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COVID-19: Romanian police raids uncover black market medical supplies

Boxes of masks discovered in the raids. Romanian police photos Romanian police have uncovered a large stash of much-needed medical supplies being hoarded by suspected black marketeers in raids

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Why Biden?

Editor's note: Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall. The article reflects the auth

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Children and babies can catch COVID-19, study confirms

VCG A new study on young COVID-19 patients in China has concluded that children, including infants, can catch the coronavirus-caused disease that is raging across the globe."Children at all ag

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Greek economy heading for zero growth in 2020 due to coronavirus: central bank

The Greek economy is heading to zero growth for 2020, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras said in a report on Friday, in the wake of the measures rolled out to c

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Kremlin denies Russia, Saudi Arabia wage oil price war

Russia and Saudi Arabia do not engage in price wars in the oil market, the Kremlin said Friday. "We have good relations with Saudi Arabia, we are partners, and we don'

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Tianjin Laomeihua's Qipao, a century-old gift for women

Qipao, a classic one-piece and figure-fitting Chinese dress for women, glitters in modern life with exquisite craftsmanship in Tianjin.TIANJIN, March 21 (Xinhua)-- Laom

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Be on guard for coronavirus robocalls, warns FCC

Robocalls have been targeting the vulnerable and unsuspecting for years, so it’s no surprise that the scumbags would take advantage of the current global catastrophe to enhance their scams. The

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Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine and other potential COVID-19 treatments explained

During two of this week’s White House briefings, President Trump referred specifically to two potential treatments that have been identified by medical researchers and clinicians, and that have

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What are the rules wrapping privacy during COVID-19?

In a public health emergency that relies on people keeping an anti-social distance from each other to avoid spreading a highly contagious virus for which humans have no pre-existing immunity governmen

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Instagram founder launches gift card site for quarantined restaurants

Coronavirus quarantines are hurting local businesses, but Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger wants to help them keep revenue rolling in. Krieger and his wife Kaitlyn this week launched SaveOurFaves,

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Crowd-lending platform October hits pause on loan repayments

French startup October wants to reduce the pressure on small and medium companies going through the Coronavirus crisis. In order to give them some headroom, companies that have borrowed money on Octob

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Japan's visitor arrivals plunge 58% in February due to COVID-19

Visitors walk through Nakamise Alley at Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2020. /AP The coronavirus pandemic is hitting Japan's tourism industry hard with the number of foreign visitors plung

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France's Polanski problem: Can you separate the artist from the man?

French actress Adele Haenel arrives at the Cesar award ceremony in Paris, France, February 28, 2020. /AP When actress Adele Haenel last month walked out of the Cesars ceremony, France's equiva

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Chinese experts share experience on coronavirus with European counterparts

Chinese experts and officials on Thursday shared their experiences on fighting the novel coronavirus and their latest pathological findings with their European counterparts in a video conference. "Ch

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Roundup: Hong Kong reports 48 new COVID-19 cases in single day, ramps up prevention measures

Hong Kong is ramping up prevention and control measures against rapidly increasing imported cases amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as its Centre of Health Protectio

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Conservation efforts slowly reviving African black rhino population

Conservation efforts are slowly boosting the numbers of critically endangered African black rhinos, new data released on Thursday shows.The rhino population increased at an annual rate of 2.5 perc

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China urges U.S. to stop smearing CPC, Chinese media

China urged the United States to stop smearing the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese media, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said Friday. "China hopes the United States will seri