Cancel Culture has been around for much longer than the Black Lives Matter movement.But George Floyd’s murder and the worldwide reckoning over racial injustice it sparked accelerated the “cancellation” of divisive symbols. And yet can these divisions be reconciled with enough context?
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Crews continue to try to contain a massive oil spill first reported Saturday morning off the coast of Southern California.
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Ecuador is in shock after the worst prison massacre in its history last week when at least 118 prisoners were killed and nearly 80 injured in battles between rival gangs.
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A vaccine mandate for all adults working across New York City’s public school system is now in effect.
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Inflation is going up in Brazil adding to the country’s economic challenges.
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Venezuelans are getting used to some easier math after a new re-branded currency, with six fewer zeros than the previous.
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Retired astronaut Cady Coleman spent nearly a quarter-century with NASA.
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In remarks to a Washington think tank, Ambassador Tai said China is not fully compliant with a Phase One trade agreement signed in January 2020 under the Trump administration.
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They are calling the Pandora Papers the “Largest investigation in journalism history”, a treasure trove of documents allegedly showing secret accounts held by more than 300 current and former political leaders from around the world. The documents have been assembled by a group of more […]
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There’s been some reduction in deforestation in July and August of 2020, according to the latest available data, but figures are still much higher than before Brazilian President Bolsonaro took office. It is from the air that the scale of destruction in the Amazon jungle […]
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New York is pushing to strengthen worker rights for food delivery drivers.
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It’s been one month since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan.
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From major pledges on COVID-19 and climate change, to the flaring of long-held international disputes, the 76th United Nations General Assembly high-level week wasn’t short on drama.
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CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reviews punk band Gustaf’s latest album that speaks to the COVID-19 era.
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San Jose, California has officially apologized to Chinese immigrants and their descendants for 1887 Chinatown destruction and acts of fundamental injustice and discrimination. Find out more.
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A new California labor law seems to take aim at Amazon – just as the retail giant expands its free overnight shipping. It’s the first law of its kind in the U.S. Labor groups hail the move as a step toward protecting workers’ jobs and well-being. But, as CGTN’s Ediz Tiyansan reports, retailers worry it could be another hit to the supply chain, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.
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A panel of experts has told the UN that the internal displacement of people within their own countries is the world’s most neglected crisis.
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U.S. health officials say an average of 258 kids were sent to hospitals with COVID-19, every day last week.
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A small drop in the Amazon’s deforestation rate was measured in July and August this year – compared to the same period of 2020.
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Mexico’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is focusing more and more on younger adults, as the country’s third wave appears to be slowing down. China’s Sinovac vaccine has played a key role in Mexico’s nationwide efforts — and CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports – health authorities continue to […]
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Inflation is on the rise in Brazil, touching double digits for the first time since 2016. A severe drought has affected food and electricity production, weakened the currency and caused price spikes in fuel and food. Millions of Brazilians are feeling the impact, particularly drivers […]
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New research indicates wildfire smoke may increase risks of contracting COVID-19. One report by Harvard University’s School of Public Health says thousands of coronavirus infections in the U.S. last year may be attributable to smoke from wildfires, specifically the ‘fine particulate matter’ air pollution that […]
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Brazilian researchers are looking into the venom of a South American poisonous snake as a potential treatment against COVID-19. The research is in its early stages but initial results seem promising. CGTN’s Paulo Cabral reports.
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The number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has surpassed the number of American deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic, making it the deadliest pandemic in the country’s history. The majority of recent fatalities have occurred in Texas and Florida, where vaccine hesitancy is relatively high. Find out more.
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Leaders from around the world announced plans to flight climate change at the United Nations General Assembly last week. Up next is the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26, in just over a month. See the latest.
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There was a time when residents in California say they didn’t worry about climate change. But wildfires, high temperatures and water shortages have changed the way people think. Some activists on the West Coast have their sights set on stemming another piece of the environmental […]
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Last year, Argentina had one of the strictest lockdowns during the pandemic but now the government has announced it will be easing COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks. Latin America’s third largest economy will be opening its borders from October to visitors from neighboring […]
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When it comes to the immigration – the movement of humans over international borders – photographs and video can and do have an impact on policy making. CGTN’s Franc Contreras takes a deeper look at the pictures of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing […]
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There is a new effort in the U.S. Congress – to revive a federal moratorium on evictions during these pandemic times.
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A network of Venezuelan teachers is pooling efforts to fill the education gap left by more than a year’s absence of in-person learning because of COVID-19.
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More than half the world’s population has yet to receive even one COVID-19 vaccine.
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These are busy times in hospital pediatric wards across the U.S., at places like Children’s Hospital Colorado where the Delta variant of COVID-19 has made its presence felt.
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The migration crisis continues further South, near the Colombia/Panama border.
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Earlier this month, Texas became the 20th U.S. state to pass new permitless gun-carry legislation.
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They’re called “nature’s skyscrapers”, some of the largest and oldest living trees in the world, and they’re now at the mercy of the KNP Fire Complex as it rages through California. Ediz Tiyansan reports.
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The U.S. government continues deporting Haitian migrants from Del Rio, Texas. Many are spread out under the Del Rio International Bridge. Across that bridge, on the Mexican side of the border, Haitians have set up a temporary camp. Franc Contreras reports.
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With vaccinations advancing across the world, vaccinating children is the next stage of inoculations for many countries. But in Mexico, it took legal action by private citizens to get children their doses. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports.
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Recent years have been tough for Venezuela’s economy, which has been in deep recession since 2013, and like many other countries, was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. But some entrepreneurs are surviving and expanding. Stephen Gibbs reports.
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One of San Francisco’s biggest annual tech conferences, TechCrunch Disrupt, has gone virtual this year. The event is also taking on topics that emerged during the pandemic, including vaccines. Mark Niu reports.
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About a third of Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccine doses have come from Chinese lab Sinovac Biotech and distributed by the Butantan Institute. Now, the São Paulo- based laboratory has started to sell the vaccine directly to other states and may even export doses. Paulo Cabral reports.
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Members of the international community have convened to mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration.
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U.S. President Joe Biden led a virtual “Summit to end COVID-19” on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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Another round of battle is underway in the COVID-19 fight pitting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis against U.S. President Joe Biden.
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Embrace the true multilateralism of the United Nations, China’s President Xi Jinping urged fellow world leaders gathered here in New York and remotely across the globe. CGTN’s Nathan King reports.
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This year, California allocated $2 billion of its budget to firefighting — the highest amount to date.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has held onto his job, but he failed to win a majority government in the country’s general election on Monday.
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Joe Biden used his first address as U.S. President to the United Nations General Assembly, to stress his commitment to reestablishing the U.S. at the forefront of international diplomacy.
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Some activists on the West Coast have their sights set on stemming another piece of the environmental puzzle – gas stations.
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Getting vaccines to remote populations has been a challenge for governments around the world.
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