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Former French PM says U.S. spied on his conversations with then-President Sarkozy

Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Tuesday that his conversations with former President Nicolas Sarkozy were being listened to for five years by the U

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Scots pay tribute to late Queen Elizabeth and welcome new king

The late Queen Elizabeth's coffin was taken along the Royal Mile in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on Monday in a silent and solemn procession watched by thousands of p

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China stays committed to equality of all countries regardless of size: Wang Yi

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tonga on Tuesday, stressing that his visit, as part of his tour to South Pacific island countries, aims

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Iraqi amputees form football team to defy fate

The amputee team are training in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 23, 2021. /Xinhua Just like the famous words of Ludwig van Beethoven "I will take fate by the throat," a group of young Iraqi amputees c

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UN chief Antonio Guterres accepts invitation to attend Beijing Winter Olympics

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, his spokesman has confirmed. "The secretary-general received an invitati

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Belarus calls on EU to solve refugee problem at border

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on Friday met with refugees stranded on the border between Belarus and Poland and called on the European Union to resolve the

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Polish prime minister issues warning of Belarus border migrant crisis

Migrants staying at the transport and logistics center near the Bruzgi border point at the the border of Belarus and Poland rested and received food on Monday. Belarus

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You'll have to tell Instagram your birthday if you want to log in

Facebook plans a range of measures to catch under-age users in the case they lie about their birthdate, ahead of the UK introducing new legal guidance on age appropriate design for social media companies.

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GSK and R/GA Ventures are launching a health studio for startups

GSK Next, the innovation arm of GlaxoSmithKlein, is launching a new mentorship and business development program. Called the Re/Wire Health Studio, the program will eventually select six startups who w

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U.S. faces massive COVID-19 surge, as some leaders move to block masks

COVID-19 is killing more than 600 people each day in the United States, a rate that has more than doubled in just four weeks.Oregon’s governor ordered the deployment of 500 National Guard troops t

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UNESCO World Heritage list adds new sites from various countries

Spa in Karlovy Vary of the Czech Republic is added to the World Heritage list by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at a meeting in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 24, 2021. /CFP

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CPC Leadership: The indispensable precondition of the 'China model'

07:08 CGTN anchor Wang Guan sat down with Yan Xuetong, dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University. Yan said that China's achievement is bas

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U.S. approves departure of non-emergency government workers from India

The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had approved the voluntary departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees from India because of a surge in COVID-19

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High-tech hunt for scarce COVID-19 vaccines in India raises fear for fairness

Indian tech experts have written software code and designed websites to help people book scarce COVID-19 vaccinations online, raising concern about an unfair advantage

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PayPal to launch cryptocurrency checkout service

PayPal said in the coming months it would allowing consumers to use crypto holdings at 29 million merchants worldwide.

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Tesla is now accepting Bitcoin for car purchases, says Elon Musk

The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency is currently trading close to a record high, worth about £41,000 per coin.

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Isolating Russia undermines European stability

Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a video conference meeting with members of the Russian Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow. /Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-