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Thai agriculture ministry to join hands with China's e-commerce giant to tap into online market

People walk past a logo of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, March 21, 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Dingchang) Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture and Coop

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Snapchat is no longer promoting Trump’s posts

Snap announced this morning that it will not be promoting content from President Trump’s Snapchat account in its Discover tab following statements from Trump last week on Twitter, which threaten

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India posts record jump in COVID-19 cases, Modi says 'long battle' ahead

India reported a record daily jump of 7,964 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, with a recent surge in cases as lockdown restrictions start to be relaxed raising the p

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UK COVID-19 death toll rises by 118 to 36,793

People walk past a coffee shop in London, Britain, May 17, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that primary schools in England will partially reopen from

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IOC president calls on governments to include sport in COVID-19 recovery plans

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has asked governments to include sport in their COVID-19 recovery plans, particularly because of the economi

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Rocket hits near U.S. embassy in Baghdad

Iraqi security forces walk as the Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters set the U.S. embassy wall on fire, as they protest to condemn air strikes on their bases, Baghdad, Iraq, December

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SCB issues first international yuan-denominated LC using blockchain

People walk outside the main branch of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, China, August 1, 2017. /Reuters Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has recently facilitated the completion of the first inter

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France starts to ease restrictions on movement

LILLE, France, May 11 (Xinhua) -- France started to ease restrictions on movement from Monday through "a very gradual process" which would stretch over several weeks. People go shopping at a store in

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Over 90% of Tokyo's hospital beds for COVID-19 patients filled

People wearing protective face masks walk on the street under a nationwide state of emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2020. /Reuters More than 90 percent of the hospi

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Italy records lowest one-day COVID-19 death toll and fewest new infections since early March

People are seen at the Coloseum in Rome, Italy, on May 8, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The total death toll from Italy's coronavirus outbreak is now 30,560. ROME, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Italy

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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases fall

People wearing face masks walk along the beach as Italy begins to ease some of the restrictions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy May 9, 2020. /R

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UK promotes cycling, walking with lockdown easing

The British government encourages people to cycle and walk more as it plans to loosen the lockdown gradually. /VCG The British government is encouraging people to cycle or walk to work as much

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U.S. COVID-19 cases top 1.3 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

The death toll from the disease in the country hit 78,320. NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 1,300,079 as of 3:32 p

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Global COVID-19 cases top 4 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

The United States suffered the most from the pandemic, with 1,305,199 cases and a death toll of 78,469. NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 4 million on Saturday, reac

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Black and Pakistani people more likely to die from COVID-19: UK data

Black people and those of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnicity have a significantly higher chance of dying from COVID-19 than white people, even when adjusting for deprivation, the British statistics

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UK has drawn up three-stage plan for easing coronavirus lockdown

People, some wearing protective face masks, walk through the City of London, as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide continues to grow, in London, Britain, March 16, 2020. /Reuters The Un

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Ford goes drag racing with 1,400 HP electric Mustang Cobra Jet

Ford today took the wraps off an electric Mustang prototype. Called Mustang Cobra Jet 1,400, it carries Ford’s long tradition of drag racing the Mustang. But for the first time, a quiet electric power