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Venezuela's Maduro wins presidential vote boycotted by opposition
May 21, 2018Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday in what is being seen as a controversial vote.
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U.S. slaps new sanctions on Venezuela
May 19, 2018WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury announced on Friday that it has imposed sanctions on an influential Venezuelan political figure, three persons related to him and his alleged ...
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Cuba: Three survivors after plane with 110 aboard crashes
May 19, 2018An ageing Boeing 737 with 110 people on board crashed and burned shortly after taking off from Havana's airport, leaving three survivors and investigators sifting through debris for clues as ...
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Cubans praise Raul Castro's 12 years in power
April 18, 2018HAVANA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Changes in Cuba over the past decade are manifested not only in the thriving private restaurants and luxurious hotels, but also in its people, who ...
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Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace Raul Castro
April 18, 2018HAVANA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's National Assembly of People's Powers began a two-day session on
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Inequality, discrimination against women harm everyone, says UN chief
March 8, 2018UNITED NATIONS, March 7 (Xinhua) -- In his message for the International Women's Day to be observed on March 8, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that "inequality and discrimination ...
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Time for Closer Partnership and Greater Cooperation
Feb. 7, 2018(Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)
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Kidney disease increases risk of diabetes: study
Dec. 24, 2017CHICAGO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Diabetes is known to increase a person's risk of kidney disease. Now, the converse is also true: Kidney dysfunction increases the risk of diabetes, according ...
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"The Silence Breakers" named Time's 2017 Person of the Year
Dec. 6, 2017WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- "The Silence Breakers" who sparked a national outcry over sexual harassment across the United States have been named as Time magazine's 2017 Person of the ...
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Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, instructs staff to relocate ...
Dec. 6, 2017WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, and instructed the State Department to begin the process ...
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe officiates at university graduation
Nov. 17, 2017HARARE, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe officiated at a graduation ceremony of Zimbabwe Open University Friday afternoon in the capital Harare.
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UN Security Council OKs new sanctions on DPRK, targeting oil, ...
Sept. 13, 2017UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Citing threats to not only Northeast Asia but the whole world, members of the UN Security Council on Monday ratcheted up, yet again, sanctions ...
