On the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 16, the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. hosted an elaborate celebration marking the 45th anniversary of China-U.S. relations. CGTN’s Beini Li reports.
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei, a Libertarian, has journeyed to Davos this week to attend the World Economic Forum. There, he intends to “defend the ideas of freedom in a forum polluted by the 2030 socialist agenda,” he said. Meanwhile, back in Argentina, the new government’s […]
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The Iowa caucuses – which comprise only 110,000 voters — have declared former U.S. President Donald Trump as the winner, securing over 50 percent of the vote in most projections. In this initial election contest of the year, Trump emerged victorious against competitors Ron DeSantis […]
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Yemen-based Houthi rebels and militants have carried out 27 attacks involving drones and missiles on container ships and vessels in the Red Sea since November. U.S. and British militaries have launched retaliatory bombings on Houthi sites in Yemen, warning American-flag vessels from entering the Red […]
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See how a collaboration between Chinese and Brazilian scientists led to the discovery of a new species of pterosaurs.
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See what a former Brazilian diplomat thinks about the upcoming visit from China’s Wang Yi.
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2024 will be a big year for migration, not least in North America, where it is a hot political topic ahead of presidential elections in both Mexico and the United States.
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In 2010, hundreds of thousands of people died in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the capital was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Haitians in the U.S. gathered this week to commemorate the lives lost and reflect on the chaos that still engulfs their country.
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Venezuela is getting ready for a presidential election this year, despite a long-lasting political and economic crisis. The opposition, which is ahead in the polls, is hoping to unseat President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power since 2013. The president has not yet made his […]
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Dubbed Plan Phoenix, the crackdown on Ecuador’s dangerous drug gangs is underway. Ecuador’s armed forces increased patrolling and searches in Guayaquil’s poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in response to days of gang violence.
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Despite freezing weather, the Republican presidential candidates are continuing to campaign across the U.S. state of Iowa on the eve of Monday night’s Iowa caucuses. It’s the first vote in the long primary voting season.
Read More...Ecuador’s police and armed forces are striking back as President Daniel Noboa has said his country is “at war” with drug gangs, who are holding more than 130 prison staff hostage and who briefly captured a TV station live on air in a wave […]
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Cuba’s government has introduced economic measures for 2024 that include energy price hikes and subsidy cuts. Officials say the move is expected to improve the country’s economic performance.
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Check out what’s in store for 2024.
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See the impact of the groundbreaking California law that allows undocumented migrants access to Medicaid.
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As CES closes, see the latest tech that you never knew you needed.
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Days before the Iowa Caucus takes place, we talked to farmers on the issues most important to them.
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Learn more about the rising inflation in Argentina.
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There’s more evidence that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. Learn more.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley had a tense and heated Republican Presidential debate in Iowa Wednesday night. The pair clashed and traded insults across a range of issues. But while those two battled it out […]
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Election day in the U.S. is now less than 11 months away and that’s typically when voters start to focus on key issues. Here’s what polls have found on the top of the mind for Americans.
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The Consumer Electronics show continues to wow crowds in Las Vegas. And one of the major themes emerging is sustainable transportation and autonomous vehicles for every kind of task imaginable.
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For many years, the Rio Grande at the Mexico-US border has been a path for thousands of illegal migrants. However, another river much further south is used by migrants who are making their way to the US. This is called the Suchiate River, located on […]
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Many people from South America and Central America travel to Mexico hoping to cross the border into the United States. However, more and more migrants are now opting to stay in Mexico instead of continuing their journey. In this video, Alasdair Baverstock will explain this […]
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The harvests of crucial crops like potatoes and corn in Peru have taken a severe hit due to a drought in the Peruvian Andes. Scientists have linked this situation to the El Niño weather and climate change. According to Dan Collyns, Junin, a mountainous region […]
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Despite being one of the smallest countries in the Americas, Panama is one of the largest producers of plastic waste. The capital city produces over 34,000 tons of waste every month, but only about 5% is recycled. Amanda Guerra’s report highlights that much plastic waste […]
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Election disruption from artificial intelligence poses the biggest risk this year, according to a report released on Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.
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Thousands of Americans are without power and many more are dealing with clean-up, after a severe winter storm swept across the U.S. on Tuesday.
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Ecuador is reeling from another day of unrest with many people afraid to leave their homes after violent drug gangs launched attacks against the government of President Daniel Noboa.
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It’s been 45 years since the U.S. and China formally established diplomatic relations.
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Next Monday, candidates who’ve spent months vying for the Republican presidential nomination will finally get a sense of where they really stand.
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The president of Ecuador has declared a state of internal armed conflict after an armed gang stormed an Ecuadorean TV station on Tuesday.
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In Mexico, a large group of undocumented immigrants has restarted their journey northward.
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The 2024 election season is off and running in the United States.
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It was one year ago, that rioters stormed government buildings in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, to demand the ouster of new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the name of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.
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The U.S. Supreme Court could soon weigh in on America’s 2024 presidential election.
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The U.S.’s Federal Aviation Administration says 171 Boeing 737 MAX jets will remain grounded pending further inspections.
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The fallout for Boeing tied to its 737 Max-9 jetliners continues after a mid-flight blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight last week. Luckily no one was injured in the mid-air fiasco, but the U.S. airline manufacturer is coming under renewed scrutiny as the National […]
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Later this month, the first votes will be cast in the 2024 presidential election in the Iowa caucuses. The race for the White House promises to be hotly contested, but possibly more divided than ever.
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In Brazil, Jan 8 marks the one-year anniversary of the day when thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed the presidential palace, Congress and the Supreme Court after Bolsonaro’s rival and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the 2023 presidential election.
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Caribbean nations are being hit hard by an upsurge in cases of dengue. Environmental experts and health professionals point to climate change as being in large part to blame.
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Peru says it has surpassed Colombia and Brazil as the world’s leader in bird diversity with nearly 1,900 species. After coordinating the count with the scientific community, it hopes to promote Peru as the premier bird-spotting destination.
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Ten students from California State University Long Beach will visit their Chinese sister city, Qingdao, next week. They are the first of thousands of young Americans who will take part in exchange programs in China over the next five years.
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The year 2024 marks the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. To mark the occasion, CGTN correspondent Mark Niu sat down with Zhang Jianmin, China’s Consul General in San Francisco, to discuss China-U.S. relations and the significance of this milestone.
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In the U.S., parts of the Northeast are bracing for the first significant snowfall of the season as a storm moves into the area leaving millions of Americans under a winter storm watch.
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President Joe Biden told American voters on Friday that his presumptive election opponent Donald Trump is a threat to democracy – the day before the third anniversary of January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. Trump was impeached for allegedly inciting the mob that stormed […]
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Internet videos featuring so-called ‘child influencers’ can be big business. Up until now there has been little regulation of this phenomenon in the United States. However, that is beginning to change. Dan Williams reports from Chicago.
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Learn more about how the growing U.S. homeless issue is playing out in California, where 30 percent of all unhoused people reside.
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It’s been a tough month for residents and businesses in Eagle Pass, on the Texas border with Mexico, where a surge in migrants since November led to border closures, but many hope that will change with the crossings reopening.
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Heading into the new year, mass migration remains a key issue in the Americas.
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