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French PM to present plan to unwind coronavirus lockdown on Tuesday

00:36 French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will present the government's plan to unwind the country's coronavirus lockdown to parliament on Tuesday, followed by a debate and vote, hi

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Trudeau promises aid for fish and seafood sector amid food supply concerns

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday announced an aid package of 62.5 million Canadian dollars (about 44 million U.S. dollars) for the country's fish and

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Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the worl

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Apple, Google update coronavirus contact tracing tech ahead of launch

Apple and Alphabet's Google updated on Fridaytechnical details of the coronavirus contact tracing system they plan to release next month, saying new features would strengthen privacy protections a

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Earth's insect population shrinks 27 percent in 30 years

The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced

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White House shifts from raising alarms to reopening country

For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to persuade Americans to disrupt their lives and stay home. Now, as President

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Tokyo Olympic boss wants to highlight COVID-19 battle in ceremonies

Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee. /VCG Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, told Kyodo News that he

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A tale of two outbreaks: How Singapore overlooked migrant workers

After winning global acclaim for its efforts to rein in the spread of coronavirus, the Southeast Asian island nation of Singapore has now become a cautionary tale after failing to stop the spread

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Peru's health care workers protest lack of PPE

01:26 As Peru's COVID-19 confirmed cases have risen sharply in recent days, dozens of frontline health care workers protest on the streets for severe shortage of face masks and protect

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Ambassador cautions against "anything-but-China" mindset

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai on Tuesday cautioned against politicising the COVID-19 outbreak and the "anything-but-China" mindset. "I would call

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Trump approaches COVID-19 in election mode

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NPR proves Trump's 'inconsistency' on COVID-19 with a timeline

"The constant is the inconsistency" — that's how U.S. media outlet National Public Radio (NPR) described President Donald Trump's remarks and actions in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in an artic

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Cash surge defies coronavirus fears

03:42 The old adage goes "cash is king" and even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, this appears to be holding true. Despite warnings that cash might carry the virus and hamper efforts to sto

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‘You have to be a moron to think libertarianism is real’

Could the coronavirus crisis — and the way different countries have responded — make Silicon Valley VCs more bullish on European startups? That’s the thesis put forward by Salman Ullah, co-found

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Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 cases top 750,000 as states weigh risk of reopening economy

Confirmed infections of COVID-19 in the United States exceeded 750,000 with over 40,000 deaths recorded as of Sunday while federal and state leaders are making an incr

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No food shortages in China, meat & soybean imports 'worrying'

04:53 China is not running out of food so people don't have to buy more than they need, an expert has told CGTN, amid concerns of shortages after some countries imposed restrictions on

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DPRK foreign ministry denies letter sent to Trump

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) foreign ministry on Sunday denied a letter was sent to U.S. President Donald Trump, state news agency KCNA reported."We cannot know whether the U.S. P