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COVID-19: Global death toll surpasses 4 million

02:09 The World Health Organization says it’s growing concerned about the divergent approaches that various countries are taking to deal with new COVID-19 variants.The global death toll

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Alleviating food waste in China

02:13 See some of the various measures and shifting attitudes in China toward alleviating food waste. Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter. Subscribe here!

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Didi app pulled from app stores in China after suspension order

China has ordered app-store operators to remove the app of Didi from their stores, the latest as tension escalates between the nation’s largest ride-hailing giant and local regulators. The app has dis

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CPC's centenary gala 'Epic Journey' to be made into a movie: director

An art performance marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is held at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, June 28, 2021.

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Dong women present local development via paintings

A Dong woman outlines the pattern of farmer painting at a competition held in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on June 29, 2021.. (Photo/ Wu Lianxun) About 30 Dong women participated in

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Ukraine withdraws from Xinjiang-related anti-China statement

The permanent mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Office in Geneva on Friday said on its website that the country had withdrawn its signature from a joint statement on the human rights situation

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Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing meets Russian national security adviser

Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing met Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow on Monday.The two sides discussed issues related to regional security and reaffirmed thei

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Robotic landscaping startup Scythe emerges from stealth with $13.8M raise

Founded in 2018, Scythe Robotics is emerging from stealth today by announcing an $13.8 million Series A raise. The round was led by Inspired Capital and features True Ventures, Zigg Capital and Lemnos

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Xi calls for all-out efforts in rescue work after gas blast in Hubei

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for all-out efforts in rescue operations after a gas pipe explosion took place in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Provi

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked by phone with ROK counterpart

China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with his ROK counterpart Chung Eui-yong on Wednesday, calling on both sides to make good use of the joint preventi

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Conservationists warn of the growing dangers of plastics to rivers

03:12 Conservation groups are holding various events around the world to remind people of how vital it is to take care of our oceans.One new initiative has pulled together resources to

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Google announces the Firmina subsea cable between the U.S. and Argentina

Google today announced its plans to build a new subsea cable that will connect the East Coast of the U.S. and Las Toninas, Argentina — with additional landings in Brazil and Uruguay. The idea he

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Kenya's COVID-19 death toll tops 3,300 mark

A train station in Nairobi, Kenya. /VCG Kenya's COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 3,300 mark on Monday as the country continues its fight against the pandemic.Health minister Mutahi Kagwe anno

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Live from Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote

And we’re back. Well, not back-back. But we’re here in the San Jose McEnery Convention Center of the mind. The parking is awful and the hotels all got booked up five months ago, so we’re taking the Ca

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Kenya's COVID-9 infections reach 172,491 as deaths hit 3,287

FILE PHOTO: A local isolation ward for patients with COVID-19 in Machakos, Kenya. /VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya rose to 172,491 on Sunday as the country's ministry of health

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Africa's COVID-19 infections reach 4,843,874

A healthcare worker arrives to receive a China's Sinopharm vaccine during the mass COVID-19 vaccination process for healthcare workers at the Gynecology Hospital in Yaounde, Cameroon on April 12,

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Lukashenko, Putin meet in Sochi

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Sochi, Telegram-channel "Pul pervogo" informed.The Belarusian leader arrived in Sochi in the afternoon