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Spotlight: Americas tormented by COVID-19, "still a killer virus"

COVID-19 has not changed either in its transmissibility or severity so far, still plaguing many parts of the world, notably the Americas. More than 6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported t

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Central and South America become intense zones of COVID-19 transmission: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that Central and South America have now become intense zones of COVID-19 transmission, and solidarity and support ar

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Mexico president kicks off 'new normal' phase amid pandemic

Amid a pandemic and a brewing tropical storm, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kicked off Mexico’s return to a “new normal” Monday with his first road trip

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: Latest developments amid waves of reopenings

Editor's note:This is the 71st article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone.Worldwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed the 6 million mark as countries wrap up their lo

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China to allocate 100 billion yuan for national development zones

China Development Bank (CDB) will provide a total of no less than 100 billion yuan (about 14.02 billion U.S. dollars) in funds to state-level economic and technologica

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Construction of medical security center for Beijing 2022 to be accelerated

File photo taken on Sept. 11, 2019, shows a view of the Taizicheng Interchange of Yanchong Expressway under construction in Chongli District of Zhangjiakou, north China

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Talent show highlights young musicians

The talent show We Are Blazing, where young music groups including idol groups R1SE, SNH48, Black ACE and indie rock group Penicillion compete onstage will be aired on Tencent's video platform on

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France to further ease lockdown as COVID-19 situation improves

France will further unwind anti-coronavirus lockdown from June 2, lifting 100-km travel restriction and allowing non-essential businesses, parks and beaches to reopen, Prime Minister Edouard Ph

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Innocent civilians trapped in violence face new, deadly threat from COVID-19, warns UN chief

"Sustainable political solutions remain the only way to ensure that civilians are kept safe from harm," the secretary-general notes. UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Innocent civilians trapped in

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Two Sessions signals 'people's stimulus' based on openness, innovation

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits national political advisors fr

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Deep ocean life faces 'escalating threat' from speed of warming - study

A new study finds even a small temperature increase could drive the ocean climate to change 11 times faster than it is now.

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Anything less than nationwide vote by mail is electoral sabotage

The global pandemic has cast a light on decades of cumulative efforts to manipulate and suppress voters, showing that the country is completely unprepared for any serious challenge to its elections sy

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India records biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases, tally reaches 125,101

People do morning walk at the Lodhi garden after reopened by New Delhi Municipal Council in New Delhi, India on May 21, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua) India on S

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China to promote high-standard opening up and stabilize foreign trade

China will stay committed to opening its door wider to the world, keeping its industrial and supply chains stable, and make opening up a catalyst for reform and development, said Chinese Premier L

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Central, western China to open new pilot FTZs, integrated bonded areas

China will establish new pilot free trade zones (FTZs) and integrated bonded areas in the country's central and western regions, according to a government work report

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VergeSense grabs $9M for its people-counting sensor tech as offices eye COVID changes

Facilities management looks to be having a bit of a moment, amid the coronavirus pandemic.VergeSense, a US startup which sells a ‘sensor as a system’ platform targeted at offices — s

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Data shows China is injecting big in developing new AI-techs

China has initiated a couple of projects on new generation artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with the investment amounting to 1 billion yuan (about 140.7 million U.S. dollars), an official