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Depp faces court of public opinion after libel trial
Johnny Depp walked into the hallowed halls of London's High Court three weeks ago seeking to expunge the stain of being branded a "wife beater" by The Sun tabloid. But…
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Ball-jointed dolls new trend among young Chinese
As more and more young people turn to short video platforms like Douyin (TikTok) and Kuaishou to express their creativity, new trends have been appearing one after another. The latest…
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Award-winning US talk show legend Regis Philbin dies aged 88
Regis Philbin, an award-winning fixture of US talk show culture, has died at the age of 88, media reports said Saturday. Philbin, a playful and self-deprecating New Yorker with a…
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Nobel Prize-winning Australian immunologist praises epidemic prevention measures in China
In an exclusive interview with the Global Times, Australian immunologist Peter Doherty, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1996, reaffirmed that epidemic prevention measures in China clearly…
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Return of hit Chinese music show ‘The Big Band’ receives warm welcome from Chinese netizens
The second season of Chinese music variety show The Big Band returned to video platform iQIYI on Saturday. The musical competition show has been hailed by Chinese netizens as providing…
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Video of Amber Heard’s sister shows actress ‘beat’ her, Depp trial hears
Johnny Depp's legal team played an anonymous tipster's video at his libel trial Friday aimed at proving ex-wife Amber Heard had a violent streak and once beat up her sister.…
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Beijing Performance & Arts Group returns to stage for live concert
The Beijing Performance & Arts Group staged a concert in Beijing on Friday night, its first live performance since the COVID-19 outbreak. The Chinese Style Concert staged by the group's…
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France’s love affair with cinema tested by the virus
"I am sick of Netflix. I am sick of an algorithm serving me up the same old thing," said Anne-Sophie Duchamp as she put on her face mask to enter…
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Another first edition of Chinese translation of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ found in Shanghai
A Shanghai library announced on Saturday that it had discovered another first-edition copy of the Chinese language version of The Communist Manifesto published in Shanghai in August 1920. Previously, only…
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Beijing’s Old Summer Palace to ‘live forever’ in digital form
The administration office is cooperating with the College of Archeology and Museology of Peking University to digitalize two sites in the park, Yuanyingguan and Dashuifa sites, according to a Wednesday…