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Netanyahu quarantined for 2nd time after health minister's infection with coronavirus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday went into isolation for the second time in a week after his health minister was diagnosed with COVID-19, the prim

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Traffic partially resumes after train derails in central China

Railway traffic resumed Wednesday in the city of Chenzhou in central China's Hunan Province after a train derailed Monday. A train from Beijing to south China's touris

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South African President defends national lock-down against COVID-19

South African National Defence Forces take up positions outside the hostel in a densely populated Alexandra township east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2020. South Africa wen

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Four missing after fishing boats capsize off south China coast

Nineteen people have been rescued and four are still missing after strong winds hit four fishing boats off the coast of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,

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Bolsonaro says no more quarantine measures despite public anger

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that no more coronavirus-fighting quarantine measures can be imposed than those already in place because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are

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Turkey detains 11 for house party despite anti-coronavirus measures

Turkish police detained 11 people for joining a party in a villa in Istanbul despite the government's strict measures against the outbreak of COVID-19, a local media o

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Romanian man rides horse to attend his son's birth in quarantined city

A Romanian man traveled 40km by horse to attend the birth of his son in the quarantined north-eastern city of Iasi. /Razvan Florin Barzic A Romanian man traveled 40 kilometers by horse to atte

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The second wave of unicorn layoffs is brutal

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.There’s a quote from one great American financial panic that I can’t f

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Xi inspects work resumption in Zhejiang

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Sunday inspected the resumption of work and production in east China's Zhejiang Provinc

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US civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies aged 98

US civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery who campaigned with Martin Luther King died on Friday aged 98."Our beloved, Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, made his transi

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White House: Trump Signs Defense Production Act Ordering General Motors to Produce Ventilators

In accordance with the Defense Production Act, US President Donald Trump has ordered General Motors prioritize the production of ventilators as the country attempts to

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Spain death count rises 769 in one day to 4,858

The number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Spain has risen by 769 in one day, taking the total to 4,858.The number of confirmed cases

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101-year-old "Mr. P." recovered from COVID-19 in Italy

Medical personnel work in the ICU of Istituto Clinico Casalpalocco, in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The man, referred to only as "Mr. P.", is believed to be the olde

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Dyson and Gtech answer UK call for ventilator design and production to support COVID-19 response

Companies around the world are shifting production lines and business models to address the needs of governments and healthcare agencies in their efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Two companies

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COVID-19's impact on China's consumption "controllable": MOC

The impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on China's consumption is short-lived and controllable, as the resumption of business has accelerated, the Ministry of Com

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UK parliament closes doors after rushing through new emergency law

Britain's Houses of Parliament went into recess Wednesday after lawmakers rushed through the final stages of a bill to give the government emergency powers in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. One o

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Liaoning Symphony Orchestra practices online amid epidemic

Recently, a video of a performance of Ravel's popular piece of Bolero by Liaoning Symphony Orchestra went viral online. Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus epid