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MALMO, Sweden — It’s time for many people to don sequins and spangles — and for others to pick up protest banners and Palestinian flags — for Saturday’s final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. The competition that pits nations against one another for pop music glory is reaching its conclusion in the Swedish city of Malmo, with Croatia and Switzerland among those tipped to take the trophy, and Israel at the center of a political storm. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Hours before the final, Dutch contestant Joost Klein was dramatically booted out by organizers over a backstage incident.

Xi Jinping has changed China fundamentally. He has kept the same political system that Chairman Mao Zedong created when he founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Mao governed China with “Mao Zedong Thought,” which he introduced in 1945. Deng Xiaoping put that aside when he took power in 1978 and unleashed the “reform and opening up” era.

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News from the Press Site: New SpaceX spacesuits and China's Chang'e 6 reaches orbit around the Moon – Spaceflight Now Spaceflight NowChina's Chang'e 6 probe to the moon's far side has a big lunar mystery to solve Space.comChang'e-6 enters lunar orbit ahead of far side landing attempt SpaceNewsChina has launched a secret robot to the far side of the moon, new Chang'e 6 photos reveal Livescience.comChina Might Have Included A Secret Robot On Its Mission To The Far Side Of The Moon IFLScience

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Opinion | H5N1 Already Killed Millions of Birds. Humans Share the Blame. The New York TimesUS government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle CNNBird flu, pandemic risk, transparency, planning | News | Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health HSPH NewsDairy farmers resist CDC push for PPE against bird flu virus - STAT STAT