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U.S. CDC issues federal transportation mask mandate effective Feb. 1

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order on Friday requiring masks on interstate transportation and at transit hubs, including airplanes, mass transit, taxis and trains, st

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Argentina on full lockdown until March 31

02:09 Streets in Argentina are deserted, as the country is under a full quarantine. Argentina's president issued the order, saying the country was in "a fight against an invisible enem

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Vlog: Malaysia starts movement control to combat COVID-19

Malaysia imposes a 14-day "movement control order" (March 18-31) including closing schools and travel bans to contain #COVID19 spread following a recent spike of cases. Click to see what life looks l

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Spring farming goes full steam ahead amid COVID-19

Spring farming is making headway in China amid the COVID-19 outbreak. A raft of measures has been introduced nationwide to facilitate agricultural activities, in order

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China's ZTE delays earnings amid confusion over US ban

China’sZTECorponWednesdaypostponedthereleaseofquarterlyearnings,sayingitneedstimetoassesstheimpactofaUSorderthatbansAmericancompaniesfromsellingitparts,whichcou

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Scholars ponder demise of liberal international order

IsChinasubvertingtheworldorder?IsChinagoingtoruletheworld?WillChinaandtheUSenterindirectconflictforworldleadership?Anytimescholars,politiciansandjournalistsdeba

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Does liberal international order have a future?

TheInternationalStudiesAssociation's59thannualconferencewasheldinSanFrancisco,April4-8,2018.Thethemeofthisyear'seventwas"PowerofRulesandRuleofPower."About6,000i

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Pakistan Govt gets go-ahead to suspend Musharraf’s passport, CNIC

Inanunprecedentedmove,thePakistanspecialcourthearinghightreasoncaseagainstGeneral(retd)PervezMusharrafhasgiventhefederalgovernmentthego-aheadtosuspendpassportan

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Chinese-owned Avolon firms up deal for 75 Boeing jets, may order 20 more

Accordingtoitsparentcompany,BohaiCapital,Chinese-ownedaircraftleasingcompanyAvolonhasputinanorderfor75Boeingairplanesandmayorder20more.TheDublin-basedleasinggro

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Philippine gov't orders companies to give workers 'standing breaks'

ThePhilippinegovernmenthasissuedanorderrequiringemployerstoprovidetheiremployeesstandingbreaksandencouragetheirworkerstodoafter-workphysicalactivitiestoimprovet

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Facebook launches US food order and delivery service

Severalonlineservicesalreadyofferfooddelivery,butthatdoesn’tmeanFacebookwon’tjumponboardanyway.FacebookonFridaylaunchedaservicethroughwhichitsUSuserscanorderfoo

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The risks of a new world ‘economic non-order’

Thisweek,whenfinanceministersandcentralbankgovernorsfromaroundtheworldgatherinWashingtonfortheannualmeetingsoftheInternationalMonetaryFundandtheWorldBank,theywi

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U.S. welcomes royal order to allow Saudi women to drive

TheUnitedStatesonTuesdaywelcomedSaudiKingSalman’sorder,reportedbySaudistatemedia,allowingwomentodrivecars.“Wewouldcertainlywelcomethat,”U.S.StateDepartmentspoke

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S. Korean court rejects Qualcomm's antitrust challenge as licensing batt

ASouthKoreancourtonMondayrejectedQualcommInc’srequesttosuspendanorderbythecountry’santitrustagencytotakecorrectiveactiononthewayitlicensespatents.InDecember,the

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Trump set to roll back limits on military gear for police

PresidentDonaldTrumpispreparingtoliftrestrictionsonsurplusmilitaryequipmentthatcanbepassedontolocallawenforcementagenciesinspiteofpastconcernsthatarmoredvehicle

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G20 evolution offers lesson on world order

TheGroupof20(G20)wasonceasupplementtotheGroupofSeven,anexclusiveclubofwealthynationscallingtheshotsintheinternationalarena.Thatchangedaftertheglobalfinancialcri

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US Supreme Court allows Trump's revised travel ban in part

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced that it has decided to allow President Donald Trump's controversial revised travel ban to go into effect in most instances and will review it in fall.