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Sino-Russian trade ties set to strengthen

China and Russia have built a comprehensive strategic partnership while expanding and deepening cooperation to achieve win-win results. With the world facing uncertainties, Beijing and Moscow are determined to upgrade their practical cooperation in order to overcome the global challenges created by slowing economic growth and rising protectionism.

Building a brighter future for the world

The cause of human rights across the worlds is facing traditional and non-traditional threats, especially in the political, economic, scientific and technological fields.

People focus of human rights development

The on-going 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, is studying in depth the pressing issues in the field of international human rights and promote cooperation among countries to advance the cause of human rights worldwide.

Campaign to save sight, win hearts

In around 15 minutes, Ork Sambath, who had suffered from cataracts for more than a decade, regained his eyesight after receiving surgery from a Chinese medical team.

Shorter winters cast doubts over dog sledding

KULUSUK, Denmark - Tethered between pastel-colored wooden houses in the Greenlandic village of Kulusuk and on hills nearby, the island's famous sled dogs wait through the summer for the ice to form so their hunting season can begin.

Democrats slam trade rift in debates

Democratic presidential candidates tackled the US-China trade dispute at their third debate on Thursday, with most criticizing US government handling of it.

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Unlawful for PM to suspend UK Parliament

LONDON - A Scottish court dealt another blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans on Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union was an unlawful attempt to avoid democratic scrutiny.

Water found for first time on another star's planet

PARIS - Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed on Wednesday.

DR Congo outlines growth trajectory

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DR Congo, is vowing to change overseas perceptions of the country as poverty stricken and ridden with conflicts and diseases.

2,500 still missing in Bahamas after storm

NASSAU, Bahamas - About 2,500 people are unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, the country's National Emergency Management Agency, or NEMA, said on Wednesday.