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Memorial meeting held to mourn Jiang Zemin

A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who passed away on November 30 at the age of 96, was held Tuesday morning in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Xi Jinping, gen

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Health Ministry: Germany to offer COVID booster jabs from September

Germany will start offering coronavirus booster jabs to the elderly and at-risk starting next month, this is according to the health ministry which cited concerns over "a reduced or rapidly decli

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Challenges in public schools reopening in Colombia

02:40 Going back to school hasn't been easy in Colombia.While private schools have been welcoming students back to the campus,public schools have been slower to start.But this past mont

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Pizza-making robot debuts in Paris

A robot prepares a pizza at Paris' first robotic pizzer in Paris, France, July 9, 2021. /CFP The Pazzi restaurant is staffed entirely by robots, which do everything from order-taking to

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Grand gathering marking CPC centenary to start in Beijing

A grand gathering to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC will be held on Thursday morning in Beijing.

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Negotiating global tax reforms

02:12 This month the G-7nationsannounced a "historic agreement" on global tax reform, pledging to introduce a minimum corporate tax rate of 15%.However, the agreement is really just the

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China replaces Germany as UK's biggest import market: ONS

China has replaced Germany as the UK's biggest single import market for the first time on record, partly fueled by demand for Chinese textiles used for face masks and PPE, according to the Office for

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Massive anti-government demonstrations enter fourth week in Colombia

02:30 Colombia enters its fourth week of anti-government protests. The government and National Strike Committee have met but the start of negotiations seem to be in a standstill.CGTN’s

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China, Argentina to jointly produce Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine

Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm will jointly produce its COVID-19 vaccine jabs with Argentine companies, the Chinese Embassy in Argentina said on Monday.Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Zou Xia

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2021 World University Games postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19

The 31st World University Games originally planned to start in August in southwest China's Sichuan Province has been postponed to 2022 due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, the organizers a

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U.S. officials use data to help boost vaccination rates

01:46 Local officials in the U.S. are using data to help boost coronavirus vaccination rates in communities hit by a double problem: high numbers of COVID-19 cases followed by a slow s

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Salvager hopes to free ship blocking Suez Canal by next week

A giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal could be freed by the start of next week if heavier tugboats, dredging, and a high tide succeed in dislodging it, reported Reuters, citing a Dutch fi

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Kazakhstan ditches AstraZeneca vaccine amid mounting safety concerns

Kazakhstan has terminated the negotiation with AstraZeneca as concerns over the safety of the vaccine mount, a senior official said Wednesday.The senior official in the Ministry of Health added that

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Assembly speaker okays 'impeachment' probe into Cuomo allegations

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Thursday that he has authorized the Assembly Judiciary Committee to start an "impeachment investigation" into sexual misconduct allegations agains

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Explained: China’s 14th Five-Year plan

02:05 2021 marks the start of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan.The draft of China’s economic roadmap for the next five years is set to be approved during the plenary session

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Senegal begins vaccinating against coronavirus with doses from China

Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China's Sinopharm, which it received on February 17.The first shots were given to government mi

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UK's lockdown easing will start on March 8, PM's office says

Lockdown measures will start to be rolled back in England on March 8 because the criteria which guides easing is currently being met, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said on Monday.Returning ch