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Tornado strikes U.S. city, killing at least one

A tornado with a peak wind speed of around 241 kph struck Fultondale, a city in the state of Alabama, U.S. on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least two dozen others, local authorities said

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Czech artists offer performances behind closed windows amid pandemic

Artists from contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka put on a performance inside a closed bar in Prague, Czech Republic, January 21, 2021. /VCG Passers-by at streets can watch the pe

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Guangzhou exhibition brings ancient Peru to visitors

A painted pottery female figurine (1000BC -800BC). [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] An exhibition of cultural relics from the ancient civilization of the Andes in Peru will be launched at

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India kicks off COVID-19 vaccination drive

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide vaccination drive on Saturday to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.Through the day as many as 300,000 recipients would receive their first shot

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India kicks off COVID-19 vaccination drive

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide vaccination drive on Saturday to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.Through the day as many as 300,000 recipients would receive their first shot

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Latin America faces worst moment of pandemic so far

 Click arrows to view gallery A record of more than 535,900 people have died due to the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean as of Wedne

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Fire rips through Rohingya refugee camp

00:32 A fire raced through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying over 500 homes sheltering about 3,500 people. Check out The China Report, our new weekly newslette

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Glassdoor: Best tech companies to work for in 2021

Glassdoor just released its annual ranking of the best companies to work for in 2021. We broke out the top 10 tech companies from the list of large businesses (1,000+ employees) as well as from the sm

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'Non-scalable' fence erected around the perimeter of U.S. Capitol

00:51 See the new ‘non-scalable’ fence erected around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, one day after the mob of Trump supporters breached the building.A ‘non-scalable’ fence

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Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo amid COVID-19 outbreak

Japan declared a state of emergency for capital Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday."The nationwide, rapid spread of the new coronavirus is feared

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Take a look at the low-key NYE at Time Square

In an event closed to the public, a handful of revelers got the chance to ring in the New Year at New York City’s Time Square. Only first responders and press members were let

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"A lot of people out of work" - Sao Paulo battles homelessness

02:36 Sao Paulo is Brazil’s richest city... its financial and gastronomic capital. It is also the metropolis with the ​largest number of homeless people in Latin America: 25,000 accord

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Tracking COVID-19 with wastewater testing in the U.S.

02:56 Coronavirus testing through nasal swabs has become standard practice for trying to contain the global pandemic.But some municipalities and colleges in the U.S. are taking it one

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U.S. House passes $900 billion COVID-19 relief package

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a long-awaited COVID-19 stimulus package of $900 billion on Monday night, along with funding of $1.4 trillion to keep the government running through September

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Mnuchin: Funds from U.S. COVID-19 relief bill could go out next week

Federal aid funds meant to help Americans cope with the economic effects of the global pandemic could go out next week. /Xinhua Federal aid funds meant to help Americans cope with the economic

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2020 Run China marathon series symbolic of overcoming COVID-19

00:53 The Run China marathon series started from Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, ran through Shaoxing, Nanjing, Guangzhou and ended in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fu

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Air traffic at Moroccan airports down 71.68 pct in Jan.-Nov.

CGTN Photo Morocco's airports recorded 6,523,369 passengers during the first 11 months of 2020, down 71.68 percent year on year, the Moroccan Airports Authority ONDA said Saturday in a stateme