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CNC TALK: Washington is now a disruptor-in-chief

With the United States becoming the hardest-hit in the COVID-19 pandemic, "American exceptionalism" has taken on a new form. Instead of cleaning up the mess at home and resolving the public health cr

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CNC TALK: Stop scapegoating amid global pandemic fight

While new evidence suggests that COVID-19 had already circulated in the U.S. much earlier than previously believed, it is perhaps more to the point that nations stop scapegoating others and join hand

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COVID-19 cases top 30,000 in Netherlands

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands has increased by 1,235 over the past 24 hours to 30,449 as of Friday, according to data from the National Ins

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Over 20,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Netherlands

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands has increased by 969 to 20,549 as of Wednesday, according to data from the National Institute for Publi

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Los Angeles opens temporary homeless shelters amid COVID-19 pandemic

03:02 Los Angeles has long failed to address its homeless crisis. It has several encampments that were already a public health concern.Now, COVID-19 has compelled city officials to ena

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Urgent: ECB annouces 750-bln-euro pandemic emergency purchase program

The European Central Bank on late Wednesday announced a new temporary asset purchase program of private and public sector securities that has an overall envelope of 750 billion euros (819 billion

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Galleries for British Decorative Arts, Design in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to reopen to public

Visitors view exhibits during the press preview of the Galleries for British Decorative Arts and Design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, Feb. 24, 2020. The Galleri

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769 novel coronavirus cases confirmed in Japan

On Saturday, 26 new cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed in Japan, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 769, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.That figure

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Colombia develops test to detect coronavirus

01:37 As public health officials race to contain the novel coronavirus, Colombia has developed its own quick diagnostic test.

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China "confident in, capable of" containing, defeating epidemic: NHC

China is confident in and capable of effectively containing the novel coronavirus epidemic, and eventually defeating it, the National Health Commission said in a statement Friday. The remarks were m

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Hubei Province launches level I emergency response

Central China's Hubei Province launched on Friday a level I emergency response – the highest level for a public health emergency – to combat the current coronavirus out

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Police action was improper in liquor case

AmedicalprofessionalinGuangzhou,Guangdongprovince,whowasdetainedbypolicefromLiangchengcountyintheInnerMongoliaautonomousregionbecausehehadaccusedalocalliquorofb

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Saudi Arabia to host cinema test screening with 'Black Panther'

Blockbusteractionflick"BlackPanther"willplayatacinematestscreeninginSaudiArabiaWednesday,thefirstinaseriesoftrialrunsbeforemovietheatresopentothewiderpublicnext

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Germany faces air transport chaos as public sector strikes

WarningstrikesacrossGermanybeganearlyonTuesdaymorning,affectinganestimated90,000passengers.Publicsectorworkersacrossthecountryaredemandingapayriseof6percent,acc

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Video apps retreat from Android store as illegal content disturbs public

ChinesevideoapplicationsKuaishouandHuoshanquietlyretreatedfromAndroidappstoreonThursdayforincreasingpubliccriticismontheirfailuretocensorillegalcontent,includin

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Indonesia says Go-Jek, Grab need to register as transport businesses

IndonesiaismakingitmandatoryforGo-JekandGrabtoregisterastransportcompanieswithintwomonthstoensuretheymeetsafetyrequirementsasapublictransportprovider,potentiall

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Spotify to go public on April 3

SpotifywillgopubliconApril3astheworld'slargeststreamingcompanylistsontheNewYorkStockExchange.PaulVogel,theSwedishcompany'sheadofinvestorrelations,madetheannounc