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Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases for 11 straight days

Beijing recorded no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday for the 11th day in a row. The total number of cases stands at 335 since a cluster outbreak

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Chinese mainland reports 9 new imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported nine new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,998, the National Health Commission said Frida

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Urgent: COVID-19 cases in Brazil surpass 2 mln

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil surpassed 2 million on Thursday, the government said. Brazil has seen the world's second-largest outbreak, after the United States, in terms of both t

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Indian state reimposes lockdown as cases rise nationwide

With India recording an increasing number of cases, local authorities across the country are reimposing lockdowns, not long after they were lifted.Nearly a dozen states

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases hit 644,205: Africa CDC

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 644,205 as of Thursday morning, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC i

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Azerbaijani president sacks FM

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has dismissed the nation's foreign minister over neglect of duty, according to the presidential order published Thursday on the pr

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Taiwan military helicopter crash kills two

A military helicopter crashed at an airbase in Hsinchu in northern Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a military source said. The helicopter

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Gabon appoints first female prime minister

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda was appointed to the post of Prime Minister on Thursday, according to a presidential decree read by the Secretary-General of the Presidency, Jean-Yves Teal. Rose Chris

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ECB keeps monetary policy on hold

The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday that it decided to keep monetary policy unchanged in its July meeting. The 19-nation eurozone base interest rate will remain at 0.00 percent, with the

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Fixed-asset investment of China's central SOEs expands

The fixed-asset investment of China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) rose 7.2 percent year on year to 1 trillion yuan (about 143.03 billion U.S.

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China's FDI down 1.3 pct in H1

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, fell 1.3 percent year on year to about 472.18 billion yuan in the first half of the year (H1)

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Philippines slams U.S. lawmakers for interfering in its internal affairs

The Philippine government on Thursday hit back at the American lawmakers for interfering in its internal affairs, saying the Philippines is no longer a colony of the U

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EU court rejects EU-U.S. data sharing deal

The European Court of Justice on Thursday struck down an EU-U.S. data sharing arrangement, arguing that it has failed to offer enough privacy protection for Europeans

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China to reopen movie theaters as epidemic wanes

Chinese movie theaters in low-risk areas have been allowed to resume operation starting from July 20 following an improvement in the COVID-19 epidemic situation, the C

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2 dead, 4 missing in landslides in China's Chongqing

Two people were dead and another four were missing in landslides caused by heavy rain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said Thursday. Dow

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Chinese mainland reports no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases but one imported case on the Chinese mainland Wednesd

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Xi's article on leadership of CPC to be published

An article by President Xi Jinping, titled "the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics," wi