From digital torchbearer to electronic fireworks: Hangzhou Asian Games kicks off with innovative, spectacular opening ceremony

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​global times​​​ By Cui Fandi, Lin Xiaoyi and Fan Wei in Hangzhou On Saturday, the day of Autumn Equinox, one of the traditional Chinese solar terms, the 19th Asian Games opening ceremony began with →

El Paso, Texas, ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals

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​al jazeera​​​ Thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to cross the United States border from Mexico, pushing the city of El Paso in the state of Texas “to a breaking point” and leaving →

‘Empire of lies’: Russia’s Lavrov slams West in UN speech

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​al jazeera​​​ Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called the West an “empire of lies” and accused it of adopting a neo-colonial mindset in its overtures to the Global South to win backing →

China pushes supercomputing goal despite US curbs

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​asia times​​​ by Jeff Pao China is expected to complete the construction of a site in Shenzhen for its third exascale supercomputer in 2025, aiming to show its determination to bypass the United →

Libya: eastern authorities announce reconstruction conference in Derna

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​africa news​​​ The spokesperson for the Libyan national army leader also reacted Friday to protests organized in the flood-hit city of Derna. On September 18, hundreds of protestors gathered outside →

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is poised to return bits of the asteroid Bennu to Earth

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science news By James R. Riordon Seven years is a long time to wait for your carrier service to deliver a package. That’s how long it’s been since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set off to gather rocks →

Blinken: U.S. expects "accountability" from India after Canada accuses it of being involved in death of Sikh activist

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​cbs news​​​ By Simrin Singh U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the growing tension between Canada and India on Friday, saying the U.S. is "deeply concerned" about the allegations made →

Ukrainian forces launch second missile strike on Crimean city of Sevastopol

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​cbs news​​​ Ukraine on Saturday morning launched a second missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters →

Tears, compromise, divorce – what it’s like to leave the UK because of Brexit

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​conversation​​​ Nicole and Hemmo have two children. Our team visited them at home just a few days before they moved to the Netherlands. Piles of boxes filled every room of the house, ready to be →

Ruto calls Security Council 'dysfunctional' in speech at the General Assembly

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​africa news​​​ Calling for a reform of the Security Council, the President of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto, called the institution “dysfunctional, undemocratic, non-inclusive, un-representative”. →

The Road to Critical Mineral Security Leads through Australia

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​national interest​​​ by John Coyne Henry Campbell It is commonplace to observe that Beijing enjoys control over much of the globe’s rare earth and critical mineral extraction and processing →

Xi, Assad announce China-Syria strategic partnership

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global times Chinese President Xi Jinping and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday jointly announced the establishment of a China-Syria strategic partnership, as the two leaders met in Hangzhou →

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