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Trump administration shelves CDC guide to reopening country: report

A set of detailed documents created by the nation's top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public

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Italian mayor thanks China's Chongqing for epidemic aid

A mayor in Italy has written an acknowledgment letter to a district government in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality for helping with the fight against COVID-19. In the letter, Gian Vittorio C

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China will strengthen joint epidemic prevention, control with Mongolia: FM

China and Mongolia should strengthen joint prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday in a ph

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To match COVID-19 with Pearl Harbor is dangerous

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC, May 5, 2020. /AP Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary

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Snow’s avatar app Zepeto registers 150M users, eyes China market

Some of you may recall the South Korean app Zepeto that went viral among Gen Z users a year and a half ago. The app, which renders selfies into animated avatars and lets people adorn their computer-ge

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Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 1,900 jobs, or around 25% of its global workforce

This afternoon Airbnb, a well-known private company that connects travelers with places to stay, announced that it was laying off around a quarter of its workforce. The company cited revenue declines

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Zeitgold raises $29.2 million to automate bookkeeping

Zeitgold has raised a Series B round of $29.2 million (€27 million). Overall, the company has raised more than $54 million (€50 million). The company is building a software platform for small companie

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Italy eases long lockdown, leaders push vaccine effort

Millions of people were allowed to return to work in Italy Monday as Europe’s longest lockdown started to ease, while countries from Iceland to India took a patchwork o

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Norwegian Air gets bondholder deal on $1.2 bln debt-for-equity swap

Norwegian Air said it had secured support from enough bondholders for a $1.2 billion debt-for-equity swap, a vital step in helping it survive the coronavirus crisis. /Reuters Norwegian Air sai

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Interview: Honeywell optimistic about prospects of China's economic recovery

Honeywell is optimistic about the prospects of economic recovery in China as the country strives to reboot its paused business, a key executive at the company has said

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Ireland launches 6.5 billion euro coronavirus business package

FILE PHOTO: An empty street with construction cranes is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Dublin, Ireland, April 25, 2020. Picture taken April 25, 2020. /REUT

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"No scientific backing" for claims COVID-19 could have escaped from Wuhan lab: scientists

"People who are saying it escaped from a lab have no idea what they're talking about ... No human could ever design this virus," a BuzzFeed News report quoted a profess

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Ireland unveils 6.5 billion euro coronavirus business package

Ireland will allow firms impacted by the coronavirus crisis to warehouse tax liabilities for 12 months, offering a "lifeline" as part of an additional package of business supports that could reach

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Hungary and China support each other in fighting coronavirus: official

Hungary and China supported each other in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Hungary's State Secretary for International Communications Zoltan Kovacs has said. In a recent written interview

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Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela’s Maduro

The plan was simple, but perilous. Some 300 heavily armed volunteers would sneak into Venezuela from the northern tip of South America. Along the way, they would raid m

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An already struggling smartphone market takes a big hit from COVID-19

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but th

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Duchess of Sussex loses first round in newspaper lawsuit

The Duchess of Sussex lost an early round in a London court Friday when a judge dismissed part of her lawsuit against the publisher of a British newspaper that put out