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South Africa's Eskom extends power cuts into Monday

The logo of state power utility Eskom is seen outside Cape Town's Koeberg nuclear power plant in this picture taken March 20, 2016. /Reuters South Africa's struggling state power firm Eskom sa

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Trump warns Iran of 'major retaliation,' threatens sanctions on Iraq

US President Donald Trump threatened "major retaliation" Sunday if Iran avenges the killing of a key military commander and he warned of massive economic sanctions agai

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Chinese vice premier stresses efforts to eliminate poverty as scheduled

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has called for greater efforts to ensure that all poverty-stricken rural residents and counties will be lifted out of poverty under the

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China to promote unified regional calculation of GDP

China will introduce unified regional calculation of gross domestic product (GDP) to enhance the accuracy of the results, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said

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Germany seeks talks with Iran to ease tension: FM

German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass has said that he wants to seek talks with both Iran and key international partners to ease tensions following the U.S. airstrike tha

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CPC issues regulations on primary-level Party work in SOEs

The Communist Party of China Central Committee has issued a trial regulation on the work at primary-level Party organizations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The 41

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CPC issues regulation for primary-level Party work in Party, state organs

The Communist Party of China Central Committee has issued a regulation for the work at primary-level Party organizations of Party and state organs. The 43-article regu

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China Focus: China's central bank outlines policy priorities for 2020

China's central bank mapped out key policies and tasks for 2020 during an annual work conference held in Beijing from Thursday to Friday. The People's Bank of China (P

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PBOC to insist prudent monetary policy in 2020

China's central bank plans to stick to a prudent monetary policy this year but will exercise flexibility, according to a statement issued following a two-day work confe

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Violence jeopardizes Hong Kong's global image, competitiveness: financial secretary

Financial Secretary of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Paul Chan said on Sunday that the prolonged social unrest and violence have j

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Death toll in Cambodia building collapse rises to 36, as rescue ends: PM

Death toll in the collapse of a six-story building in southwest Cambodia's Kep province on Friday rose to 36, as rescue work had completed, Cambodian Prime Minister Sa

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New head coach of China's men's football team Li Tie meets press

Li Tie, new head coach of China's men's national football team, meets the press in Beijing, China, January 5, 2020. /CGTN Sports Scene Newly appointed China's men's national football team head

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New head coach of China's men's football team Li Tie meets press

Li Tie, new head coach of China's men's national football team, meets the press in Beijing, China, January 5, 2020. /CGTN Sports Scene Newly appointed China's men's national football team head

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'Spies in Disguise' hits Chinese theaters

Entertaining animated comedy Spies in Disguise opens in China on Friday, being the first release by Blue Sky Studios as a unit of The Walt Disney Company since the latter's purchase of 20th Centur

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A venture firm that invests ‘from Park City to Kansas City’ just closed its third fund

Sometimes, in venture capital, it pays to specialize. The latest indicator is a Kansas City, Mo.-based venture firm that’s focused on seed-stage startups that are based anywhere from “Park

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First wild-card playoff game in 10 years for Tom Brady and Patriots

Quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots Tom Brady and his New England Patriots will meet the Tennessee Titans in the wild card game at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. The 42-year-old s

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Drone light shows take flight, replacing fireworks

Shanghai rang in the New Year with a spectacular drone display featuring a running man, and a 'live' countdown with numbers made from drones equipped with LED lights. More than 2,000 drones lit up