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Qualification retained, age limits extended in revised Tokyo 2020 qualification principles

Allocated quotas remain valid and International Federations (IFs) could extend the age eligibility criteria for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the rev

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U.S. state of Florida issues stay-at-home order amid COVID-19 spread

Governor of the U.S. state of Florida Ron DeSantis issued an order Wednesday directing residents statewide to stay at home so as to contain the spread of the coronavir

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China suspends entry by foreign nationals holding Chinese visas, residence permits

China Thursday night announced temporary suspension of entry by foreign nationals holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits. In view of the rapid spread of COVI

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Kazakhstan bans export of key food products amid coronavirus spread

Kazakhstan has suspended exports of socially significant food products since March 22 to guarantee the domestic supply, Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt

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Brazil Senate approves state of emergency to fight coronavirus

Brazil's Senate on Friday approved a presidential decree declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic, allowing the government to waive fiscal targets and free up budget resources

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Uganda issues stringent measures to airlines from countries heavily affected by COVID-19

Uganda's aviation regulatory body has issued stringent guidelines that airlines flying from heavily affected novel coronavirus (COVID-19) countries must follow. The Ug

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Indonesia imposes travel bans on more European countries amid COVID-19 outbreak

JAKARTA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has imposed temporary travel bans on six more European countries - Vatican, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and Britain due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Forei

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Israel to track patients' smartphones to help contain coronavirus spread

Israeli internal security service has been allowed to track patients' smartphones in a bid to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Israel's Prime Minister's Off

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Japan passes bill enabling Abe to declare state of emergency to combat COVID-19 outbreak

Japan on Friday passed a special bill enabling Prime Minster Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency if necessary to bolster measures to combat the spread of COVID-

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Japan's Cabinet approves bill enabling Abe to declare state of emergency amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special bill to enable better provisions to be made to combat the COVID-19 outbreak and empowering Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Half of Japan's prefectures yet to add more hospital beds for COVID-19: survey

Almost half of Japan's 47 prefectures have not yet added extra hospital beds for patients infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as requested by the central go

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China suspends tolls in epidemic prevention period

China's Ministry of Transport has decided to scrap all tolls across the country from Feb. 17 to aid smooth supply transportation and work resumption amid the coronavir

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Pregnant women told to avoid CBD products in first ever advice

CBD is popular in the treatment of pain, muscle soreness or spasms, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety and insomnia.

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Tinder’s handling of user data is now under GDPR probe in Europe

Dating app Tinder is the latest tech service to find itself under formal investigation in Europe over how it handles user data.Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced a f

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China imposes no additional tariffs on coronavirus prevention supplies from U.S.

China will not impose additional tariffs on its imports originated from the United States and eligible for new tariff exemption policies relating to the prevention and

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Brexit will not affect your summer holiday to the EU, Britons told

The travel industry is trying to reassure tourists that their summer holidays won't be affected by the UK's departure from the European Union.ABTA, which represents tho

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Salaries of technological sector workers in Finland to rise 3.3 pct in two years

Salaries of technological sector workers in Finland are set to increase by 3.3 percent in the next two years, after the Industrial Workers Union and the Technological Industries on Saturday reached