Highlights from the World Robot Conference in Beijing

20:36, August 15, 2018

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  Traditional Torch Festival kicks off in Kunming

  The annual Kunming Torch Festival kicked off on Thursday. The traditional festival in southwest China's Yunnan Province, which lasts for two or three days, is a celebration of the Yi and Bai people.

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  Air China's first Airbus A350-900 takes maiden flight from Beijing to Shanghai

  Air China's first Airbus A350-900 has taken to the skies for its maiden flight with the airline. The new plane flew from Beijing to Shanghai on Tuesday.

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  Taliban attack on Afghan Ghazni city repulsed

  Passengers wait at a bus station in Kandahar city, southern Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2018. The Afghan government forces repulsed a massive Taliban offensive on Ghazni city, the capital of eastern Ghazni province, on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. In a surprise move, Taliban militants launched multi-pronged offensive on Ghazni city, infiltrated the city early Friday morning, and blocked the road linking the capital city of Kabul to the southern Kandahar and western Herat city. (Xinhua/Sanaullah Seiam)

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  Flight stunts brighten dusk in Guizhou

  Believe it or not, this is not a firework show, but a midair flying stunt event held in Anshun City in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Sunday. /VCG Photo