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Live COVID-19 updates: Single-digit cases for 7th day in Beijing, no virus death so far in Vietnam

File Photo: The COVID-19 patients rest at a care center which was converted from a banquet hall in New Delhi, India, on July 5, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua) The following are the upda

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Formula One is back with special measures to guard against COVID-19

02:14 Formula One is finally back on the track for the 2020 season after a four-month delay caused by coronavirus restrictions, with Valtteri Bottas winning the Austrian Grand Prix.The

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First Australian shipment of tariff-free cattle arrives in China

Workers look on as beef cattle imported from Australia leave a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 15, 2018. /Reuters A total of 1,785 live cattle, which China impo

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Job Challenge: Delivering justice in remote Inner Mongolia

11:41 Inner Mongolia and its vast remoteness present a unique challenge to local officials who have vowed to deliver justice to all of its residents, even if that means

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Facebook is shutting down Lasso, its TikTok clone

Facebook is no longer betting on Lasso, an app it launched a year and a half ago, to take on TikTok . The social juggernaut’s TikTok clone is shutting down on July 10, Lasso alerted users on We

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Fed officials discuss risks of additional COVID-19 waves on U.S. economy: minutes

U.S. Federal Reserve officials last month discussed the risks of additional waves of COVID-19 outbreaks on the U.S. economy as states continued reopening efforts, accor

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You could soon order your beef steak in 3D-printed form

Ordering a steak usually prompts the question: How would you like that cooked? But soon, your waiter might ask whether you want the meat cut from a cow or a printer.Redefine Meat on Tuesday lifted

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Interview: IMF official urges boosting intra-Asia trade amid anti-globalization sentiment

Anti-globalization sentiment will rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and intra-regional trade will become very important for Asian countries, said an International Mon

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Japanese director documents post-epidemic Wuhan

Three years after he visited Wuhan last time, Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi decided to come back for a film.He wanted to present how life in the megacity -- previously hit hard by the COVID-19 epidem

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Interview: Russian communist official calls China "outstanding example" for whole world

China has set an "outstanding example" for the whole world, Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia Dmitry Novikov has said. "In the fight against the coronavirus p

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IMF revises down 2020 Asian economy forecast to 1.6 pct contraction

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised down its forecast for the Asian economy amid the mounting COVID-19 fallout, projecting a 1.6 percent contraction in 2020.The latest project

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79 imported COVID-19 cases being treated in hospitals on Chinese mainland

The Chinese mainland reported zero new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with the total number of imported cases at 1,918, unchanged from a day earlier, the National He

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The latest: IMF revises down forecast for Asian economy, warns of "clouds on the horizon"

Visitors are seen at the sightseeing spot Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) "Projections for 2020 have been revised down for most of the countries in the (Asian) region due t

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IMF revises down 2020 forecast for Asian economy to 1.6-pct contraction

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised down its forecast for the Asian economy amid the mounting COVID-19 fallout, projecting a 1.6-percent contractio

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To promote diversity, rewire your broken corporate culture

We have a problem. In tech, our companies are not diverse.This is something we’ve known for a long time, but in an industry where we’ve innovated and solved some of the world’s most challenging proble

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Feature: Japanese director documents post-epidemic Wuhan

Aerial photo taken on June 20, 2020 shows the commencement ceremony of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu) Three years after

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BP sells petrochemical arm to Ineos for $5 billion

Logo of BP seen at a petrol station. /VCG British energy group BP, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic slashing demand for oil, announced on Monday the sale of its petrochemical business to p