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Youngsters and physical exercise in China, a growing relationship

Born and raised in Beijing, Sun Jingxuan is in the third year of a business and marketing education course at the University of Minnesota. Currently, however, with the U.S. in the grip of the COVID-1

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Brazil buys locally produced Chinese vaccine as death toll surges

Health workers push a suspected COVID-19 patient into the HRAN Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, January 7, 2021. /AP Brazil's government signed a deal with Sao Paulo's Butantan Institute to buy t

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Hackney council files apparently leaked online

The attack has coincided with the pandemic to severely disrupt housing services in the East London council.

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Former Man City great Colin Bell dies aged 74

Colin Bell during a Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in Manchester, UK, February 14, 2016. /CFP Former England and Manchester City midfielder Colin Bell, wide

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Former Man City great Colin Bell dies aged 74

Colin Bell during a Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in Manchester, UK, February 14, 2016. /CFP Former England and Manchester City midfielder Colin Bell, wide

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More people seek cosmetic surgery in South Korea as vaccines rollout

Domestic demand for cosmetic surgery procedures in South Korea is picking up with the introduction of coronavirus vaccines. Many residents are embracing an idea that facial coverings might not las

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Lidar startup Aeva raises another $200M ahead of its debut as a public company

Aeva, the lidar company started by two former Apple engineers, has raised an additional $200 million in private investment from Hong Kong hedge fund Sylebra Capital ahead of its debut as a publicly t

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Cambodia reopens schools as Indonesia starts inoculations

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen speaks at a press conference on the latest situation of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 7, 2020. /Xinhua Cambodia has started reopening s

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China shouldn't be scapegoated for the U.S. failures in Afghanistan

U.S. Army soldiers retrieve their duffel bags after they returned home from a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan at Fort Drum, New York, December 10, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Andrew Korybko i

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Rebuking Trump, Republican-led Senate overrides defense bill veto

U.S. President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the Senate overrode on Friday his veto for the first time in his nearly four years in office, pushing through a defe

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WHO report highlights four SARS-CoV-2 variants

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. /CFP Four variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for causing COVID-19 are circulating worldwide, said a report released by the World Health

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SolarWinds hackers access Microsoft source code, the company says

A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 7, 2017. /Reuters The hacking group behind U.S. software company SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft and

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C.A.R President Touadera heading to election victory, says party

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera is on track to win last weekend's elections, his party said on Thursday, a day after the opposition called for the vote to be annulled

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Brazil eyes emergency use for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

AstraZeneca's logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle, November 9, 2020. /Reuters. Brazil will soon weigh emergency-use approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after UK gave

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A look at popular home-made Chinese dishes during 2020 epidemic

The coronavirus pandemic has trapped people around the world at home, thereby giving them a chance to cook by themselves, try new recipes or re-create classic cuisines.

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UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns

Britain’s government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and

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What’s behind this year’s boom in climate tech SPACs?

There’s no denying that 2020 has been the year of the special purpose acquisition company.Since the beginning of the year, 219 SPACs have raised $73 billion, according to widely reported market