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UK National Gallery celebrates bicentennial anniversary
LONDON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The London-based National Gallery of the United Kingdom (UK) kicked off a series of events to commemorate its 200th anniversary on Friday.
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Ethiopia-Djibouti railway transports 9.5 million tons cargo with average annual revenue up by 39 pct
ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway has transported 680,000 passengers and 9.5 million tons of cargo with an average annual transportation revenue increase of 39 percent over the past six years, official data showed.
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China-Africa trade expo in Kenya ends with call for robust business ties
NAIROBI, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in Africa (Kenya) 2024 ended Saturday in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, with participants renewing a call for increased Sino-Africa business relationship.
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Colombia paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso released by Bogota court
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday.
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Wildfire evacuation notice issued for oil sands rich Alberta town
TORONTO (Reuters) -An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the major Canadian oil town, making it among the first actions ahead of the wildfire season.
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Five killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border regions, Donetsk, officials say
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Five people were killed and nine wounded in three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes on the Russian border provinces of Belgorod and Kursk, and the city of Donetsk, which Russia claims to have annexed, local officials said on Saturday.
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Russia takes five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, defence ministry says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday, exploiting its increasing advantage on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine.
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Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says
SHEIKH JALAL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday, while the World Food Progamme said it was double that.
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Prince William says Kate's 'doing well,' in rare comments since cancer diagnosis reveal
LONDON (AP): Prince William on Friday (May 10) has offered a positive assessment of his wife's health, a hospital administrator said, in one of the royal's few comments about Kate's condition since she announced that she was undergoing treatment for cancer.
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U.S. deeply alarmed by Georgia's foreign agent bill, Sullivan says
TBILISI (Reuters) -The United States said on Saturday it was deeply alarmed by democratic backsliding in Georgia which Washington said had a choice to support either a "Kremlin-style" foreign agent bill or the people's Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
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India poll watchdog's inaction lets PM Modi commit 'brazen' violations, opposition says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's opposition said the nation's election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue "unchecked and brazen" violations by not taking action on opposition complaints of religious hate speech and misrepresentation.
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Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption
WASHINGTON: A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids -- and stunning auroras -- as it intensifies.
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Video games
Learn programming in space in free app ‘Rabbids Coding!’ (PC/mobile)
Every command counts in this slightly crazy game and the goal is to solve the task as efficiently as possible.
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Wearables
Bluetooth for two: How to play music on two sets of headphones
No more sharing one set of headphones: There are now various options for using two Bluetooth headphones on one smartphone at the same time.
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Role-play with your friends as influencers dying to go viral
The list of things that influencers have done for attention is terrifying. Creators have eaten 10,000 calories in one sitting, glued their lips together and smashed gallons of milk on the floor in public. When Logan Paul recorded himself finding a dead body in a Japanese forest known for suicides, it caused a backlash across the Internet.
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Ukraine ground force commander expects Russian push ahead of arms supplies
(Reuters) - The commander of Ukraine's ground forces, in an interview published on Friday, said he expected the 26-month-old war against Russia to enter a critical phase in the next two months as Moscow tries to exploit delays in supplying weapons to Kyiv.
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Russian attack forces frustrated, hungry residents from Ukraine border town
NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Residents of a Ukrainian border town, frustrated and angry at an armoured ground attack by Russian troops trying to secure a new foothold, were evacuated from their homes on Friday with an uncertain future ahead.
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Chinese EV maker Zeekr surges 34 pct in Wall Street debut
NEW YORK, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand Zeekr Friday made an impressive debut on the New York Stock Exchange, with its shares opening nearly 24 percent higher than the IPO price of 21 U.S. dollars per share.
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Death toll of bus crash in Russia's St. Petersburg rises to 7
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The number of fatalities as a result of a passenger bus falling into a river in St. Petersburg has increased to seven, the Russian Investigative Committee press office said Friday night.
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Mexico heat wave melts temperature records in ten cities, including Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ten cities in Mexico registered record-high temperatures in 10 cities, including the capital, authorities said on Friday, amid a searing heat wave that has prompted blackouts nationwide and pushed the power grid to the brink.