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Chinese table tennis player Ma Long greets global fans in English

00:52 China's Ma Long became the first male table tennis player to win back-to-back Olympic titles in singles competition after outclassing world number one and teammat

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Niantic announces partnership with Nintendo on new augmented reality ‘Pikmin’ title

Nearly five years after the launch of Pokémon Go, Niantic announced Monday that they are partnering with Nintendo to co-develop a new title based on the company’s Pikmin franchise. Niantic says

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Messi equals Pele's record of 643 goals for a single club

Lionel Messi of Barcelona looks on during the La Liga Santander match against Valencia in Barcelona, Spain, December 19, 2020 /CFP Lionel Messi equaled Pele's haul of 643 goals for Santos afte

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Iconic athlete Diego Maradona dies

02:27 Diego Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died at the age of 60 on Wednesday.The Argentine player is known for leading the country to its 1986 W

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Billionaire Sumner Redstone dies aged 97

Billionaire Sumner Redstone, chairman and chief executive officer of National Amusements, has died at the age of 97, ViacomCBS said on Wednesday.For nearly 30 years, Redstone led Viacom as executi

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Children's book publishing booming in China

A recently-released report showed that China published more than 44,000 children's book titles in 2018, ranking first in the world.The country has more than 550 children's book publishing hous

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News Corp Australia announces shutdown of over 100 print titles in major digital shift

News Corp Australia has announced the closure of more than 100 regional and community print titles as part of a major restructure aimed at cutting costs and moving to digital publishing. The media gi

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Canada to stop paying for British royal couple's security costs

The Canadian government will stop paying for British Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's security costs soon, according to CBC Thursday. In a statement to CBC Thursday morning, Public Safety Canada c

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China deals heavy blow to spread of pornography, illegal publications

Chinese authorities have dealt a heavy blow to the spread of pornography and illegal publications, with around 17.1 million printed titles confiscated in 2019, accordi

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Czech tennis star Radek Stepanek announces retirement

Czechtennisstarandtwo-timeDavisCupwinnerRadekStepanekannouncedhisretirementonTuesdayatapressconferenceinPrague.The38-year-oldwonabronzemedalofthemixeddoublesatt

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Retro Japanese games pulls in visitors to stores and online markets

RenewedinterestinvintageJapanesevideogamesisdrawingbuyerstothecountry’sonlinemarketsandretrogamingshops.Whileenthusiastshavecollectedoldtitlesforyears,evencasua

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Void in the pool as post-Phelps era dawns

TheworldswimmingchampionshipswillusherinanewerafollowingtheretirementofAmericangreatMichaelPhelpswheneightdaysofracingcommenceatBudapest'sDunaArenaonSunday.This

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Sony to launch smartphone games in 2018: Nikkei

Sony Corp plans to release five or more smartphone games around late March 2018, the Nikkei business daily said on Thursday.