walks along Canal Street, April 27, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. /AP About 58 percent of Americans say the United States is doing a

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Food for Mozambicans will be curtailed without more funding

FILE PHOTO: A man walks between tents at a displacement camp in Mozambique. /Getty Images) The United Nations Food relief agency, WFP, continues to supply food for hundreds of thousands of peo

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Looking back at U.S. presidential election 2020

03:13 Americans lived through one of the most drawn-out presidential races ever this year. Results took extended time, and a barrage of legal challenges kept the outcome in limbo for w