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Iraq summons U.S., British ambassadors over airstrikes on military bases

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said Friday it summoned the U.S. and British ambassadors to Iraq following the overnight airstrikes on military bases housing paramilitary H

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FDI in China falls by 8.6% in Jan-Feb, but big projects on horizon

VCG Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland fell by 8.6 percent year on year in the first two months of 2020 as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak and extended Lunar

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Virus-fuelled global rout sees Japan's Nikkei tumble to 3-year low on panic selling

Tokyo stocks tanked Friday to close substantially lower, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index at one point logging the steepest one-day point decline since April 1990

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Discover China: China escorts wintering swans back to Siberia

Spring is in the air. Tens of thousands of swans are leaving their winter homes in China and flying back to Siberia in droves. Local authorities in China's regions alo

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Chinese premier sends congratulatory letter to signing ceremony of Starbucks coffee innovation park

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter on Friday to the signing ceremony of the coffee innovation park to be built by Starbucks in eastern China's Jia

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U.S. airstrikes hit Iraqi paramilitary headquarters

The U.S. military carried out overnight airstrikes on paramilitary Hashd Shaabi headquarters south of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Friday. "At 1:15 a.m. local t

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Answer Bank: Can latitude influence the spread of coronavirus?

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) becomes a global pandemic, there are some geographical patterns of the outbreak areas that have been discussed."To date, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...

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Is China a real-time superhero of the present world?

Editor's note: As China is fighting against COVID-19, many international friends including individuals, entities, groups and institutions, among others, have expressed their support and affirmatio

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S.Korea's COVID-19 cases rise to 7,979, death toll at 67

South Korea confirmed 110 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Friday local time, raising the total number of infections to 7,979. One mo

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Panic grips financial markets after U.S. travel curbs, ECB move

Panic hit world financial markets on Thursday after stimulus efforts from the European Central Bank failed to calm investors alarmed by U.S. moves to restrict travel from Europe because of the cor

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China's expert team, medical supplies fly into Rome

A charter flight carrying a 9-member Chinese aid team, along with tonnes of medical supplies, arrived at Rome's Fiumicino Airport on Thursday night, in part of China's

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How long can the Idlib ceasefire hold?

Syrian military personnel observe the situation in the northern countryside of the central province of Hama, Syria, August, 2, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a security analys

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Chaos in football as Juventus star Rugani tests positive for COVID-19

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S. Korea's COVID-19 cases rise to 7,869, death toll at 66

South Korea confirmed 114 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Thursday local time, raising the total number of infections to 7,869. Five

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Will U.S. Congress agree on COVID-19 response measures?

U.S. lawmakers held a number of hearings on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, aimed at clarifying Washington’s response to COVID-19.A House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in the morning was cut s

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China Focus: Beijing tightens entry checks as more imported cases arrive

Beijing has tightened up quarantine checks at airports and epidemic prevention measures in foreign communities, as new coronavirus infection cases rise from abroad. Th

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As national COVID-19 cases top 1000, insurers waive treatment fees and U.S. preps stimulus

The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. crossed 1,000 on Tuesday as President Donald Trump met with the nation’s largest insurers and members of his cabinet to discuss how to pay for treatment