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Joe Biden resumes duties after brief transfer of power to Harris

President Joe Biden was in "good spirits" and resumed his duties Friday after temporarily transferring power to Vice President Kamala Harris while undergoing a routine

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Basketball Africa League: Zamalek beat US Monastir to claim title

The curtains came down on the inaugural Basketball Africa League that saw Zamalek become the winners of the tournament. The Egyptian outfit Zamalek defeated fellow North Africans US Monastir of T

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Several people killed after cable car falls in Italy's Piedmont

Several people were killed after a mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in Italy's northern region of Piedmont on Sunday, according to rescue team."Rescue operations continue. Unfortunately th

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Brazil names new military chiefs amid tensions with Bolsonaro

Brazil's Defense Ministry on Wednesday named new commanders of its armed forces, a day after the previous three chiefs were sacked as part of President Jair Bolsonaro's unprecedented attempt to meddl

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Astroscale launches its ELSA-d orbital debris removal satellite

Space startup Astroscale has launched ELSA-d, the demonstration mission for its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA) technology, which aims to dock with, and then safely remove, orbital debris. A

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Georgia Secretary of State's office launches probe into Trump

The Georgia Secretary of State's office opened an investigation on Monday into former U.S. president Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results, according to CNN and Reuters

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Original Content podcast: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is the historical chess drama we need right now

On paper, “The Queen’s Gambit” might not sound like a compelling drama: Based on a novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix series tells the story of Beth Harmon as she rises through the

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Trump returns to White House after three-night COVID-19 treatment

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House after departing from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he spent three nights being treated for

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Trump's doctor said Saturday that the president no longer has a fever

President Donald Trump. /AFP President Donald Trump "is doing very well" Saturday at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he's being treated for COVID-19, his doctor said.Tr

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This is who would be president under the U.S. line of succession

President Donald Trump, 74, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now in quarantine. He is receiving treatment at the Walter Reed Medical Center.Here's who would assume the presidency when a sit

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Burundi expels four WHO officials

The Burundian foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed it has declared four officials of World Health Organization (WHO)'s Burundi office persona non grata. "It's true that the note verbale (that decla

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2020 Summer Olympics postponed due to pandemic

06:24 CGTN's Mike Walter discusses the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo being postponed with Dong Jun, co-founder and CEO at Ei Asia Limited.

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Roundup: Italy bans all domestic travel as virus claims more lives

Italy's interior and health ministries issued Sunday a joint ordinance banning all domestic travel as the coronavirus epidemic continued to advance in the country. "Beginning today, throughout the

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Economist says U.S. investors find country's virus response wanting

03:29 Anthony Chan, former chief economist at investment bank JPMorgan Chase, talked to CGTN's Mike Walter about the way Washington is handling the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Tesla safety criticised after Autopilot crash

Experts warn that, despite common perception, there are no self-driving cars on the US market and drivers must realise this.

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'Racist-like remarks are not welcome,' China says as it revokes press cards of three WSJ journalists

China has revoked the press credentials of three journalists from the Wall Street Journal, citing the paper's "racist-like" remarks on China and attacks on China's medi

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China revokes press cards of three WSJ journalists in Beijing

The press cards of three Wall Street Journal journalists who are based in Beijing will be revoked from Wednesday, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ge