Tennis: Halep, Sharapova off to flying 2018 starts
SHENZHEN, China (AFP) -- World number one Simona Halep began the year in emphatic style with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Nicole…
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China rejects Trump accusation on N. Korea sanction breaches
BEIJING, China (AFP) - China on Friday rejected accusations that it had helped Pyongyang skirt sanctions after US President Donald Trump claimed…
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Trump ‘disappointed’ in China over NKorea sanctions
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump -- who has often hailed China's efforts to put pressure on…
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UN bars four N.Korean ships from international ports
by Philippe RATER Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The UN Security Council on Thursday denied international port…
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Tillerson defends foreign policy record at year’s end
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The United States' top diplomat defended his country's foreign policy record on Wednesday, saying progress had been…
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US, Germany urge China to release jailed activist
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The United States and Germany urged China to free an outspoken government critic known as "Super…
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Chinese court auctions skyscraper for $84 million
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese court is auctioning a skyscraper on the country's largest e-commerce website -- with…
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Chinese activist jailed for 8 years
TIANJIN, China (AFP) -- A Chinese court sentenced an activist known by the online pseudonym "Super Vulgar Butcher" to eight…
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An order from the Chinese emperor: find immortality
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- New archaeological research has shed fresh light on China's first emperor -- creator of the world-famous…
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Artist ‘released’ in China after Liu Xiaobo tribute
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- An artist that could not be reached for more than a week after he painted a politically charged…
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World’s largest amphibious aircraft takes off in China
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's home-grown AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft in production, took to the skies on Sunday…
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10,000 killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown: British archive
BEIJING, China (AFP) - At least 10,000 people were killed in the Chinese army's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in…
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