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China ready to launch first crew to new space station

China's first crewed spaceflight in nearly five years is scheduled to coincide with the 100th birthday of the ruling Communist Party

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This year’s E3 video games showcase highlights trends of the future

The games industry, while as financially as successful as ever, in many ways it is at a crossroads

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Relationship between plastic, fast fashion still going strong

Majority of items sold online made partially from fibres derived from petrochemicals, such as polyester, acrylic, nylon and polyamide

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Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases Covid-19 restrictions

The Taj Mahal was shut down in March last year as India imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns

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You Gotta Be! True Colors Festival brings together 13 specially-abled artists

A music video presenting world-class artists from nine countries sees global release today

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Xbox turns 20: Microsoft bolsters video game line-up

It unveiled a coming take of beloved 'Halo', along with new creations 'Starfield' and 'Redfall' from Bethesda Softworks

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Socialism gets Indian wedding, brothers Communism, Leninism to attend

Socialism's bride-to-be, meanwhile, is P. Mamata Banerjee, named after the firebrand politician

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Indian man with ‘world's largest family’ dies

Mizoram and the village Baktawng Tlangnuam have become major tourist attractions because of the family

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Saudi to allow 60,000 vaccinated residents to perform hajj

It will be the second year in a row that the kingdom hosts a downscaled hajj

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Premier E3 video game show kicks off with ‘Avatar’

What had long been an industry-only event has opened to fans in recent years

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Late-night car crashes drop as partygoers Uber home: US study

For people younger than 30, there was a 38.9% plunge in cases between 2013 and 2018

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The ‘tube houses’ that dominate Hanoi’s streets

The first 'nha ong' are thought to have appeared in the capital at the end of the 19th century

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All aboard the Cambodian cafe train to nowhere

A new train cafe at Phnom Penh railway station has become a hub for Instagrammers and Facebookers looking for a selfie location and cold drink