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Commentary: Royal Blues in the middle of a gathering storm

Struggling Bundesliga side Schalke 04's turmoil is seeming to get out of control. As if sporting setbacks, economic difficulties, in-house competence conflicts, and a s

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Roundup: How to protect health from summer heat amid COVID-19 pandemic?

As another record-breaking heat season is approaching the North Hemisphere, climate and health experts have called for stronger response to the compounding threats of summer heat and the spread of

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U.S. Fed incorporates COVID-19 scenarios into stress tests for banks: official

The U.S. Federal Reserve is incorporating three different recovery scenarios related to COVID-19 into this year's stress tests for large banks amid "unprecedented unce

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Digital services tax probe pushes Trump's unilateralism to new high

Amazon logo in Santa Monica, California, U.S., September 6, 2012. /AP By wielding the sword that is Section 301 investigations against countries imposing digital services taxes on American com

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APD | Coronavirus: second wave to have multiplier effect

By APD writer Imdad HussainThe countries world over are lifting economy-crippling movement restrictions, aimed at curbing coronavirus infections, everyone’s mind is occ

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S. Korea's Blue House expresses strong regret over DPRK's demolition of joint liaison office

South Korea's presidential Blue House on Tuesday expressed strong regret over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s demolition of the inter-Korean joint l

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World harder for old people amid COVID-19 challenges

An elderly couple stand outside their home with free food delivered by the city government, in Bogota, Colombia, June 12, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communicatio

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Winter raises risk for COVID-19 spread in Southern Hemisphere: Australian microbiologist

As winter is descending and temperatures are falling in the Southern Hemisphere, a leading Australian microbiologist warned on Thursday that the risk for the spread of COVID-19 could increase. "The t

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Tech companies: It’s time to show that Black lives really matter to you

Over the past couple of weeks, in the wake of the protests over extrajudicial killings of Black people, tech companies have made tens of millions of dollars in commitments to racial equity organizatio

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Economic decoupling from China to deepen crisis, delay recovery: economist

Economic distancing from China or self-isolation will worsen the economic conditions and prolong the path toward recovery, Shiro Armstrong, director of the Asian Burea

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Cyclone lashes India's business capital; 100,000 evacuated

A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India's financial capital of Mumbai, with a storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities

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Ibuprofen tested as potential treatment for COVID-19

It is hoped "a specific form" of the anti-inflammatory drug can prevent severe breathing problems and mean less time in hospital.

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U.S. withdrawal from WHO would take a toll on the U.S. and the world

U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement as National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listen in the Rose Garden of th

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Commentary: Washington's political virus "Makes America Hate Again"

On the night of June 19, 1982, 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin was beaten to death by two white auto workers in the U.S. city of Detroit at a time when local

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Dengue fever in northeast Thailand kills 2, sickens more than 1,000 residents

Thailand's northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima said on Tuesday that a prevalent dengue fever outbreak had already killed two and sickened more than 1,000 reside

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Australia's life expectancy stagnates amid worsen social inequality: study

Despite recording a steady increase for the past several decades Australia's life expectancy has begun to stagnate, local research disclosed on Monday, with growing so

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World bank gives Kenya $43 million to fight desert locust

FILE PHOTO: The locust swarms, which crossed into Kenya from Ethiopia and Somalia in December 2019 and have since spread to 28 counties. The World Bank on Thursday said it had approved 4.6 bil