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China, Slovakia agree on enhancing cooperation, tracing COVID-19 origin

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi lauded the prioritization of developing China-Slovakia relations by the new Slovak government in a phone conversation with Slovak Minister of Fore

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Can Trump force the global supply chain to flee China?

Donald Trump speaks before signing "phase one" of a US China trade agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, in the East Room of the White House. With the President from left are Vice President

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S. Korea reports 4 more COVID-19 cases, 10,810 in total

South Korea reported four more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Thursday, raising the total number of infections to 10,810. The daily case

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The mystery of U.S. 'medical decoupling'

04:11 Editor's note: Calls for reducing dependency on China for medicines and supplies have grown louder since COVID-19 broke out on U.S. soil. To some American leaders, the disruption

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Spain to hold mourning for coronavirus victims: PM

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday announced that the European country will hold official mourning and pay homage for the people who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Sanche

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Feature: S.Koreans prepare to return to normal life amid slowing COVID-19 outbreak

Photo taken with a cellphone shows people enjoying their weekend life near Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea, May 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang) Streets are mor

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Pandemic pushes Iraqis into extreme poverty

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven dozens of families in Iraq into a worse poverty situation, and people short of income have been skimping on food.The scene of shuttering stores in Baghdad district is

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Discover is Facebook’s new effort to help people access any website in text format

Facebook has a new connectivity app called Discover to help those who can’t afford to get online access information on the web.The service, available through mobile web and Android app, allows users

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BMW cuts outlook, expects coronavirus impact to last all year

Newly manufactured Audi AG luxury automobiles are shipped between new Volkswagen AG cars on freight railway vehicle carriers in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. /VCG BMW AG on Wednesday said t

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Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. hold phone talks over COVID-19

Top diplomats of South Korea and the United States talked via phone about situations relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak and other issues of mutual concern, Seoul's fore

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Banked picks up £2.35M seed to use open banking for account-to-account payments

Banked, a London-based fintech using open banking to enable account-to-account payments at checkout (and beyond), has raised £2.35 million in further seed funding.The round was led by Force Over Mass,

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Genetic analysis shows coronavirus circulated globally late last year

A new genetic analysis shows COVID-19 circulated globally late last year. /AP A new genetic analysis based on samples from more than 7,600 patients around the world shows the COVID-19 has been

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Spotlight: Europeans restart "normal" life in unfamiliar way

Two women maintain social distance while a runner passes by in Barcelona, Spain, May 2, 2020. (Photo by Joan Gosa/Xinhua)Europeans are adapting to "new normal" as count

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France's early COVID-19 case may hold clues to pandemic's start

A study by French scientists which suggests a man was infected with COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before France confirmed its first cases, could be impor

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Australia 'losing $2.5 bn a week' in virus shutdown

Australia's economy is losing Aus$4 billion (US$2.5 billion) every week its virus shutdown continues, with GDP forecast to plunge 10 percent in the June quarter, accord

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Long March-5B rocket enables China to construct space station

Construction of China's space station moves a step closer with the successful maiden flight of its new large carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, on Tuesday.The Long Marc

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U.S. COVID-19 response justifies international investigation

A staff member of Martha's Table, a local nonprofit organization, distributes bags of donated groceries to residents in the Buena Vista neighborhood during the COVID-19 outbreak, in Washington, U