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Close to a million people affected by desert locusts in Ethiopia

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation./REUTERS Nearly a million individuals in Ethiopia have been affected by the Desert Locust invasion and require emergency food assistance.Of the

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How are healthcare workers coping with fighting COVID-19?

02:03 Medical staff around the world are on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19, putting their own lives at risk to save patients every day.Faced with unprecedented challenges,

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UN chief launches special appeal to religious leaders over COVID-19

"But this is a time like no other. We are all seeking to navigate a strange, surreal world -- a world of silent streets, shuttered storefronts, empty places of worship, and a world of worry." UNITED

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Reservations over debt issuance unwarranted as the EU seals COVID-19

A man wearing a face mask walks past the European Commission headquarters as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Brussels, Belgium, April 9, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note:

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China helps troubled exporters sell domestically as global trade slows

00:50 China will promote the sales of export products in domestic markets, as foreign trade faces unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, an assistant commerce minist

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Saving lives, economic growth, int'l cooperation: China responds to humanity's COVID-19 test

A virus is blind to borders and races; pulling together is the only way out. Based on that conviction, China has walked the talk by bolstering global health cooperation to combat the pandemic and join

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COVID-19 Frontline: Chinese, Bangladeshi experts share experience

Editor's Note: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 12. As of April 9, the WHO announced that around 211 countries and regions have confirmed over 1.28 million ca

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National wetland park attracts migratory birds flocking north

Photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows the Shandianhe National Wetland Park in Guyuan County, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao) Thousands of migratory bird

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China to set up new pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce to stabilize foreign trade, investment

China will set up 46 new integrated pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce, as well as support processing trade with new steps and hold the Canton Fair online to keep

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China takes steps to stabilize foreign trade, investment

China will establish new pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce, support the processing trade and host an online Canton Fair to stabilize foreign trade and investment

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East Asian countries should promote regional integration amid COVID-19

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang poses for a group photo with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the 8th China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting

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India converts train carriages into hospital wards

An Indian Railways employee works to convert a train coach into an isolation ward for COVID-19 patients, April 2, 2020. /AP Indian Railways has taken up a new task of converting its train carr

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COVID-19 Frontline: China shares experience with Canada

Editor's Note: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 12. As of April 6, about 200 countries and regions have confirmed over 1,100,000 cases, with more than 60,0

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Turkey to curb some troop movement in Syria as coronavirus cases jump

Workers spray disinfectant at the Grand Bazaar to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Istanbul, Turkey /Reuters Turkey said on Sunday it would minimize its troop movements in operation zone

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Does Middle East COVID-19 response risk long-term economic pain?

Editor's note: Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at the University of Kent, Canterbury, specializing in Russian history and international p

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Conflict resolution is key to deal with COVID-19 in war-torn regions

Palestinian engineer Tariq Al-Najjar (R) works on making a mobile sterilization chamber which sprays disinfectant, at his workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 2, 2020. /Xinhua Edito

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Over 90% of high-tech firms in China have resumed work

VCG More than 90 percent of China's high-tech companies have resumed work as of April 1, a senior official of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said at a press briefing on Friday.T