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Beijing / Shanghai (China), Nov 11 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Roman Pilipey / Javier Triana / Alexander Plavevski).- China's Singles' Day, a mega-shopping festival held annually on November 11, has set a new record in sales across the country.FOOTAGE OF BEIJING AND SHANGHAI ON WEDNESDAY.
Alibaba sales jumped to $14 billion on this year's Singles Day shopping festival, with 68 percent coming from mobile devices. Bobbi Rebell reports
Alibaba says more than $6 billion of goods have been sold so far during its annual Singles' Day online shopping frenzy. As Tara Joseph reports customers are jumping on heavily discounted goods sending sales surging past 2013's record.
Manila, Jan 8 (EFE/EPA).- Catholic devotees attended the Friday masses outside Quiapo church in Manila, a day before the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene.Millions of devotees are expected to attend the Feast of the Black Nazarene in parts of the Philippines on Saturday amid coronavirus pandemic. Carved in Mexico, the statue of the Black Nazarene arrived in Manila on May 31, 1606 in a galleon from Acapulco that, according to a legend, caught fire near the archipelago.According to another popular Philippine belief, the heat of the flames gave the Christ its distinctive dark color, although another version attributed this color to the maker, a Mexican craftsman, who used a dark wood to give it its particular hue. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES ATTEND THE FRIDAY MASSES OUTSIDE QUIAPO CHURCH IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES, A DAY BEFORE THE CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF THE BLACK NAZARENE.