US soldiers participate in the Amphibious Landing training as part of the 2018 Balikatan Exercises between the Philippines and the United States in Zambales Pro

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio talks to the press after he greets students arriving for the first day of Pre-K school at Mosaic Pre-K Center in the Queens b

A woman gets COVID-19 test at a makeshift test site in Kew Gardens, one of the COVID-19 hotspot areas in New York City, the United States, Oct. 6, 2020. (Xinhua

US President Donald Trump announces his US Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett (right), in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on S

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference in Washington on Dec. 10, 2019. (Russian Foreign Ministry photo)
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Serbian armored vehicles perform a task during a military exercise at the Pester plateau in southwestern Serbia on Oct. 10, 2020. The Serbian army held a large

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) meets with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communis

A volunteer collects olives at an olive orchard in the West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, on Oct. 8, 2020. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
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Britain's government on Sunday urged businesses to prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period, saying that they need to take action whether or not a tr

The undated photo shows the solar energy panels installed in a village in Lu Jiang county in Hefei, capital city of Anhui Province of China. (Xinhua photo)
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Firefighters spray water to put out a fire in the countryside of Hama province in central Syria, on Sept. 9, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
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Dozens of fires that ravaged parts of Syria and Lebanon in recent days were brought under control on Sunday, authorities in the two countries said.

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Around 40 people armed with fireworks and steel bars besieged a police station outside Paris early Sunday, authorities said, prompting new calls for tougher gov

The UK's hospitality industry is mounting a legal challenge to the government's lockdown restrictions, aiming to stop its plans to close pubs and other venues t

Prince William issued an urgent plea Saturday for a global effort to resolve the climate crisis by the end of this decade so that "we won't have to sacrifice ev

Four people were killed and one was missing after a tourist plane and a microlight aircraft collided in western France on Saturday, local authorities said.

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People are seen at the reopened "Belas Artes" cinema in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Oct. 10, 2020. The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America,

Combo photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden delivering their respective speeches on different occasions. (Xinhua)

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The Marine One carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 5, 2020.Photo:Xinhua

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Combo photo shows the logos of WeChat (L) and TikTok. (Xinhua)
Shutting down mediums of communication like TikTok and WeChat clearly constitutes an illegal "pr

Migrants find shelter at a supermarket parking lot on Thursday on the Greek island of Lesbos before police begin an operation to rehouse thousands of homeless m

"Your early vote has not been recorded," one text message said, with a link for more information.

Other messages tell voters they are not registered, or offer

US President Donald Trump addressed supporters from a White House balcony on Saturday, his first public appearance since he tested positive for COVID-19 on Octo

People take part in the Chinese calligraphy competition organized by the Confucius Institute of the University of Buenos Aires, at the University Language Cente

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 10, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xi