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Overseas holdings of Chinese bonds top 2.2 trln yuan as of December

The total value of yuan-denominated bonds held by overseas institutional investors reached 2.2 trillion yuan (318 billion U.S. dollars) as of December last year, data from a state-owned financial

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Geiger strikes in Nordic combined and Geiger claims yellow bib

Vinzenz Geiger saw off Jarl Magnus Riiber again this season as the German crossed the finish line 0.4 seconds of second place in the Individual Gundersen event at the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in

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U.S. storms cause 10 deaths, flight cancellations, power outages

At least 10 people died, more than 1,000 flights were canceled and hundreds of thousands were without power in five states on Saturday as a massive winter storm system dumped snow, freezing rain and

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Cuban president rejects U.S. extension of ban on flights

Tourists pose for a selfie in front of a tourist bus in the area of Old Havana, in Havana, capital of Cuba, Sept. 8, 2018. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez) On Friday, the U.S. government announced the s

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Thousands protest as fire-triggered crisis engulfs Australia

Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday to protest against government inaction on climate change, as bushfires ravaged tens of thousands of square kilometers of bushland after month

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Renewable energy use by Chinese tech companies on rise

Chinese technology giants are trimming their carbon footprint by using more renewable energy.Chindata is switching over to green energy at the fastest rate and also maintaining transparency in ene

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Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed challenges

Fires have ripped through vast areas of countryside, burning up everything in their path. /AFP Photo Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed

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Australia plagued by more danger as wildfires continue to spread

A firefighter manages a controlled burn near Tomerong, January 8, 2020. /AP Photo Authorities issued new fire bans, warnings, and evacuation notices in parts of Australia on Thursday, as deadl

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Tesla's Model 3 price cut boosts its Chinese suppliers

After a weekend brewing, the news that American automotive and energy company Tesla Inc cut the starting price for its China-made Model 3 sedans by 16 percent to 299,050 yuan (42,919 U.S. dollars)

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Croatia's former PM Milanovic wins presidential vote

Former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, candidate of the top opposition party the Social Democrats, will be Croatia’s next president, the results of the presidential ele

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Denmark sets wind power record

Denmark generated almost half of its electricity in 2019 from wind power, beating its own record.Last year, the country used 47% of its electricity from wind power. In the past decade, Denmark has

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Exploring China's piece of Mars on Earth

01:58 As China ramps up its efforts to explore Mars, there's been a push across the country to increase people's knowledge about the red planet.In March 2019, a Mars simulation base wa

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Australia's bushfire crisis rages on in new year

Throughout the final months of 2019, Australia experienced its most destructive bushfire season ever recorded. Between November and December in the worst hit State of New South Wales, nine people we

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Australia fires: Race to flee 'leave zone' as fresh threat looms

Thousands of people are fleeing a vast "tourist leave zone" in Australia amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions in coming days.Since September, Australia's bus

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More power came from renewable energy than fossil fuels in UK in 2019

Renewable energy delivered 48.5% of Britain's electricity in 2019, compared with the 43% generated by fossil fuels.

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China builds world's fastest wind tunnel to spur spaceplane development

Chinaisbuildingtheworld'sfastesthypersonicwindtunneltohelpwiththedevelopmentofspaceplanes."The265-meter-longtunnelcanbeusedtotesthypersonicaircraftthatcantravel

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World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland

Theworld'sfirstfull-scalefloatingwindfarmhasstartedtotakeshapeoffthenorth-eastcoastofScotland.Therevolutionarytechnologywillallowwindpowertobeharvestedinwaterst