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Maui emergency management agency head resigns over 'health reasons'

The head of the emergency management agency of the wildfire-devastated Maui, Herman Andaya, has resigned, citing health reasons. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen made t

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Animation festival facilitates deals worth $200m

China's biggest cartoon and animation festival concluded on Saturday with a record 1.5 billion yuan (over $200 million) in contracts and sales achieved, according to it

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FBI to search ex-U.S. VP Pence's home for more classified documents

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is expected to search former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home for classified material in the coming days, ac

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Trump lawyers and DOJ met in sealed court hearing: CNN

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's legal defense team and the Department of Justice (DOJ) appeared at a sealed hearing on Thursday which was related in part to the DO

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Chinese NEVs look to tap new growth frontier in rural areas

China is leaving no stone unturned in expanding the reach of electric vehicles in the country, with most of the efforts now aimed at tapping the huge market in the coun

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3,000 liters of liquor poured, 3 dealers arrested in Afghan crackdown

A special operational team of Afghan intelligence agents arrested three liquor dealers in the Kart-e-Char area of Kabul and poured about 3,000 liters of alcohol into a canal in Kabul, the country's G

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Dutch parties agree on new coalition after 9 months

Dutch political parties agreed to form a coalition government on Monday, after nearly nine months of negotiations.The parties are the People's Party for Freedom and Dem

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China reveals complete transmission chain of Delta COVID-19 variant strains

A research team from Guangzhou City in east China's Guangdong Province has revealed the complete transmission chain of delta mutant through a combination of epidemiolog

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Meet the maritime rescue team flying to save lives

03:02 China has come a long way when it comes to saving people whose lives are at risk. For rescue operations at sea, the country dispatches helicopter teams along its

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Chinese athletes prepare for Para badminton debut at Tokyo 2020

02:21 Badminton will be included in the Paralympics for the first time in Tokyo, and China will send nine athletes to compete.The Paralympic Games will feature six categories for badmin

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22 people killed in armed attack in central Nigeria

At least 22 people were killed and 14 were injured in an armed attack in central Nigeria's Plateau state on Saturday morning, according to the state police.Ubah Ogaba, the police spokesperson in Plat

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Women in science: Aiming for the stars - but for how long?

MiMi Aung, a lead engineer on the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, described its first flight on the red planet earlier this year as "an incredible moment". But how do we encourage more girls and young wom

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Team China qualify for men's, women's 4x100m relay finals

Team China qualified for the men's and women's 4x100 meters relay finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

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Team China win rowing women's quadruple sculls gold

Team China's Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lyu Yang and Cui Xiaotong won the gold medal in rowing women's quadruple sculls final on Wednesday.

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Mexico's hopes for baseball gold dimmed by COVID-19

02:43 ​A blow to Mexico's baseball team, heading into the Tokyo Olympics. Two of its pitchers have tested positive for COVID-19 - prompting a last-minute search for replacements.The dev

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Guinea withdraws from Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19

The five-member strong Guinean team will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 pandemic, the country's Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow announced.In a public letter addressed to t

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Second group of Chinese athletes arrive at Tokyo Olympics

The second group of Chinese athletes, including the Chinese table tennis team and women's football team, arrived in Tokyo on Saturday, nearly a week ahead of the Olympic Games.The plane of the Chines