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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.
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India rejects any allegations of involvement in Pakistan bombing, foreign ministry says
Feb 6 (Reuters) - India said it rejected "any and every" allegation of involvement in a bombing at a mosque in Islamabad on Friday, that killed at least 31 people, saying such claims were baseless and pointless.
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US moves to deport 5-year-old detained in Minnesota
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday it is seeking to deport a 5-year-old Ecuadorean boy who was detained in Minnesota last month.
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Urgent: Dow tops 50,000 in snapback of U.S. stock markets
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 50,000 points for the first time on Friday as sentiment improved and investors bought after corrections in previous sessions.
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Coe backs dispersed model at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sebastian Coe, head of World Athletics and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, believes the geographically spread-out model used for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games is "a good approach."
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U.S. Congress delegation to visit Greenland
NUUK, Greenland, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of U.S. lawmakers is set to visit Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, this weekend, the U.S. Consulate in Nuuk said in a press release on Friday.
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U.S. takes early lead in figure skating team event at Milan-Cortina 2026
MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States sat on top while China provisionally ranked ninth in team event after the first-day competition of figure skating at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games here on Friday.
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Ethiopia's Addis Ababa sees nearly 700,000 int'l arrivals in 6 months
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 700,000 foreign tourists visited the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, during the first six months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year that began on July 8, 2025, according to local authorities.
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Feature: Festive red lights up Berlin city hall for Chinese New Year
BERLIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The biting winter cold outside Berlin's historic Red Town Hall did little to quiet the buzz inside on Thursday evening, as a gala for the upcoming Chinese New Year unfolded amidst a festive display of rolled-out red carpets and glowing red lanterns.
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Feature: On the edge of the Arctic, Greenlanders say their homeland not for sale
by Xinhua writer Yao Yulin
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U.S. consumer sentiment rises slightly in February
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index rose to 57.3 in February 2026, according to a preliminary reading released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers, up from the final reading of 56.4 in January 2026.
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South Africa releases first locally produced FMD vaccine in 20 years
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has released its first locally produced vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in nearly two decades, the country's Department of Agriculture said Friday.
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Azerbaijan issues strong protest to Russia over lawmaker's comments on Karabakh trial
BAKU, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan issued a strong protest to Russia on Friday after a Russian lawmaker condemned the sentencing of 13 ethnic Armenians who had held senior positions in the former breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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UK police search properties in probe into Mandelson over Epstein ties
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - British police searched two addresses linked to Peter Mandelson in their probe into misconduct in public office, they said on Friday, following reports about the close ties between the former ambassador and late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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China bags three gold medals out of six
TIANJIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China registered three out of six gold medals in the opening day of the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships on Friday, dominating the podium in the men's triple jump and women's shot put.
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China pledges to bolster Asia-Pacific food security via cooperation
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to work with other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies to build a resilient, open, efficient and sustainable food system for the region, according to the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration.
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Extreme winter weather causes accidents, disruptions
BERLIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Extreme winter weather caused numerous traffic accidents across northeastern Germany on Friday, while flight operations at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were suspended for hours before gradually resuming later in the day.
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1st Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games opens in Yulin
YULIN, China, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games opened in Yulin city on Friday, with the ground-breaking campaign featuring the Winter Olympics style program.
