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China launches Chang’e-4 probe to shed light on moon’s dark side
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe was launched in the early hours of Saturday, and it is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. A…
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Remains of Pearl Harbor sailors return home after 77 years
More than 75 years after nearly 2,400 members of the U.S. military were killed in the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, some who died on Dec. 7, 1941, are finally…
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Nobel laureates: Despite progress, cancer won’t be wiped out
The winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades, although it is unlikely the disease could be…
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France fears more riots; Museums, Eiffel Tower to close
Authorities across France braced Thursday for the possibility of more riots and violence at anti-government protests this weekend, holding emergency meetings and deploying tens of thousands of police and security…
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S.Korean court rejects arrest warrants for ex-top court justices over power abuse
A South Korean court on Friday rejected prosecutors' request to issue arrest warrants for two former top court justices over their alleged involvement in a judiciary power abuse scandal believed…
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S. Africa launches special economic zone outside Cape Town
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday launched the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) outside Cape Town.This brought to nine the total number of SEZs in the country. The Atlantis…
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All clear after bomb threat forces evacuation of CNN offices
Police have given the all-clear after a phoned in bomb threat forced the evacuation of CNN's offices in New York. Police said a man with a southern accent called CNN…
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S.Korea, DPRK hold liaison office meeting in Kaesong
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a vice-ministerial-level meeting Friday at the inter-Korean liaison office in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong. Seoul's unification ministry…
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Bush, president and patriarch, is home for Texas burial
George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest, in…
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Belt and Road Initiative expected to deliver benefits to Portugal
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan have returned to Beijing after state visits to Spain, Argentina, Panama and Portugal. He also attended the G20 summit in Buenos…