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Here is a Jian Bing, or Chinese crepe. Watch how a robot chef spreads the egg and flips the crepe to make this popular Chinese street food in Beijing.

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Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, on Friday handed over the body of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage killed in Gaza, to the International Committee of Red Cross, a senior Hamas official said, after Israeli authorities determined that a body returned by Hamas on Thursday was not her.

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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a final protocol on the delimitation and demarcation of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border during a joint meeting in Bishkek, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan announced on Friday.

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China's first technical group standards for the precise ecological restoration of mangroves have been released and implemented, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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The first commercial launch of Europe's latest rocket, Ariane 6, initially scheduled for Feb. 26 from Kourou, French Guiana, has been postponed, launch service provider Arianespace announced on Friday.

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Tesla is recalling over 375,000 vehicles in the US due to a power steering assist failure that could increase steering effort. The recall is for certain 2023 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday.

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The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced Friday that it would remove the current minimum and maximum fee components and adjust the ad valorem rate to 0.42 bps for each trade. The new fee structure is expected to take effect in June this year.

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Chinese researchers have developed a two-dimensional biomimetic membrane to extract uranium from seawater or salt lake water, shedding light on wastewater treatment and rare metal recovery, according to a paper recently published in the journal Advanced Materials. (file pic)

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Scientists from China and New Zealand are conducting the second collaborative dive expedition. The 3-month scientific voyage, which explores the geology and ecosystem south off the coast of New Zealand's South Island, completed its first leg in New Zealand waters and started the second leg on Fri.

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NASA has further decreased the chance of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 to Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, to 0.28%, according to its latest estimate.

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China has become the world's second most influential soft power nation after the US, according to the sixth annual Global Soft Power Index released by Brand Finance on Thursday.

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Farmers pick tea leaves at an organic tea plantation in Baisha Li Autonomous County of south China's Hainan Province.

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Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also the Chinese lead person for China-U.S. economic and trade affairs, held a video call Friday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on bilaterally important economic issues.

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Simply place your order through your phone, and this robot will whip up a delicious cup of milk tea for you!

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A blanket of white enveloped Huangshan Mountain in E China's Anhui province, transforming it into a winter wonderland.

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As of Wednesday, 169,000 vehicles were scrapped and recycled and 647,000 electric bicycles were traded in for new models nationwide this year under China's consumer goods trade-in program, said the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.

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Farming activities are in full swing across China in early spring.

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Former US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, 83, who recently stepped down from the leadership position, said on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a decades-long tenure in the upper chamber.

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In pics: Covering an area of 705,500 square meters, Terminal 5 of the Xianyang International Airport was officially put into operation on Thursday in Xi'an, the capital of NW China's Shaanxi.

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The People's Bank of China will promote the use of renminbi (RMB) in cross-border payments, pricing, investment, and financing, aiming to facilitate international trade, investment, and financing, according to a statement published Thursday.

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The National Financial Regulatory Administration on Thursday authorized mainland branches of Hong Kong and Macao banks to offer foreign currency bank card services and provide RMB card services for clients other than citizens of the mainland. These policies will take effect on March 1.

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Chinese researchers have discovered two new fungal species in Wuyishan National Park, SE China's Fujian, named Hemileccinum pruinatus (first pic) and Micropsalliota pseudoglobocystis. The research results have recently been published in MycoKeys.

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Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency, scientists from China and other countries have independently collected samples near Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Wang Yilin, former chairman of the China National Petroleum Corporation, on Thursday stood trial on bribery charges at a court in Erdos, N China's Inner Mongolia. Wang is accused of accepting money and gifts worth over 35.01 million yuan ($4.88 million). A verdict will be announced in due course.

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China's Tianwen-2 probe for asteroid exploration has arrived at the launch site of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in SW China's Sichuan, the China National Space Administration said on Thursday. The probe is scheduled for launch in the first half of 2025.

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A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar.

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Silver-white snow flutters to ornament the Lushan Mountain scenic spot, presenting unparalleled beauty and tranquility in east China's Jiujiang City.

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Hamas said on Wednesday that it had submitted a proposal to Israel, through mediators, for a comprehensive prisoner-for-hostage swap based on the principle of "all for all" as part of ongoing negotiations.

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China on Wednesday issued an action plan to stabilize foreign investment in 2025.

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A Chinese research team has developed a chemical sand-fixation material suitable for use in cold desert regions, which is expected to serve as a new tool for sand control and desertification prevention in such areas.

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Chinese scientists have attributed the sudden movement of a boulder on the surface of a comet to a phenomenon known as the "rocket effect," which resulted from the asymmetric outburst of volatile ice inside the boulder. The findings were recently published in The Astrophysical Journal.

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Look up! A stunning halo appeared on Wednesday morning in the sky of Beijing, China.

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China has activated a groundbreaking underwater intelligent computing cluster off the coast of its southernmost province of Hainan, marking a significant leap forward in sustainable high-performance computing. The newly installed facility is capable of housing over 400 high-performance servers.

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The fixed-asset investment of China's local state-owned enterprises totaled 7 trillion yuan ($976.22 billion) last year, an increase of 4.2% year on year, according to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

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Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Wednesday sent a letter to Howard Lutnick, the newly appointed US secretary of commerce, congratulating him on taking office.

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Standing on a cliff in the center of the ancient city of Gyantse in SW China's Xizang, the ruins of the Gyantse Dzong castle were covered in light snow on Feb. 19.

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Zhang Hongli, former vice president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was on Wednesday sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, for accepting bribes worth over 177 million yuan (about $24.3 million), according to a court in the city of Hangzhou, E China's Zhejiang.

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Brazil's prosecutor-general has filed criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, accusing them of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.

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Russia's first giant panda cub Katyusha received new gifts at Moscow Zoo. Katyusha's father and mother are Ru Yi and Ding Ding, who were sent to Russia in 2019 in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia.

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A high-speed train races past a station in east China's Huzhou City, taking passengers on a swift and safe journey to their destinations.

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Blooming rapeseed flowers paint a truly mesmerizing spring scene in Nanchang, E China's Jiangxi.

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A group of 15 tourists from Thailand and Laos, the first tour group from ASEAN countries to visit the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna in SW China's Yunnan Province since the implementation of a new visa relaxation policy, walked out of the China-Laos Railway's Xishuangbanna station Tue.

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