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Seoul in peril over virus spread, new cases at over 5-month high

Public officials disinfect the roadway to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in front of the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, August 18, 2020. /AP South Korea's daily new c

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India lockdown sees over 18 million job losses: report

The lockdown India went through since March 25 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic led to huge job losses across the country as almost all manufacturing and business a

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Virus testing in the U.S. is dropping, even as deaths mount

U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getti

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Expert: Chinese tech giant faces more overseas headwinds

05:04 U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he wants to shut down TikTok in the United States has upset those Americans who spend hours on the app viewing and creating.An exp

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U.S. GDP drops by a record 32.9% in Q2 as COVID-19 ravages economy

The U.S. suffered its biggest economic decline since the government began recording the index after World War Ⅱ in the second quarter of 2020 as the novel coronavirus continues to ravage the econo

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Top mobile apps see declines in consumer engagement amid increased competition

Mobile consumers are downloading and using more apps than ever before. According to recent data from App Annie, mobile users now have 93 apps on their phone as of the end of 2019, up from 85 apps at t

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British paper cautions against U.S. lack of debate on China policy

U.S. policymakers' consensus on their China policy lacks opposition and examination, which is worrisome, a British newspaper has said. "The U.S. is riven -- it has man

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British paper cautions against U.S. lack of debate on China policy

Photo taken on July 7, 2020 shows the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)The absence of dissenting voices now is "disconcerting. F

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COVID-19: New restrictions set as Coronavirus surge in Eastern Europe

Countries in Eastern Europe are facing rising waves of coronavirus infections, leading to new restrictive measures such as the mandatory use of face masks in Croatia, and travel bans or quarantines t

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Rackspace preps IPO after going private in 2016 for $4.3B

After going private in 2016 after accepting a $32 per share, or $4.3 billion, price from Apollo Global Management, Rackspace is looking once again to the public markets. First going public in 2008, Ra

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Entertainment employment in Los Angeles hit hard by COVID-19: report

The employment in Los Angeles's arts, entertainment and recreation industry plummeted by 39 percent in April, according to updated figures of a report released Monday

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US health officials estimate 20M Americans have had virus

U.S. officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus since it first arrived in the United States, meaning that the vast majority of

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Health officials in Southern California receive death threats amid COVID-19 pandemic

Los Angeles County's Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said on Monday that staff members from her department including herself have received death threats since th

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Apple closing 11 US stores after rise in coronavirus cases

The branches closing again are in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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The 'world after' and the rebalance of power

The White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Lionel Vairon is the president of CEC Consulting company and senior researcher at Charhar Institute of Internat

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Xinhua Headlines: "U.S.-style human rights" crisis magnified by COVID-19

-- The U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic "self-interested, short-sighted, inefficient, and irresponsible." -- Long-existing and now deteriorating problems are exposed in the United

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Americas will be hardest hit by COVID-19 job losses: ILO

People who lost their jobs are reflected in the door of an Arkansas Workforce Center as they wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus, in Fort Smith, Arkansa