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Start of the Communist Party Congress in Beijing

President Xi Jinping says it is time for China to take centre stage in world affairs.

President Xi Jinping says it's time for China to take centre stage in world affairs.
The mother of an American soldier killed in action in Niger accuses President Trump of disrespecting his widow.
The huge cave found by Japanese scientists under the surface of the Moon.
And the campaign of indigenous communities in northern Colombia and Venezuela against big mining

(photo: 19th National Congress Of The Communist Party Of China; credit - Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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