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Beijing-based unit of Oaktree granted outbound investment quota

The Beijing local financial regulator has granted an outbound investment quota worth 500 million U.S. dollars to the subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management in the ca

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Kenya records first COVID-19 death

Minister for Health in Kenya, Mr. Mutahi Kagwe./Photo: Kenya's Ministry of Health Kenya on Thursday recorded its first death from the deadly coronavirus, the country's Health Cabinet Secretary

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Iranian army sets up 2,000-bed anti-coronavirus hospital in Tehran

Iranian army on Wednesday launched a 2,000-bed hospital in the capital Tehran as Iran struggles to stem the novel coronavirus, Tehran Times daily reported. Habibollah

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Italian doctors saw strange pneumonia cases before China's COVID-19 outbreak, report says

Italian general practitioners remember seeing strange pneumonia cases as early as November, which could mean the virus was circulating in parts of Italy before doctors became aware of China's COVID-

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The Netherlands' coronavirus deaths rise to 136

A railway station in Haarlem, the Netherlands, March 21, 2020.(Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)A total of 637 more people tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, brin

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CNOOC discovers large oilfield in China's Bohai Sea

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd., the listed unit of the largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in China, has discovered a larg

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Coronavirus in Kenya: 22 quarantined in hospital

Kenyan Health Minister, Mutahi Kagwe. /Photo courtesy of Social media Government officials on Saturday briefed the country on the coronavirus following confirmation of Kenya's first case on Fr

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First COVID-19 case confirmed in Malta

The first case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Malta, Health Minister Chris Fearne said Saturday. The patient is a 12-year-old Italian girl who lives in Malta. She had visited northern Italy in lat

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Permira plots $10bn joint bid for eBay ads unit

The owner of Dr Martens is in talks with Carsales.com about a joint offer for eBay’s classifieds unit, Sky News learns.

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Ecuador confirms first case of COVID-19

Ecuadorian Minister of Public Health Catalina Andramuno speaks at a press conference in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Str) The patient left Madrid and arrived in Ecuador's port c

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Jimmy Lai taken away by Hong Kong police for investigation

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, instigator of the Hong Kong riots, and several opposition figures including Lee Cheuk-yan and Yeung Sum were taken away Friday morning by Hong Kon

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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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First coronavirus infection confirmed in North Macedonia

The first case of novel coronavirus infected patient in North Macedonia was confirmed on Wednesday, Minister of Health Venko Filipce said. Speaking at a joint press conference attended by Prime Minis

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China mourns Egypt's former president Mubarak

File photo taken on Nov. 8, 2009 shows Hosni Mubarak attending a conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. (Xinhua/Zhang Ning) China Wednesday expressed deep condolences on the death of Egypt's former

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Honda's Philippine to close auto production plant

The Philippine unit of Honda Motor said on Saturday its production facility will shut down next month, as the Japanese automaker struggles to shore up global automobile operations.After the Philippin

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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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French train maker Alstom to buy Bombardier rail unit

French train maker Alstom announced on Monday that it had reached a deal with Canadian train and plane maker Bombardier for the acquisition of its rail unit, Bombardier Transportation."The price f