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In this photo taken Dec. 17, 2019 and released Dec. 27, 2019 by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese honor guard raise the Chinese flag during the commissioning ceremony of China's Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province

18:40 GMT 27 October 2020 / updated: 18:41 GMT World

China Urges US to Abandon 'Zero-Sum Mindset' As Pompeo Speaks About Beijing’s 'Threat'

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and former Vice President Joe Biden (R) congratulate U.S. President Donald Trump after he took the oath of office on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington

Obama Slams President Trump for Being 'Jealous of COVID's Media Coverage'

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participates in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with U.S. President Donald Trump, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020.

Biden Says World Community Should 'Significantly' Expand Sanctions on Lukashenko's Circle

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