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Across the Nation: July 7

July 7, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015

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China Posts Lowest Economic Growth in 28 Years

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France Considers Bill Amendment to Target Huawei, Report Says

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GOP Punishes Steve King, Anti-Semitic Dem Gets Choice Committee

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Fox Accidentally Shows Graphic Saying Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Is Dead

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Trump Thanks Federal Workers, Calling Them ‘Great Patriots’ for Going Without Pay

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January 21, 2019

Zimbabwe Unrests: Fuel Riots Just the Beginning of New Cycle of Violence, Say Analysts

By Darren Taylor, Special to The Epoch Times

Two South African analysts said the unrest represented the beginning of a wave of upheaval in Zimbabwe.

China Society

January 21, 2019

Chinese Scientist Behind Gene-Edited Babies Fired by University

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Hidden Women of History: Caterina Cornaro, the Last Queen of Cyprus

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By Daniel Holl

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