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WHO raises COVID-19 risk to "very high" at global level

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised the risk assessment of COVID-19 from high to very high at global level. "Our epidemiologists have been monitoring these developments continuously,

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Microsoft’s Cortana drops consumer skills as it refocuses on business users

With the next version of Windows 10, coming this spring, Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant will lose a number of consumer skills around music and connected homes, as well as some third-part

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Apple CEO optimistic about China putting coronavirus under control

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook is optimistic that the coronavirus epidemic is getting under control in China as the number of infections continues to fall, the FOX Business Network reported Thursday. In an

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases increase to five in Austria

Two more coronavirus cases were confirmed in Vienna later on Thursday, bringing the total number of the confirmed cases in Austria to five. In addition to a 72-year-old man who is seriously ill, a co

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5G-aided remote CT scans used to diagnose COVID-19 patients in Chengdu

The application of 5G in the medical field has become a reality.Doctors at West China Hospital of Sichuan University – one of the most prestigious medical centers in the country – has started usin

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UNIFIL's Chinese medical unit offers support, medicines to clinic in southern Lebanon

The Chinese battalion of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) offered medical support and medicines to the clinic of Ibl al-Saqi, a town in southern Lebanon, said a statement by the Chinese troo

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Considerable mucus found in small airways of COVID-19 patients: expert

The novel coronavirus has a prominent feature whereby patients have a large amount of very sticky mucus in their small airways, said renowned Chinese respiratory speci

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Chile's economic outlook "quite favorable" despite unrest, says finance minister

People protest in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 8, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua) The government has forecast a 1.3-percent growth for 2020, "relatively higher" than the central bank projection of

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Utah kids sent China's Xi Jinping letters, and he wrote back

04:17 Fourth graders in a Chinese-language immersion program in Utah recently got a letter from a very important person.Last month, some students at Cascade Elementary School in Orem,

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UN chief praises China's contribution to global fight against COVID-19

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday praised China's contribution to the global fight against COVID-19, noting that the Chinese are making

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New green business in Mexico: Vegan leather

02:21 Mexico's Polybion company, based in Guanajuato state, created a green business producing vegan leather.It's a bio-textile made entirely from eco-friendly and non-animal products.

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IATA: Virus may slash $29 billion from airlines' revenue

The outbreak of the new virus threatens to erase 29 billion U.S. dollars of this year's revenue for global airlines, mostly for Chinese carriers, as travel crashes worldwide, according to the Inte

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Trump's national security adviser denies evidence of Russia helping Trump reelected

U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said that he had not seen any evidence that Russia will help Trump get reelected, according to U.S. media on Saturday. ABC News

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Lego CEO confident on Chinese economy, investment will continue

01:28 The coronavirus outbreak doesn't change the attractiveness and growth opportunities of the Chinese economy in the long run, so Lego will continue its investment in China, said Le

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Head of WHO warns on 'misinformation and conspiracy' around COVID-19

01:14 The fake news and anti-China agenda surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak have triggered anger in China and around the world, as social media influencers, medical experts an

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60% of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Shanghai have recovered

00:59 The "one person, one treatment" medical care plan has cured 211 of 334 coronavirus patients in Shanghai, pushing the local recovery rate for novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19

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Massive aid operation underway in NW Syria to assist civilians: UN

With no let-up in bombardments in Idlib and Aleppo, a massive aid operation from Turkey into northwest Syria is underway to assist civilians, a UN spokesman said on Th