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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases at record-high 10,743 on Friday: NHK

Evening commuters cross the street in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. /CFP Newly reported daily COVID-19 cases in Japan reach a record-high 10,743 on Friday,

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Over 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China

More than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.

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Google fined for refusing to localize users' data in Russia

Russia on Thursday imposed a fine of 3 million rubles (about $41,017) on Google for refusing to localize its users' data in the country, Google's first fine for the offence, Moscow's Tagansky Distric

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M6.2 earthquake strikes Indonesia: USGS

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck near Luwuk, Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 10.7 km.

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Looking into China: Italian promotes Chinese food worldwide

02:52 After getting his first job in Chongqing, Gianluca Luisi, an Italian entrepreneur, fell in love with the city where hot and spicy food conquers all. "I'm actually

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El Salvador orders arrest of ex-President Sánchez Cerén

The Attorney General's Office of El Salvador has ordered the arrest of 10 government officials from a prior administration, including former President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, it said in a statement o

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China's Zhengzhou lowers flood emergency response level from 1 to 3

Zhengzhou City in central China's Henan Province downgraded the emergency response for flood control from Level I to Level III on Thursday, local authorities said.

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Bach says COVID-19 infection rate is low within Tokyo Olympics

A total of 15 people among 15,000 were tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tokyo for the Olympics Games between July 1 to 16, which is a low rate, and all positive cases were immediately i

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Russian FSB announces thwarting a terrorist attack in Moscow

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday the security forces prevented a terrorist attack in a crowded place in Moscow.A Russian citizen who allegedly planned to organize a terrorist

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Four killed, 11 injured in an explosion in Kabul

At least four killed and 11 others were injured in an explosion that occurred in the Afghan capital Kabul, police said.The incident happened at around 2:50 p.m. local time. No group has claimed the a

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China slams Washington's genocide claim as 'biggest lie of century'

China said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's report renewing genocide allegations against China in Xinjiang is the "biggest lie of the century."The U.S. report, which claimed that President

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England to go ahead with July 19 COVID relaxation

England will go ahead with plans to lift almost all legal restrictions on day-to-day life on July 19, health minister Sajid Javid said on Monday."We firmly believe that this is the right time to get

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Death toll in Miami-area condo collapse rises to 90, mayor says

The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium rose to 90 on Sunday from 86, as crews continued their grim search for human remains in the building's wreckage, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella L

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IMF board backs new SDR allocation to support pandemic recovery

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a proposal for a new general Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation of $650 billion, the largest allocation in IMF history,

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Most UK troops now out of Afghanistan: UK PM

Most British troops have been pulled out of Afghanistan, with the rest to come home shortly, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Thursday."All British troops assigned to NATO's mission

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Swedish PM Lofven resigns

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday he had handed in his notice of resignation, giving parliament's speaker the job of finding a new prime minister.Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in

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Biden says partnership with Afghanistan is 'going to be sustained'

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday at a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the partnership between the United States and Afghanistan "is not ending, it's going to be sustained," des