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How to take nucleic acid test in Beijing?

Beijing has expanded the scope of nucleic acid tests to cope with the heavy tasks of preventing the COVID-19 pandemic from rebounding. Eight groups of people are requi

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Devastating Australian bushfires release about 800 mln tonnes of carbon dioxide: gov't report

Australia's devastating summer bushfires produced more carbon dioxide than the entire country did in the previous year, according to government estimates. The Guardian recently published a federal go

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Urgent: Trump says to sign executive order temporarily suspending immigration to U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday night that he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States. The decision is made in lig

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FAO to allocate fund to battle desert locust in Iran: report

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has boosted its emergency technical cooperation project to help Iran battle swarms of desert locusts,

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Medical equipment from China arrives to BiH

A batch of medical protection equipment donated by the Chinese city of Shanghai to the city of Sarajevo has arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), state-own media Fena reported on Sunday. According

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Lifting lockdown restrictions is not end of epidemic: WHO chief

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that lifting lockdown restrictions for COVID-19 is not the end of the epidem

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Beijing requires nucleic acid tests for eight groups of people

Beijing will carry out mandatory nucleic acid tests on eight groups of people, said a municipal health official at a press conference on Sunday. Gao Xiaojun, spokesman of the municipal health commi

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Switzerland to relax coronavirus measures in three phases

In light of its flattening coronavirus curve, Switzerland has decided to relax the coronavirus measures in three phases starting on April 27, President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaru

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Urgent: Virus-hit Chinese economy shrinks 6.8 pct in Q1

China's gross domestic product stood at 20.65 trillion yuan (about 2.91 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2020 amid COVID-19 impact, down 6.8 percent year

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AIIB doubles COVID-19 crisis response to 10 bln USD

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said it is doubling available funds under its COVID-19 crisis recovery facility to 10 billion U.S. dollars due to high

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Chinese premier proposes fast-track lane for essential personnel on urgent visits

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday proposed opening a "fast-track lane" for essential personnel on urgent visits in the fields of commerce, logistics, production an

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Detained children at grave risk of contracting COVID-19: UNICEF chief

Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at "grave risk" of contracting COVID-19, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, calling for t

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G20 finance ministers, central bank governors to hold meeting on April 15

The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will hold a meeting on April 15, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. The meeting will continue to discuss a

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says no to 'coronabonds'

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel./Photo by Reuters. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rejected demands by Italy for common euro zone bonds to mitigate the economic impact of the

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France is fourth country to pass 10,000 coronavirus deaths

An ICU of the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) hospital in Paris, France, April 6, 2020. /Reuters France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from COVID-19, making it the four

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Chinese, Dutch PMs pledge strengthened cooperation amid COVID-19 fight

China and the Netherlands should strengthen international cooperation to fight COVID-19 and build up their support for free trade, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in a phone conversation with the Dut

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Denmark to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions: PM

The promised "gradual and controlled" reopening of Denmark will begin on April 15, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday. "Today we will introduce the first cautious phase of a reope