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Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 5 years in prison

A Myanmar court on Wednesday sentenced former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison after finding her guilty of taking a bribe.The judge in the capital Naypyi

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Online orders from China drives Thai fruits exports

02:15 Thanks to a surge in online orders from China, fruits have overtaken rice for the first time to become Thailand's top farm exports.Thailand's Ministry of Commerce said fruit expor

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Alibaba Group fined $2.78 billion for abusing market domination

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has slapped a fine of 18.23 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) on Alibaba Group for indulging in a monopolistic act of abusing its dominant market

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What is in U.S. President Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan?

U.S. President Biden announced the details of his proposed infrastructure and economic recovery package, totaling over $2.3 trillion.Here's what is in the package and how t

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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Zimbabwe on February 15

A batch of COVID-19 vaccines provided by China will arrive in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, on February 15, Zimbabwean Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said on Tuesday, adding that the vacci

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Profits of China's central SOEs rose 2.1% in 2020

Net profits of China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) rose 2.1 percent year on year to 1.4 trillion yuan ($216 billion) in 2020, official data showed on Tuesday.Nearly 80 perce

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Xinjiang injects over 40 bln yuan into poverty relief projects

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has invested more than 40.5 billion yuan (about 5.7 billion U.S. dollars) into poverty alleviation projects this yea

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Brazil COVID-19 death toll surges to third highest in world

Brazil's total COVID-19 deaths have surged to 34,021 after its health ministry on Thursday reported 1,437 new deaths in the last 24 hours, making its overall toll the

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Hong Kong reports no new COVID-19 cases for 2 days in a row

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported no new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, the second day in a row and the fourth time since last Monday

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China intensifies crackdown on crimes related to personal protective devices

China's top quality watchdog said Sunday that the country has enhanced efforts on combating the illegal production and sale of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid

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Palestine records 5 new COVID-19 cases, totaling 466

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah announced on Tuesday that five new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Tuesday, raising the total in Palestine to 466. Th

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Russian COVID-19 cases exceed 40,000 with new daily record

Russia has registered a new daily record of 6,060 COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, raising the total number to 42,853 as of Sunday, official data showed. The death toll climbed to 361 from 313

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COVID-19 cases in Russia approach 28,000

The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia rose to 27,938, hitting 84 out of its 85 regions after a new daily record of 3,448 was registered on Thursday, official data showed. The death toll climbed t

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Finland increases its funding for WHO

The Finnish government announced on Wednesday that it decided to increase Finnish funding for the World Health Organization (WHO). Finland is restoring its funding to WHO back to the levels of 201

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Russian COVID-19 cases top 10,000

Russia's COVID-19 cases grew by a new daily record of 1,459 in the last 24 hours to reach 10,131 on Thursday, covering most regions of the country, official data showed. The death toll rose to 76

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Israel's forex reserves suffer biggest-ever monthly fall amid coronavirus pandemic

Israel's foreign exchange reserves fell by 5.1 billion U.S. dollars in March amid the coronavirus pandemic, registering the biggest ever monthly decline of the country

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The many difficulties facing Italian doctors

04:19 Italy has the second highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world, totaling more than 110,574 on April 2, which weights heavily on the shoulders of the local medical w