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Virus or hunger? – Asia's migrant workers' COVID-19 dilemma

As the global spread of the novel coronavirus intensifies, with countries going on lockdown and governments issuing stop-work orders, temporary migrant workers are bearing the brunt of it – with l

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New York 'finally' gets 'good news' as China donates 1,000 ventilators

A donation of 1,000 ventilators are set to arrive in New York City on Saturday local time from China, said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo."We finally got some good news today," said the governor on T

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NYC mayor urges national enlistment program for doctors

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called Friday for a national enlistment program for doctors and nurses to handle an expected surge in coronavirus cases in New York a

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A million global cases, Google's movement data: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• There are now more than a million confirmed COVID-19 cases globally, with nearly 53,000 deaths and more than 210,000 recoveries• The U.S. daily total of 1,169 deaths is the highest rec

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NASA and SpaceX add some retro flair to the Falcon 9 rocket flying the first crewed Dragon launch

NASA and SpaceX are moving ahead full-steam with the Demo-2 launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft – the first launch to carry astronauts to space aboard a private launch vehicle from Ameri

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Fractures grow among Iraq militias, spell political retreat

In February, an Iraqi militia commander trained by Iran took over the empty office of his slain superior, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, killed weeks before alongside Iranian m

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Epidemic expert on asymptomatic cases as China alerts the public

Luo Huiming, leader of epidemic analysis team with NHC. /CGTN Starting Wednesday, China will report asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 on a daily basis. This comes as the nation continues the batt

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Dear Sophie: How do we craft a strong H-1B petition? If I’m not selected, what are my options?

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge t

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Europe's shut borders create headache for home care amid COVID-19

Stock photo of an elderly person. /Reuters They take care of elderly or handicapped people at home, cooking and cleaning, assisting with errands, taking them for walks and providing company an

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Trump uses wartime act but GM says it’s already moving fast

Twelve days ago, General Motors put hundreds of workers on an urgent project to build breathing machines as hospitals and governors pleaded for more in response to the

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Will the UK government's aid package protect the self-employed?

01:56 The UK government this week announced unprecedented measures to help self-employed workers during the COVID-19 crisis.The package enables those who are eligible to claim 80 perce

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'No worries': Wu Lei shares reassuring update on COVID-19 recovery

Espanyol striker Wu Lei has opened up about his recovery from COVID-19 after becoming the first high-profile Chinese footballer to test positive for the disease that has sickened more than half a

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Trump signs 2 trln USD economic rescue package to cushion impact of COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a 2-trillion-dollar economic relief bill, the largest such aid package ever, in an attempt to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Ea

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US House plan on $2.2T virus relief bill hits last-minute snag

House leaders’ plan for swift action on a $2.2 trillion package to ease the coronavirus pandemic ’s devastating toll on the U.S. economy and health care system ran into

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Can Africa withstand COVID-19?

Editor's note: Denis Chopera is a medical virologist and Program Executive Manager for the Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE), based at the Africa Health Research

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Stigmatizing China cannot be a fig leaf for America's failure

04:01 Editor's note: On March 27, the U.S. became the country with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world. However, there are still a number of congressmen-proposed bills to bl

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Shaken market players won’t find buyers on the secondary market — yet

Seasoned secondary players were expecting it. As the markets began to plummet in recent weeks, shareholders who’d turned down earlier offers to buy this or that holding were suddenly curious to