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Urgent: U.S. stocks plunge amid oil shock

U.S. stocks plunged in early trading on Monday with all three major indexes declining more than 7 percent amid anxieties for a possible all-out oil price war and economic slowdown from the spreading

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Japan's COVID-19 infections increase to 468

Japan is stepping up efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 as the number of confirmed cases rose to 468 as of 6:00 p.m. (local time) Sunday, with the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido remainin

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No new domestic coronavirus cases outside Hubei in China

Only three coronavirus cases were confirmed outside of Hubei Province in China on Saturday, and all were imported, said Mi Feng, a spokesman at the National Health Comm

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COVID-19 cases jump to 716 in France

France has detected 716 cases of coronavirus infection and 11 patients have died of the virus, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The two new deaths have be

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Japan reports 63 more cases of COVID-19, 1,137 in total

The number of the COVID-19 infections in Japan rose to 1,137 as of 7:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, an increase of 63 cases from a day earlier. Among the 1,137 cases,

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COVID-19 confirmed cases exceed 100,000 globally: JHU

Up till 8 a.m. Eastern Time Friday (1300 GMT), the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded 100,000 globally to reach 100,113, according to Johns Hopkins Univ

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WHO chief says world on verge of reaching 100,000 COVID-19 cases

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (R) speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Junxia) A total of 98,023 COVID-19 cases have been reported globa

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Rolls-Royce sees expanding aero-engine maintenance service network in China

Rolls-Royce has further expanded its services network in boosting the Chinese market with a new maintenance services agreement singed in the helicopter engine sector,

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2,241 new cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide, bringing total to 95,333

Up to 2,241 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported across the globe as of Thursday, bringing the total count to 95,333, according to the latest official data by the World Health Organization (WHO)

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UK Supreme Court refuses permission for Dubai ruler to appeal publicity ruling

Britain’s top court on Thursday refused Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's permission to appeal a ruling allowing the publication of two judgments gi

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Latest James Bond film postponed in response to novel coronavirus spread

The release of the latest James Bond film No Time to Die has been postponed more than seven months, becoming the first major Hollywood film to change its release schedule in response to the spread of

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Number of COVID-19 cases outside China tops 10,000: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases outside of China has reached 10,566. The latest statistics showed that 1,792 new confirmed cases were repor

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Drone sightings at Frankfurt Airport cause air traffic disruptions

Several drone sightings at Frankfurt Airport, Germany's busiest hub, on Monday caused temporary grounding of flights to and from the airport, German federal police have said. Between 11:23 a.m. and

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All hostages released, gunman surrenders in Philippine capital hostage incident

The Philippine police ended a 10-hour hostage incident in Metro Manila on Monday, convincing the gunman to free all the hostages and surrender himself to the authoriti

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China ramps up efforts to help small businesses tide over tough time

China rolled out a raft of measures on Sunday to provisionally defer loan payments for small businesses to tide them over the difficulties amid the epidemic, according

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Lacalle Pou sworn in as new president of Uruguay

President Luis Lacalle Pou and vice president Beatriz Argimon are at the presidential swearing-in ceremony in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, March 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Nicolas Celaya) Lacalle Pou took

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940 coronavirus cases confirmed in Japan, 11 dead

As of 10:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, a total of 940 coronavirus cases were reported in Japan with 11 deaths, according to authorities.The figures include 705 confirmed cases and six deaths from t