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Growing China brings benefit to Eurasia

[2017-12-28 07:28]

MOSCOW - China and the countries of Eurasia strengthened cooperation across various fields in 2017, opening opportunities of economic development for the whole region.

Making art from e-waste at a toxic dump

[2017-12-28 07:28]

ACCRA, Ghana - Joseph Awuah-Darko sits on a stool at one of the world's largest electronic waste dumps, watching polystyrene and insulation cables burn on the blackened ground.

Delegation introduces congress message to UAE

[2017-12-28 07:28]

DUBAI - A Chinese delegation introducing the achievements of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China wrapped up its tour in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.

Apple faces lawsuits over slowed aging iPhones

[2017-12-28 07:28]

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change.

Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms

[2017-12-28 07:28]

MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey - Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the US Navy loads some of the country's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly low-tech protection: Oysters.

China's experience helps Africa

[2017-12-27 07:43]

NAIROBI, Kenya - Nowadays, one can hardly travel around Africa without noticing the presence of Chinese nationals - regardless of whether they are tourists, businessmen, peacekeepers, staff members of medical teams, or employees of Chinese-owned enterprises.

$10m reward for missing treasures in Boston museum

[2017-12-27 07:43]

BOSTON - A hot tip could still earn you a cool $10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces. But you'd better hurry.

Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico

[2017-12-27 07:43]

MOROVIS, Puerto Rico - Three days before Christmas, Doris Martinez and daughter Miriam Narvaez joined their neighbors in a line outside city hall in Morovis, a town of 30,000 people still living without electricity in the mountains of central Puerto Rico a month after Hurricane Maria battered the US territory.

E-bike crackdown spurs delivery workers' concern

[2017-12-27 07:43]

NEW YORK - Cheap, electric bicycles have made life a lot easier for New York's legions of restaurant delivery workers, but the party may be over in the New Year.

College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news

[2017-12-27 07:43]

NEW HAVEN - A team of college students is getting attention from internet companies and Congress after developing a browser extension that alerts users to fake and biased news stories and helps guide them to more balanced coverage.

2017 a milestone for Cambodia

[2017-12-26 07:35]

PHNOM PENH - This year has marked a significant milestone in Cambodia-China tourism relations as China became the biggest source of foreign tourists to Cambodia after it overtook Vietnam in the first quarter of the year, said Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon.

UN recognizes Panama's hats - no, not those ones

[2017-12-26 07:35]

LA PINTADA, Panama - Cultural authorities at UNESCO have recognized the artisans of Panama for their distinctive woven hats. No, not those hats; the famed "Panama hat" comes from Ecuador.

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