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India suspends visa on arrival for Japanese, South Korean citizens

Indian authorities on Thursday announced that visa-on-arrival facilities for Japanese and South Korean nationals have been temporarily suspended in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic."In view of threa

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U.S. jobless claims rise to 219,000 last week

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose last week, according to a report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday. The number of people filing for U.S. unem

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Chinese hospitals discharge 36,117 recovered patients of coronavirus infection

A total of 36,117 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Thursday, Chinese health authority said F

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U.S. GDP unrevised at 2.1 pct in Q4

U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter in the second estimate, unrevised from an advance estimate, the U.S. Commerce Department reported T

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Eradicating terrorist forces necessary for ending conflict in Syria: Chinese envoy

A Chinese envoy on Thursday underscored that the eradication of terrorist forces is a necessary requirement to end the conflict in Syria. Speaking at a Security Counci

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Iraq announces 7th case of COVID-19

Iraq on Thursday announced a new case of novel coronavirus disease in the country's northern province of Kirkuk, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Iraq t

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China's newly recovered coronavirus patients outnumber new infections for 10th day

The daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients on the Chinese mainland has surpassed that of new infections for the tenth consecutive day, t

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Iranian vice president tested positive for coronavirus: media

Iran's Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has caught the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Thursday. Fariba Ebtehaj, chief of public

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Iran's former ambassador to Vatican dies of coronavirus: media

Iran's former Ambassador to Vatican Hadi Khosroshahi on Thursday died of the novel coronavirus infection, local media reported. Khosroshahi had been hospitalized in Te

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The Netherlands reports first COVID-19 case

The first case of COVID-19 infection has been detected in the Netherlands, Dutch Health Minister Bruno Bruins announced on Thursday. The infected patient is a man who recently visited Lombardy, Italy

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Another high-ranking Iranian official diagnosed with coronavirus

Mojtaba Zonnour, chairmanofIran Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, on Thursday released a video announcing that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus.It came two d

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Macron Reportedly Warns of Coronavirus ‘Epidemic’ in France, Says It’s Only the ‘Beginning’

In February, France became the first European country to report a death from the novel coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city Wuhan. More than a dozen cases of

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Five killed in building fire in France

Five people were killed in northeastern France's Strasbourg on Thursday after a fire broke out in a building, according to local firefighter authorities.Seven people were injured and have been escort

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26 die in Iran over COVID-19: official

The outbreak of coronavirus, officially named as COVID-19, in Iran has affected 245 people, Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Thursday. Kian

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Chinese vice premier meets Czech president's special envoy

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua met with Vratislav Mynar, head of the Presidential Office of the Czech Republic, in Beijing on Thursday. Hu said the visit of Mynar as President Milos Zeman' special e

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New flight links Beijing, Chengdu, Cairo

A new flight was launched Thursday linking Beijing and the city of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and Cairo in Egypt. The air route, operated

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Shaanxi lifts over 578,800 out of poverty in 2019

Another 29 poverty-stricken counties in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have bid farewell to poverty, meaning all 56 impoverished counties have shaken off poverty,