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Suez Canal: How did a ship get stuck, and what happens next?

The efforts to free the Ever Given container ship from the Suez Canal, where it has been stuck since Monday morning, are continuing slowly.But the knock-on effect to world trade is amounting to billi

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Breaking: 'At least 89 dead' as Myanmar security forces open fire

Protestors set fires in the streets of Yangon on Saturday. /AP Activists in Myanmar say at least 89 people including children have been killed by security forces who shot at people defying wa

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Amazon Fresh and fast with new 'real life' London store

00:51 There was a buzz outside the new Amazon Fresh store in Ealing, West London. Word had got around about this new till-less shop, the first of its kind in the UK. The concept is cas

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COVID-19 vaccines unequal against variant from S Africa, tests show

Despite good early results, the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine has shown disappointing results against new variants. /Justin Tallis/AFP A series of studies has revealed the efficacy of

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Beijing Olympic progress 'great example of Chinese dynamism'

02:37 Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, has returned to China (virtually) to mark a year before the start of the Beijing Winter Games 2022.The German f

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Brexit: First signs of UK border disruption

The UK government expects "significant additional disruption" to trade and the movement of goods in the coming weeks, minister Michael Gove has admitted. A key ally of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, G

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'Let's not go back to the moon - let's go forward to the moon'

08:49 During the 2020 Web Summit, held virtually but "based" in Lisbon, CGTN Europe's Juliet Mann hosted a conversation with the European Space Agency's Director General Jan Woerner.Wo

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"You can 'will yourself' to longer life" - CGTN meets Peter Diamandis

10:56 CGTN's Yue Zou spoke to Greek-American entrepreneur and engineer Peter Diamandis as part of Web Summit 2020.Diamandis is famous for his X Prize Foundation, which aims to encourag

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"Cancer is going to be a thing of the past by 2030" - Diamandis

09:31 In the second part of CGTN's Yue Zou's conversation with U.S. entrepreneur and engineer Peter Diamandis, part of Web Summit 2020, the pair discuss likely medical advances over th

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Diego Maradona, star footballer for Argentina and Napoli, dies aged 60

Diego Maradona has died of a suspected heart attack. /AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko Argentina soccer star Diego Maradona has died aged 60, according to his lawyer Matias Morla. It is thought the

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Diego Maradona, star footballer for Argentina and Napoli, dies aged 60

Diego Maradona has died of a suspected heart attack. /AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko Argentina soccer star Diego Maradona has died aged 60, according to his lawyer Matias Morla. It is thought the

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What Europeans need to know if Biden becomes U.S. President.

03:21 Former vice-president Joe Biden is now projected to be the next U.S. leader, beating the incumbent Donald Trump in a hard-fought election.But what do Europeans need to expect fro

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Thousands of refugees face homelessness and hostility on Lesbos

Thousands of migrants are facing a fifth night without shelter after fire destroyed the Moria asylum center on Lesbos.Greek officials say they believe the fire in the camp was deliberately lit by mig

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The Rolling Stones rock London with landmark store

01:46 British rock group the Rolling Stones has opened what's claimed to be a world first – a permanent store selling the band's merchandise.It openedon Wednesday on London's fashionab

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Global Business Daily: French $118bn fund, drug giants' vaccine trial

"It's an ambitious objective but perfectly achievable."French Prime Minister Jean Castex said the aim of a new $118 billion government recovery fund, to reach pre-pandemic GDP levels by 2022, was far

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Fishy business - what does it mean when fish escape a farm?

This week an escape of nearly 50,000 salmon from an off-shore Scottish fish farm grabbed the attention of headline writers - but was it as rare an event as it appeared to be?CGTN Europe spoke to the

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What COVID-19 solutions have impressed you most? Let us know

Services such as spa treatments and haircuts look very different today. /Niklas Halle'n/AFP In the past few months the world has changed – but here at CGTN Europe, rather than tell you about