In the wake of the failed coup in July 2016, Turkey imposed a state of emergency giving the government sweeping powers. Protests erupted across the country as almost 130,000 public workers were dismissed from their jobs, including doctors, police off

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The Hubble telescope has given us spectacular pictures from space, but theyre not detailed enough to help us in our search for life in the trillions of galaxies across the universe. If tens of percent of stars have planets that could resemble the ear

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Civilians fleeing the fighting between the government and Houthi rebels are facing severe shortage of food. Children are malnourished to the point of starvation, and in some areas theyre dying from cholera and of diphtheria. My daughter got sick all

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The statistics are stark and alarming. Populations of mammals, of birds, of fish declines between 1970 and the year 2014 by 60 percent globally. And in fresh water, habitats, the figure is some 83 percent. And its no surprise that human activity is m

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San Francisco Google employees join co-workers from around the world and walked off the job temporarily. 谷歌位于旧金山的员工们加入了公司各地的同事,进行了短暂的罢工。 They protested what they see as the companys mishan

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Casting a vote for former state lawmaker and congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib wasnt about making history for Detroit voter David White It was about making a difference. Rashida represents everything that undermines those stereotypes. She doesnt

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Norway is one of the top ten aquaculture producers, and the industry goes to great length to secure feed for farmed fish. 挪威是十大水产养殖国之一,而其水产养殖业也是竭尽全力确保鱼食供给。 It has even sent factory shi

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A malnourished child in Yemen dies every 10 minutes, according to UNICEF Middle-East director who says the deaths are preventable. 每10分钟,就有一名营养不良的也门儿童死亡,这是联合国儿童基金会中东局局长提供的信息

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Seeing the destruction, Trump thanked the firefighters, police officers and emergency workers. They are fighting and they are fighting like hell. Weve never seen anything like this in California. Weve never seen anything like this, Jerry. Its like to

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Britains business leaders Monday offered a stark warning on the growing cost of Brexit uncertainty. Brexit is consuming government, every politician, every civil servant and its also consuming British business. Our firms are spending hundreds of mill

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After their summit of June, US President Donald Trump said he expected Kim Jong-un to immediately begin giving up his nuclear weapons. When he lands, which is gonna be shortly, I think that he will start that process right away. Five months later, Ki

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Patricia Caicedo Batioja was constantly concerned her four-year-old granddaughter was going to lose vision in her left eye if she didnt receive an urgent operation. 帕特丽夏一直担心自己4岁大的孙女会左眼失明,因为孙女可能无法

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Thousands of migrants walked through Mexico toward the US border on Thursday. The caravan was formed October 12th in crime-and poverty-ridden Honduras. Some people dropped off and others joined the caravan along the way. This is the second such carav

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These Facebook posts may look legitimate but they were part of a disinformation campaign coordinated by Iranians and recently uncovered by the company.As the U.S. prepares for its midterm elections, the social network giant is working to reduce misin

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For more than 140 years, from the late 1700s to the 1930s, the family-owned Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary served customers with an amazing assortment of medicines. When the shop closed, the buildings new owner kept it just the way it was, and turned

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From the outside of the Museum of pop culture in Seattle has been likened to a smashed electric guitar, attributed to legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. 西雅图流行文化博物馆从外面看,就像是一把摔烂的电吉他,而这都是因

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In whats believed to be a first Londons Imperial College Business School is using holographic technology to present lectures to students. From California Marrowli NaicaGoogles product manager was beamed onto a stage like Magic. The head of Imperials

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According to the study, rats have decimated seabird populations across 90 percent of the worlds island archipelagos. Professor Nick Graham of Lancaster University in Britain says at a recent visit at the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, there

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In the tiny state of Monaco on the Mediterranean Riviera, the future has arrived. These antennas are upgrades that will allow Monaco to handle the increased demands that 5G devices will put on networks. Were in the process of installing the antennas

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Candlelight vigils have become all too familiar images in the United States. The shooting in Thousand Oaks California means reliving a nightmare for Kayla Sanford who survived the mass shooting in Las Vegas Nevada in 2017. 烛光守夜对美国来说已

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