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WORLD NEWS
Facing Global Outcry, China Decides Not To Legalize Rhino Horn And Tiger Bone
By Dominique Mosbergen
A senior Chinese cabinet official said that last month’s order to partially lift a 25-year ban on the two animal products had been “postponed after study.”
O primeiro “âncora AI” do mundo foi revelado pela Xinhua, a agência de notícias estatal do país, e utiliza tecnologias de machine learning e imagens de jornalistas reais para criar versão digital capaz de apresentar o noticiário
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WORLD NEWS
China's State-Run News Unveils Deeply Creepy New AI Anchor
By Nick Robins-Early
Both impressively realistic and yet unsettlingly soulless.
White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump listens as she sits beside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during U.S. President Donald Trump's bilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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POLITICS
Ivanka Trump Set To Gain 16 New Trademarks In China, Including For Voting Machines
By Mary Papenfuss
The president's daughter and senior adviser nears a deal that raises more questions about how the Trumps mix private business with White House work.
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin on one hundred dollar bill.
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POLITICS
U.S. Trade Deficit With China Hits All-Time High Despite Tariffs
By Mary Papenfuss
The gap is expected to grow even more despite penalties on billions of dollars of Chinese goods.
Wildlife campaigners fear that the new rules could further put rhinos at risk of being poached
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ENVIRONMENT
China Just Legalized Rhino Horn And Tiger Bone For Medical Use, Reversing 25-Year Ban
By Dominique Mosbergen
The Chinese government has “signed a death warrant for imperiled rhinos and tigers in the wild," environmentalists warned.
Children injured in knife spree at kindergarten in China
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WORLD NEWS
Knife-Wielding Woman Injures 14 Children In China School Attack
The attacker, a 39-year-old woman, was taken in custody and no motive for the assault was released.
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China said Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 it is in contact with the United States amid reports of a planned meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump next month following a dive in the U.S. stock market blamed partly on a growing trade war between the world's two largest economies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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POLITICS
China Trolls Trump Over Report It's Hacked His iPhone
By Ryan Grenoble
Russian and Chinese spies reportedly listen in on the president's phone calls regularly.
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POLITICS
Trump Uses Unsecured iPhone Even Though China, Russia Are Listening In: Report
By Lydia O'Connor
Several insiders told The New York Times that the president is well aware of this habit's risks.
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ASIAN VOICES
China Greenlights 'Crazy Rich Asians' Release, But It Might Not Shine At The Box Office
By Marina Fang
The hit romantic comedy, a landmark for Asian representation in the U.S., won't be a surefire hit in the world's second-biggest market for moviegoers.
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ASIAN VOICES
Son Of Pastor Still Detained In China Hopes Dad Won't Be 'Forgotten'
By Carol Kuruvilla
After Andrew Brunson's release from detention in Turkey, Ben Cao is hoping Trump will also speak up for his imprisoned dad, Rev. John Cao.
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 15: (L-R) Awkwafina, Jimmy O. Yang, Constance Wu, Kevin Kwan, Henry Golding, Ken Jeong and Michelle Yeoh attend SiriusXM's Entertainment Weekly Radio Spotlight With The Cast Of 'Crazy Rich Asians' on August 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
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ASIAN VOICES
'Crazy Rich Asians' Finally Scheduled For Release In China
By Kimberly Yam
The Hollywood blockbuster is slated to hit the country’s theaters on Nov. 30.
A police patrol walk in front of the Id Kah Mosque in the old city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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WORLD NEWS
China Says Internment Camps Are 'Free Vocational Training'
By Yanan Wang, AP
An official government report laid out its aims to assimilate Muslim ethnic minorities and root out extremism.
Grace, the wife of the missing Interpol president Meng Hongwey, talks to journalists on October 7, 2018 in Lyon during a press conference during which she did not want her face to be shown, a day after Interpol demanded an official 'clarification' from China on the whereabouts of its missing police chief, after reports said he was detained for questioning on arrival in his homeland. - Beijing has remained silent over the mysterious disappearance of Meng Hongwei, who was last seen leaving for China in late September from the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, southeast France, a source close to the enquiry told AFP. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
China Says 'Unaware' Of Alleged Threats Against Ex-Interpol President's Wife
Meng Hongwei's wife says she received a threatening phone call from a man speaking Chinese one week after her husband went missing.
INTERPOL President Meng Hongwei poses during a visit to the headquarters of International Police Organisation in Lyon, France, May 8, 2018. Picture taken May 8, 2018. Jeff Pachoud/Pool via Reuters
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WORLD NEWS
China Says Detained Former Interpol Chief Accused Of Bribery
Meng Hongwei is the latest high-ranking official to fall victim to a sweeping crackdown by the ruling Communist Party on perceived disloyalty.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA JULY 6, 2018: Interpol President Meng Hongwei at an International Cybersecurity Congress at Moscow's World Trade Centre. Mikhail Metzel/TASS (Photo by Mikhail Metzel\TASS via Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Interpol President Resigns Amid Chinese Corruption Investigation
Meng Hongwei stepped down as head of the international police agency days after his wife reported him missing.
Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, gives an addresses at the opening of the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. - The three-day conference on fostering innovation for future security challenges is taking place from July 4 to 6. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
President Of Interpol Reported Missing
Meng Hongwei hasn't been seen since he traveled to China late last month, his wife told police.
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POLITICS
Key U.S. Allies Are Sending People To China's Secret Muslim Internment Camps
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
The U.S. finally wants to pressure China to close the camps. Its allies have other ideas.
UNITED STATES - APRIL 25: Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., speaks with Roll Call in his Capitol Hill office on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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ASIAN VOICES
Activists, Legislators Fear Bill Could Lead To Profiling Of Chinese Students
By Kimberly Yam
“It is irresponsible to categorize an entire country of people en masse as spies,” said Rep. Judy Chu.
Rainbow flags lie on the desk of Liu Yifu, an organiser of a 5.17 km run to mark International Day Against Homophobia in Beijing, China, May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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QUEER VOICES
Chinese Kindergarten Teacher Says He Was Fired For Being Gay
By Christian Shepherd, Reuters
The teacher says he hopes his case will push forward Chinese society to be "more balanced and accepting.”
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 17: An American flag hangs from the ceiling of the Klystron Gallery at the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on April 17, 2017. (Photo by Jacob Biba for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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SCIENCE
Trump Politicized The Only U.S. Atom-Smashing Lab’s Funding. China Opened Its Wallet.
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Once the unrivaled leader in cutting-edge research, the United States now risks ceding breakthroughs in batteries and cancer treatment to other countries.
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircrafts take off from the USS Wasp (LHD 1) amphibious assault carrier during their operation in the waters off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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WORLD NEWS
China Won't Allow U.S. Navy Ship To Dock In Hong Kong Amid Escalating Trade Conflict
By Greg Torode and Ben Blanchard, Reuters
The assault ship Wasp had been due to make a port call in Hong Kong next month.
In this Aug 21 2018 photo Meripet 29 carries her son Abduweli at a playground in Istanbul Turkey
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WORLD NEWS
China Treats Uighur Kids As ‘Orphans’ After Parents Seized
By Yanan Wang and Dake Kang, Associated Press
“It’s like my kids are in jail. My four children are separated from me and living like orphans.”
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, speaks with students during an event at the Tel Aviv University, Israel May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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BUSINESS
Alibaba Backpedals On Promise To Bring 1 Million Jobs To U.S., Blames Trump Tariff War
By Dominique Mosbergen
Company chairman Jack Ma said the commitment had been predicated on a “friendly U.S.-China partnership."
Dua Lipa performs on stage on day 3 of Leeds Festival on 26 August, 2018 at Bramham Park Leeds, England. Picture date: Sunday 26 August, 2018. Photo credit: Katja Ogrin/ EMPICS Entertainment.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Dua Lipa 'Horrified' After Fans Kicked Out Of Concert In China
By Cole Delbyck
Some concertgoers claim staff removed people waving LGBTQ flags at the Shanghai show.
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge joins local school children at a copper beating workshop during the official opening of Japan House, the new Cultural Home of Japan in London on September 13, 2018. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby / POOL / Getty Images) (Photo credit should read TIM P. WHITBY/AFP/Getty Images)
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ASIAN VOICES
Prince William's Japanese And Chinese Food Mixup Is Truly Cringeworthy
By Carly Ledbetter
The Duke of Cambridge quickly corrected himself.
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WORLD NEWS
At Least 11 Dead, Dozens Injured After Driver Rammed Car Into Crowded Square In China
By Dominique Mosbergen
The 54-year-old driver then attacked pedestrians with a spade and knife, police said.
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