China is going after 'empty student' consultants, who help you graduate without attending a single class for a $2,800 'relationship' fee

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A senior three student stretches during a self-study session at Fengfeng No 1 Middle School in Handan, China.
CCTV said it found five consultants and five vocational schools that offer "empty student services" for high school-equivalent skilled labor certificates.

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Huawei's new trifold phone got more than 2 million preorders in a few hours, just before Apple is set to announce new iPhones

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Huawei's Mate XT garnered 2.8 million pre-orders within hours of its launch.

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This is the conflict-ridden, tension-filled world that the next US president may have to face

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US Navy aircraft carriers and warships travel in lines across the blue ocean with a blue sky background.
Regardless of who wins the 2024 election, Trump or Harris will both likely face a variety of foreign policy challenges.

US Navy photo by Lt. Aaron B. Hicks

China’s Spaceplane Lands in Gobi Desert, Ending Secretive 268-Day Mission

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Astronomer captures mysterious Chinese spaceplane.

Chinese farmers across 14 towns are spraying industrial sulfur on wolfberries so they'd be 'red and beautiful:' state media

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A close-up shot of wolfberries, also known as goji berries, in the fingers of a human hand.
Wolfberries are popular in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine.

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Putin says his family's 'little ones' can speak Chinese fluently

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking to children at a secondary school in Russia.
"Members of my family, the little ones, speak Chinese fluently," Russian leader Vladimir Putin told students at a secondary school in Kyzyl, Tuva.

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Japan accuses China of sailing into its waters just days after a Chinese spy plane violated Japanese airspace

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A Chinese Navy survey ship sails in blue waters.
A Chinese Navy survey ship in Japanese territorial waters west of Kuchinarabu Island.

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The US is ramping up spending on anti-tank missiles to replenish stockpiles amid the Ukraine war and commitments to Taiwan

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Soldiers firing a Javelin missile system during a Deployment Mission Readiness Exercise for the 123rd Infantry Battalion at Coolmooney Camp in Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow

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Some Chinese banks are turning to document couriers to evade sanctions on Russia and keep trade moving: Reuters

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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping talking.
Trade between Russia and China is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Countries from Russia to China are building payments systems that could threaten the dollar's global dominance

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An illustration of a warped, glitchy dollar bill.

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