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Russia spends more than 5 billion USD, launching Starlink competing satellite
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Russia has just launched the first series of satellites to compete with Starlink, opening an Internet race from space.
Turkey plans to spend $135 billion in gold to save the domestic currency
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The Central Bank of Turkey is considering using up to 135 billion USD of gold reserves to protect the lira.
Iran begins to collect fees through the Strait of Hormuz, up to 2 million USD/trip
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Iran is said to have started charging commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz with a price of 2 million USD per trip.
New COVID-19 strain spreads strongly in the US
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The new COVID-19 strain is spreading throughout the US and may evade current vaccines.
EU unexpectedly postpones ban on Russian oil amid energy crisis
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The EU has not yet been able to set a time to announce the draft ban on Russian oil imports, although it previously targeted mid-April.
animal world: Watch apricot blossom report showing off talent to catch catfish
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An apricot blossom has shown its ability to catch very poor carp in a dry mud pond in Africa.
Latest flood in China 19.8: The Three Gorges Dam bears the worst flood in 17 years
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China's Three Gorges Dam reservoir is expected to see the most serious flooding since it began storing water in 2003.
The first major flood came to the foot of China's giant thousand-year-old Buddha statue
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A major flood has occurred at the foot of a giant Buddha statue in China for the first time in 70 years.
Typhoon Higos approaches, southern China continues to struggle
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Typhoon Higos is expected to bring heavy rains to southern China in the coming days.
China: Horrifying landslide hits highway after heavy rain
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A terrible earthquake occurred in Lung Nam town, Gansu province, northwest China after many days of heavy rain.
5 interesting things about future mushroom species
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There are currently tens of thousands of species of fungi in the mushroom kingdom, but only a few of them are brightly affected, according to Live Science. Here are 5 interesting things about the plant species nicknamed Phosphorus.
China: The most dangerous branch of the Yangtze River in 200 years
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A branch of the Yangtze River is endangered and 10,000 people are trapped in mud after a week of heavy rains in northwestern China's Gansu province.
animal world: The battle for survival, the cruel wild dog defeats the Marabou
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During a survival battle in a forest in Africa, the Marabou was thuong responsibly killed by a wild dog.
Car-sized thien event flying close to Earth has never been seen
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A car-sized meteorite flew over the Earth on August 16 at a distance of 2,950km.
Sri Lanka suddenly has a nationwide power outage
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The whole country of Sri Lanka lost power on August 17 for 7 hours due to an incident at an important power facility.
Watch Indian helicopter spectacularly rescue people trapped in a dam
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"What seemed impossible to us was done by the Indian Air Force very simply," Dipanshu Kabra, Inspector General of the Bilaspur Regional Police, said on Twitter.
Portuguese President plunges into the sea to save 2 women whose boat capsizes
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa helped rescue two women whose kayak boat capsized at sea.
China's flood on August 18: Upstream of the Yangtze River is the biggest flood in 70 years
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Tu Xuyen province in the upstream of the Yangtze River suffered its worst flooding in more than 70 years, while the downstream of the Three Gorges Dam saw the fifth flood peak of the year.
China: H hospitalized for 23 days after being hit in the head by a cat
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A man in China was hospitalized 23 days after a cat hit him on the head and he fell unconscious.
At least 11 people died after terrorist attack on luxury hotel in Somalia
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At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in the terrorist attack at a luxury hotel on the coast in the capital Mogadishu, Indonesia.
