Second killing by US federal agents in Minneapolis sparks outcry
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World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture marked in Yaounde, Cameroon
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Voting concludes for all three phases of Myanmar's general election
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Members of Israeli forces secure streets in West Bank city of Hebron
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In pics: restoration site of Al-Omari Grand Mosque in Gaza City
In pics: restoration site of Al-Omari Grand Mosque in Gaza City
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Russia strikes Ukraine energy, military infrastructure
Russia carried out strikes on Ukraine's energy and military infrastructure across multiple regions, the country's defense ministry said Sunday.
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View of drift ice floating on Han River in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Various parts of South Korea greeted cold fronts in recent days.
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New direct flight route links Chinese capital, UAE's Abu Dhabi
A direct air route between the Chinese capital of Beijing and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been launched, marking the first direct connection between the two capitals operated by a Chinese airline.
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3 killed in ambush on southern Philippine mayor
Three gunmen in an ambush targeting a town mayor in Maguindanao del Sur province in the southern Philippines were killed, while two of the mayor's security escorts were injured in the attack on Sunday, police said.Police said the ambush occurred on early Sunday morning as the mayor of Shariff Aguak
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US storm leaves 217,000 without power, forces thousands of flight cancellations
More than 4,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that has already cut power to more than 210,000 customers as far west as Texas and threatened to paralyze eastern states with heavy snowfall.
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Fans bid farewell to Japan's only pandas
Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a century.
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61 killed, 110 injured in heavy snowfall, rains in Afghanistan
At least 61 people were killed and 110 others injured due to heavy snowfall and rains across Afghanistan on Wednesday and Thursday, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a statement on Saturday.
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Man killed by US federal agents was nurse who 'wanted to make a difference'
The US citizen shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a local veterans' hospital who "wanted to make a difference in this world," family members said.
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Japanese visitors rush to bid farewell to pandas on final public viewing day before their return to China; ticket odds hit 1 in 24.6: reports
The twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei currently at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo that are set to be returned to China marked their final day of public viewing on Sunday.
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Nearly 17,000 Afghan refugees return home in 1 week
A total of 2,981 Afghan families with 16,928 members returned to their homeland from Iran and Pakistan over the past week, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems announced Sunday.
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Greenland capital hit by power outage after strong winds
A power outage plunged Greenland's capital into darkness over the weekend after strong winds caused a transmission failure, the state utility said.
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Team of Chinese, US scientists identifies key tumor cell state driving cancer growth, drug resistance
A collaborative team of Chinese and U.S. scientists has identified a specific group of highly adaptable tumor cells that act as a central hub driving lung cancer progression, creating tumor diversity and causing resistance to therapies, according to new research published this week in the journal
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China hands over 17 Filipino sailors from shipwreck to Philippines
China on Sunday handed over 17 Filipino sailors it rescued from a shipwreck near Huangyan Dao to the Philippines.On Friday, a Singapore-registered cargo ship en route from the Philippines to China had lost contact near Huangyan Dao. Two of the 17 rescued sailors were confirmed dead.
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