New York, U.S. | Xinhua | The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 100 million on Tuesday, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. U.S. COVID-19 case count rose to 100,002,248, with a total of 1,088,218 deaths, as of 5:21 p.m. Eastern Time (2221 GMT), showed …
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Buenos Aires, Argentina | FIFA.COM | Argentina’s plane touched down at Ezeiza Internatonal Airport in Buenos Aires at 2.26 on Tuesday morning, carrying the world champions. After close to 20 hours of travelling, Lionel Scaloni’s team arrived in the capital where thousands of fans were waiting for them to arrive …
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Houston, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. state Texas on Monday deployed more than 400 National Guard troops and other personnel to El Paso, a city bordering Mexico, as the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted the termination of an asylum-limiting policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deployment aims “to safeguard the …
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London, UK | Xinhua | Judges at the United Kingdom’s (UK) High Court ruled on Monday that the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is lawful, but they also criticized the government for failing to properly assess the circumstances of the eight individuals it tried to …
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San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Twitter users voted with a majority in a weekend poll indicating that Elon Musk should step down as CEO of the social media company. Among the 17.5 million votes cast in Musk’s 12-hour poll, which closed early Monday, 57.5 percent were in favor of …
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Canberra Australia | Xinhua | A South Australian winery has started trialing a new technology to combat international wine fraud. Grosset Wines, based in the Clare Valley north of Adelaide, have swapped out their usual bottle caps in Australia and Britain for ones that use Enseal — a product designed by owner …
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Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Following is the list of FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winners: 1930 – Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) – 8 goals 1934 – Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) – 5 goals 1938 – Leonidas (Brazil) – 7 goals 1950 – Ademir (Brazil) – 9 goals 1954 – Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) – …
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✳ It is Mbappe versus Messi ⚽ FINAL 🏆 France 🇫🇷 3 Argentina 🇦🇷 3 (Extra time) Doha, Qatar | QNA | Argentina will face defending champion France in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 18. Defending champions France have made their way back to the …
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🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY – FINAL ⚽ Argentina vs France 6pm Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The World Cup final pits the two best teams in the World together and consequently we can expect a close match on Sunday in the Lusail Stadium when France take on Argentina. Small margins will decide who lifts …
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United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The United Nations on Friday launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages to help them survive, and protect them from extinction. Preserving their languages is “not only important for them, but for all humanity,” said UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi. “With each indigenous language …
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