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Abdullahi Boru Halakhe discusses the locust invasion in Africa

03:54 As the Horn of Africa witnesses its worst locust infestation in decades, African analyst Abdullahi Boru Halakhe discusses with CGTN's Elaine Reyes its impact on food security in

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Surprise! Audit finds automated license plate reader programs are a privacy nightmare

Automated license plate readers, ALPRs, would be controversial even if they were responsibly employed by the governments that run them. Unfortunately, and to no one’s surprise, the way they actu

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Profile: A Chinese doctor's fight against coronavirus

"I will stand and fight until the day I fall," said Li Yonggang, a 58-year-old doctor with femoral head necrosis in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, after work

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Commentary: China fighting two battles, no inaction allowed

Epidemic prevention and control is the top priority at the current stage, while development is the key to solving all the problems in China. BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- China is now engaged in two

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Australian military to assist flood recovery efforts, as cyclone bears down on east coast

With homes and business battered by the extreme weather on Australia's east coast, energy provider Ausgrid has asked for help from the military to clear debris and repair electricity. Speaking with

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Modi's party poised to lose Delhi election after polarising campaign

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party is projected to suffer a major defeat in another key state election, after failing to win over voters in Delhi with a campaign tha

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NCP outbreak: A major test of China's system & capacity for governance

05:14 I'm Robert Lawrence Kuhn and what I'm watching is what the whole world is watching: How China is handling the novel coronavirus epidemic, which the Politburo Standing Committee,

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Insurance firms likely to emerge unscathed from coronavirus outbreak

02:03 The novel coronavirus epidemic has brought about challenges but also opportunities for insurance firms. And while several insurers have already started settling claims since the

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Will the world heed the coronavirus wake-up call?

Fact: 99 percent of all novel coronavirus cases are in China.Fact: Two percent have been fatal.Fact: 80 percent of cases display mild symptoms.Those figures were extracted from a story on Monday o

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NHL-worst Red Wings beat league-best Bruins 3-1 for 2nd time

Andreas Athanasiou (L) of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates with his teammates after scoring in the game against the Boston Bruins at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, February 9, 202

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NHL-worst Red Wings beat league-best Bruins 3-1 for 2nd time

Andreas Athanasiou (L) of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates with his teammates after scoring in the game against the Boston Bruins at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, February 9, 202

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Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to Australia

People shelter under a jumble of umbrellas as rain falls Friday, February 7, 2020. /AP Photo A four-day downpour across Australia's east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bu

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How Ebola affects gorillas and chimpanzees

On August 1, 2018, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared its 10th Ebola outbreak. By far, it was the largest Ebola outbreak in the country, with 3,304 confirmed cases and 2,244 deaths as of J

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UN chief calls for intensified efforts to deal with locust outbreak

A picture of swarms of desert locusts /Getty ImagesThe United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for intensified international efforts t

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What will big-name quarterbacks do during the offseason?

(L to R): Ryan Tannehill of the Tennessee Titans, Jameis Winston of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philip Rivers of the Los Angeles Chargers, Teddy Bridgewater of the New Orleans Saints, Dak Prescott

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Increasing number of businesses shut down in Lebanon amid economic crisis

Head of Statistics Lebanon Rabih Haber announced on Saturday that 5,500 factories have shut down in Lebanon during 2019 due to the economic and financial crisis, LBCI

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Flyers rout Capitals 7-2, deny Ovechkin's milestone bid

Philadelphia Flyers players score a goal in the game against the Washington Capitals at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, U.S., February 8, 2020. /AP Photo Preventing Alex Ovechkin from