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Japanese PM Suga, Joe Biden have phone talks: reports

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Joe Biden, projected winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, held phone talks, Kyodo reported on Thursday.

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Bahraini PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa dies at 84

Bahrain's Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has passed away at the age of 84, the state news agency reported on Wednesday.He breathed his last at a hospital in the United States on Wedn

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India's COVID-19 cases surpass 6 million

India on Monday reported 82,170 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing its nationwide case tally beyond 6 million, according to local health authorities.The country also recorded 1

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At least 34 injured in northern Iran earthquake

At least 34 people were injured after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted the vicinity of the city of Ramyan in Golestan province, northern Iran, reported local media.The earthquake occurred at 21:34 G

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Urgent: Russia sends five planes to Beirut after port explosion -- media

Russia has dispatched five planes to Beirut to assist in evaluating the situation after two huge blasts rocked the Lebanese capital and left at least 73 people dead, local media reported on Wednesday

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Vietnam confirms 1st death of COVID-19 patient

Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday that a 70-year-old Vietnamese man died of COVID-19, which is the country's first death from the disease, the Vietnam N

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Mexico records 6,891 new COVID-19 cases

The Mexican Health Ministry on Friday reported 6,891 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 665 more deaths, bringing the figures in the country to 289,174 and 34,191, respe

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Chinese mainland reports 8 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, all imported

Chinese health authority said Tuesday that it received reports of eight new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Monday, of which all were imported. No dea

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Chinese mainland reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of four new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which one was domestically transm

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Brazil reports over 1.5 million COVID-19 cases, with 63,174 deaths

The Brazilian Health Ministry Friday raised the national count of COVID-19 cases to 1,539,081 with 63,174 deaths. Over the last 24 hours, the country reported 42,223 new cases and 1,290 more deaths,

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DRC health minister announces end of Ebola epidemic in country's northeast

Congolese health minister Eteni Longondo announced on Thursday that the Ebola virus disease epidemic in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has ended. Since the sta

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CNC TALK: A harmful Harvard "paperdemic"

Doubt has been cast over a Harvard study suggesting possiblities of coronavirus spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan much earlier than reported. Many found the study is filled with loopholes and fa

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Chinese mainland reports 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said Friday that it received reports of 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, of which 28 were domestically transm

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Last JFK sibling Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92

Jean Kennedy Smith attends the Profiles in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, in Boston, May 24, 2010. /AP Jean Kennedy Smith, the sister of former U.S. Presiden

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COVID-19 deaths exceed 5,000 in Sweden

COVID-19 deaths have exceeded 5,000 in Sweden, according to statistics from the Swedish Public Health Agency on Wednesday. With 102 new deaths reported in the past 24 hours, a total of 5,041 people h

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Urgent: Explosion heard from region near inter-Korean industrial complex: Yonhap

Explosion was heard from region near the inter-Korean industrial complex in the border town of Kaesong in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported T

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U.S. unemployment rate drops slightly in May as economy reopens

U.S. employers cut 2.5 million jobs in May, and the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 13.3 percent, as businesses gradually reopen across the country, the U.S. Bur