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Chinese company hands over power transmission line to Lao grid

A major electricity transmission line of northern Lao grid, built by Pinggao Group Co., Ltd. under State Grid Corporation of China, has been handed over to the Lao ope

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Roundup: Active coronavirus cases in Italy top 23,000, but at slowest pace since March 1

Nearly 2,500 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Italy in the last 24 hours, pushing the total number of active cases in the country to more than 23,000, Civil Protection officials said Mond

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Confirmed cases of COVID-19 jump to 93 in Russia

The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia rose by 30 in the last 24 hours to 93, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said Monday. "Seventy-nine are in hospital and 57 of them have a mild f

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China vows to stem coronavirus cross-border spread, expedite manufacturing resumption

Chinese authorities on Monday stressed taking accurate measures against the cross-border spread of coronavirus and speeding up work and manufacturing resumption in all

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Washington State to shut down restaurants, expand group restrictions to combat coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. State of Washington will shut down restaurants and expand gathering restrictions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, said Governor Jay Inslee on Sunday. "Given the explosion of C

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Hong Kong issues travel alert on U.S., Britain, Ireland

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Sunday night issued the red outbound travel alert on the United States, Britain, and Ireland based on pu

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Afghanistan reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 21

The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to 21 in Afghanistan after five new cases were recorded, a spokesman of Ministry of Public Health said Monday. "Five mo

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S.Korea expands tighter immigration procedures to all European countries over COVID-19

South Korea has expanded tighter immigration procedures to people from all European countries on Monday to help prevent the imported COVID-19 cases. South Korean Prime

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Uzbekistan confirms first coronavirus case

Uzbekistan on Sunday reported its first COVID-19 case, with an Uzbek man testing positive after returning from France. The Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surv

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An American's daily life in Shanghai

An American podcaster living in Shanghai sends this vlog documenting his days under self-quaranteen as the global financial hub has been applauded nationwide for its effective COVID-19 prevention and

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Japan's cherry blossom season comes in time

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, spring is coming. Japan is now decorated by flashes of pink, the cherry blossoms, also known as sakura.Every year, people can see various kinds of cherry blosso

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Italy's deputy health minister tests positive for coronavirus

Pierpaolo Sileri, Italy's deputy health minister, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is now under quarantine, according to local media reports on Saturday.On the same day, Anna Ascani,

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Rwanda reports first case of COVID-19

Rwanda on Saturday registered its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of health said here. The ministry in a statement issued here said the im

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Vietnam's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 49

Vietnam confirmed a new COVID-19 infection in its central city of Hue on Saturday, bringing the total number in the country to 49, its Ministry of Health announced. Th

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Namibia confirms first two cases of COVID-19

Namibia has reported the country's first two cases of COVID-19, the government said in an urgent press briefing on Saturday. Namibian Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said the two patients are a

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Bhutan's only COVID-19 patient evacuated to home country U.S.

The 76-year-old American tourist in Bhutan who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 5 has been evacuated to the United States, his home country, on Friday. According

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Coronavirus outbreak drags China's FDI down 8.6 pct in Jan-Feb

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland fell 8.6 percent year on year in the first two months of 2020 amid the combined impacts of the novel coronavi