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Timeline: China's cooperation with WHO on COVID-19 origins study

An independent expert team that studied the origins of the COVID-19 virus is scheduled to publish a full report Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO

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WHO expert: Former CDC director's virus leak claims are 'damaging'

Robert Redfield, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. /CFP An expert from the World Health Organization has said a claim by former director of the U.S. Cente

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Biden's first G7 event as U.S. president to push for COVID-19 unity

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will appeal for a 'colossal mission' to get COVID-19 vaccines to every country when he chairs Friday's G7 meeting. Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File Joe

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Animal source of coronavirus not yet identified: China-WHO joint team

The discovery of the novel coronavirus' viral sequence suggests the virus originated from the zoonotic transmission, but the host is yet to be identified, Liang Wannian

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Bird flu outbreaks reported in Europe, Japan, India

A government worker wrings a bird's neck in Nandurbar District, Maharashtra, India, February 20, 2006. /Getty With less than 15 days into 2021, a pall of new health scare is hanging over Japa

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Timeline: China-WHO cooperation on COVID-19

A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) will arrive in China on January 14 to work with Chinese scientists and health officials on the origin of the novel coron

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Global Chinese manufacturer Jiangyin Tianjiang launches herbal drugs

02:08 Global Chinese manufacturer Jiangyin Tianjiang pharmaceutical company has launched two herbal medicines in Kenya to boost immunity, treat and manage viral pneumonia.Operating und

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Full text of Leaders' Declaration of G20 Riyadh Summit

Below is the full text of the Leaders' Declaration of the 15th Group of 20 (G20) Summit published Sunday:Leaders' DeclarationG20 Riyadh SummitNovember 21-22, 20201. We, the G20 Leaders, meeting for t

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World fails to meet 20 targets to protect nature by 2020

Governments have failed to meet internationally agreed goals to protect global biodiversity, revealed a UN report released on Tuesday.In 2010, under Aichi Biodiversity Targets, governments agreed

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We should expect more animal-to-human disease outbreaks, Oxford vaccine scientist warns

Professor Sarah Gilberts says human activity is driving the rising threat of viruses and that the risk is unlikely to diminish.

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Feature: Pundits hope for cooperation as 75th V-J Day remembered by WWII vets across America

Formal events recognizing Japan's surrender in World War II took place throughout Europe this weekend, but in America, celebrations were muted. Still, U.S. vets spoke o

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Graphics: What has Beijing said about the key Sino-U.S. splits?

China and U.S. relations have unraveled at alarming speed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said ties b

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Wuhan not necessarily where coronavirus crossed from animals into humans: WHO expert

Dr. Michael Ryan(L), executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, addresses a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2020. (Photo by Chen Junxia/Xi

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SARS-CoV-2's close relatives circulating in bats for decades: Study

CFP The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, that causes COVID-19, evolved from most closely related bat viruses 40 to 70 years ago, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Microbiol

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Teenager dies of suspected bubonic plague infection in west Mongolia

A 15-year-old boy on Sunday died of suspected infection of bubonic plague in the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai, according to the country's National Center f

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Reality check of Australian allegations against China

Recently, some Australian politicians and media outlets have been fabricating lies on COVID-19 of one kind or another. They have played a trick of a thief crying "stop

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Is overpopulation to blame for pandemics?

Overpopulation, together with the resulting natural calamities, is an enduring belief in the world of environmental activism. Devastating as it is, COVID-19 is not the first pandemic that has taug