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Philippines extends travel ban on India, 9 other countries as Delta variant spreads

The Philippines has extended its travel ban for all inbound travelers from India and nine other countries to Aug. 31 as Delta variant cases rise across the country, pre

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Israeli PM, CIA chief meet with focus on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns met Wednesday in Israel to discuss Iran and strengthen intelligence cooperation between the two a

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Belarus slams U.S., UK, Canada sanctions, vows countermeasures

Belarus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the unilateral coercive measures against Belarus imposed by the U.S., the UK and Canada on August 9, according to a statement issued by the min

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Iran urges U.S. to quit pressure policy

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that the U.S. should give up the pressure policy pursued by its former President Donald Trump.Saeed Khatibzadeh said at his weekly press conference t

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Extreme drought in North Dakota threatens crop production

03:36 Since mid-June this year, temperatures in the western United States have soared and drought intensified, posing a fatal threat to crop production in the region.Recently, following

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U.S. lawmakers make green energy a priority

02:01 U.S lawmakers were this Monday trying to complete legislation that puts green energy at the heart of a 1 trillion dollar infrastructure upgrade.They've spent months negotiating th

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Chinese embassy slams U.S. remarks about Huawei's role in Brazil

The Chinese Embassy in Brazil on Saturday refuted the wrong remarks made by a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, Tobias Bradford,on Chinese tech firm.Bradford

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Live updates: Global COVID-19 cases surpass 202 million

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 202 million, with more than 4.2 million deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.Here is the latest:TheChinese

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Mexico sues U.S. gunmakers for contributing to its gun violence

01:54 Mexico is suing gunmakers in the United States for the bloodshed that has occurred in their country.The lawsuit was filed in U.S. federal court in Massachusetts against 11 U.S. fi

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Pressure on the unvaccinated increases as U.S. COVID-19 cases surge

02:37 The latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has been called“a pandemic of theunvaccinated.”The vast majority of people in hospitals and dying of COVID-19 areu

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Tso’l Food: Crab Rangoon

07:19 Go to any Chinese restaurant in the United States, and you’re likely to find an appetizer calledCrabRangoon.It’s a rather misleading name as it neither has roots in the former cap

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SpaceX stacks the full Starship launch system for the first time, standing nearly 400 feet tall

SpaceX has achieved another major milestone in its Starship fully reusable launch system: It stacked the Starship spacecraft itself on top of a prototype of its Super Heavy booster, which itself is lo

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Lebanon's Hezbollah says fires rockets in response to Israeli attacks

Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement said it fired "dozens" of rockets Friday at open areas in the disputed Shebaa Farms region in response to Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon."In response to

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Haiti requests UN commission to probe president's killing

Haiti's government has requested help from the United Nations to conduct an international investigation into the killing last month of President Jovenel Moise, the coun

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UN: 118 civilians injured, 40 killed in S. Afghanistan

A total of 118 civilians were injured and 40 killed within the last 24 hours as the Taliban and the Afghan Army clashed in southern Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, the United Nations Assistance Mission in

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U.S. expands resettlement eligibility for Afghan nationals

The Biden administration announced Monday that it will expand refugee eligibility for Afghans as the United States withdraws troops in the war-torn country, allowing thousands of Afghans to permanent

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Chinese weightlifter Li Wenwen claims +87kg gold at Tokyo Olympics

Li Wenwen celebrates during the women's +87kg weightlifting final at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 2, 2021. /CFPChina's Li Wenwen showed her supremacy in t