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US charges Belarusian officials for diverting flight carrying dissident journalist

United States federal prosecutors charged four Belarus officials with piracy-related charges for diverting a RyanAir airplane mid-flight last year to arrest a journalis

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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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Taliban against any extension of withdrawal deadline for foreign troops

The Taliban has made it clear that it does not expect the U.S. to violate its agreement to withdraw all troops by August 31.Speaking to CGTN's Beatrice Marshall on Mond

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China's statement on harm of military intervention on human rights

Joint Statement on the harm of military intervention on human rights at the 47th Session of the Human Rights Council Delivered at the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Human Rights

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Why lichens could hold environmental and medicinal secrets

01:49 On the surface, lichens are small, indiscreet and insignificant, but scientists believe they could play an important role in the fight against climate change and pursuit of new m

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HSBC, Huawei CFO agree on document publication linked to extradition

Meng Wanzhou (C R) returns to British Columbia Supreme Court after a break from her extradition hearing, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. /CFP HSBC and Huawei Technol

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Judge extends restraining order against Biden's deportation freeze

A federal judge has extended by two weeks a temporary restraining order against the US President Joe Biden administration's 100-day deportation freeze in one of the earliest legal battles over th

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Chinese mission opposes EU interference in China's internal affairs

The Chinese mission to the European Union (EU) Thursday stressed that Hong Kong police's recent arrests of activists suspected of subversion are China's internal affair

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Elon Musk dunks on Facebook and recommends Signal in wake of U.S. Capitol insurrection attempt

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire set to likely soon become the world’s richest man, and one of the most influential voices in the world of tech entrepreneurship, continued his recent trend of cr

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Japanese prosecutors seek to question former PM Abe over party costs

Japanese prosecutors are seeking to question former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on suspicions that his political group covered part of the party costs for his supporters

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Kenya's COVID-19 cases inch closer to 80,000

VCG Image Kenya on Wednesday reported 810 new COVID-19 infections confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the countries total number of cases to 79,322.The number of daily new infections remain

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Malaysia's Najib seeks to depose Goldman Sachs, ex-banker in 1MDB defence

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak asked a U.S. court on Tuesday for permission to seek documents and testimony from investment bank Goldman Sachs to help in h

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Chinese mission to EU: Public office holders pledging allegiance is common practice

Public office holders pledging allegiance is a common practice adopted worldwide and the European Union (EU) should abandon double standards, said a spokesperson of the

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U.S. judge blocks govt motion on WeChat app store ban

A U.S. judge from the District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday denied the government's motion to stay the preliminary injunction on banning WeChat, a messaging, social medi

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Thai PM vows to stay on as protesters defy his ban

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Friday he was not quitting after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters defied a ban on demonstrations and he warned them not to persist.The ban

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China issues opinions on improving quality of listed companies

Central Business District of Beijing, capital of China /Xinhua China's State Council on Friday issuedopinionson further improving the quality of listed companies, as the latest efforts to step

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China welcomes WTO ruling that U.S. tariffs violate intl. trade rules

China's Ministry of Commerce in a statement released on Tuesday welcomed the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s ruling that U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods violate international trade rules.A dispute pan