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South African deputy minister Obed Bapela tests positive for COVID-19

VCG South Africa's Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Obed Bapela, has tested positive for COVID-19, the presidency announced on Saturday.Bapela took the test a

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Sriwijaya Air flight missing after taking off from Jakarta

An Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air flight with over 50 passengers on board lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Jakarta on Saturday, according to Indonesian media.The plane was r

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53 arrested in HKSAR for violating national security law

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) police said on Wednesday that 53 people were arrested on suspicion of committing crimes including subversion under C

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Looking back at U.S. presidential election 2020

03:13 Americans lived through one of the most drawn-out presidential races ever this year. Results took extended time, and a barrage of legal challenges kept the outcome in limbo for w

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Phildelphia's mummers can't stop, won't stop

00:43 Despite the cancellation of Philadelphia's annual New Year's mummers parade, rogue mummers still took to the streets to dance. See how they celebrated, some without wearing masks

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Boston superspreader event added 300K cases across the U.S.

02:19 A February conference by the drug company Biogen was the first superspreader event in the United States. Initially thought to have infected 99 people, researchers now believe it

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Santa's intervention

00:40 Undercover police dressed as Santa and Elf took down suspected car thieves last week in Riverside, California. This operation, conducted by Riverside Police Department's Property

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Shenzhen recruits first civil servants from HK, Macao SAR

A picture of Shenzhen City, South China's Guangdong ProvinceThe 2020 civil servant recruitment tests for Shenzhen City, South China's Guangdong Province, took place on

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Kuwait emir accepts post-election government resignation: KUNA

Kuwait’s prime minister submitted his government’s resignation on Sunday in a routine procedure after parliamentary elections that took place on Saturday, state news ag

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Japanese space capsule carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australia

The capsule of Japan's asteroid probe Hayabusa2 has landed safely in the remote Australian outback, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on Sunday.It is carrying what scientists hope to

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Carrie Lam: Sovereignty bottom line of 'One Country, Two Systems'

China's national flag and the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are seen fluttering on the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, south China, August 5,

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Australian Santas ride jet skis for charity

00:24 With the Christmas season on the verge, over 150 Australians donning Santa costumes took to the waves on jet skis off the Gold Coast to raise money for children in residential ca

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Culture and arts festival shines light on students' creativity

A culture and arts festival aimed at improving Xi'an Jiangtong-Liverpool University Affiliated School's aesthetic education for students and cultivate inter-disciplinary talents kicked off on

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NASA’s goal to return to the moon still within reach?

02:35 President Donald Trump made space exploration a priority when he first took office, but other pressing issues took center stage.NASA’s goal to return to the moon is still within

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Commercial Chinese bank to enter bankruptcy proceedings for first time

A branch of Baoshang Bank in Beijing, China, July 19, 2019. /CFP China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) approved Baoshang Bank to enter bankruptcy proceedings, according to

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Sentinel-6 satellite takes off

01:53 The Sentinel-6 satellite took off from a U.S. air force base in California today.See how this U.S.-European satellite will play a vital role in measuring the world's oceans to he

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Made-in-China 'drone taxi' flies over Seoul, South Korea

00:42 An empty "drone taxi" took a 3.6-km flight for seven minutes in the skies above Seoul, South Korea as part of a government demonstration to promote a future traffic management sy