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Malaysia begins two-week nationwide lockdown to fight coronavirus

Malaysian Muslims leave the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur after Friday's prayers with shorter sermons, March 13, 2020. /AP Malaysia went into a two-week partial lockdown on Wednesday after

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Commentary: Collectivism plays indispensable role in China's COVID-19 fight

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China has stabilized the COVID-19 epidemic situation in a short period of time. It could not have been achieved without the practice of collectivism by the Chinese peopl

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Rocket Lab gets NASA certification for official smallsat launches

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has received Category 1 certification from NASA, meaning it is authorized for use on more important missions, opening up a whole new revenue stream for the

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Commentary: Collectivism plays indispensable role in China's COVID-19 fight

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China has stabilized the COVID-19 epidemic situation in a short period of time. It could not have been achieved without the practice of collectivism by the Chinese peopl

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Anxiety grows for Tokyo Olympics as Japan's Abe reaffirms G7's support

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a question during his press conference about the coronavirus situation in Japan at the Prime Minister's office, Tokyo, March 14, 2020. /AP While the

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U.K. says will not shut down schools yet amid COVID-19 outbreak

The U.K. Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance (R) at the press briefing alongside U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.K. Chief medical Office Chris Whitty. /PHOTO: Screen grab of the liv

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Grocery delivery apps see record downloads amid coronavirus outbreak

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the U.S., grocery delivery apps have begun seeing record numbers of daily downloads, according to new data from app store intelligence firm Apptopia. On Sunday,

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Blackstone's plan is a bet on China's market

Editor's note:Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at ICBC in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The article reflects the author's

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Automakers innovate to boost sales in China

02:43 In February, empty city streets in China became an iconic image synonymous with COVID-19. The outbreak dealt a visible blow to the nation's car market which was already suffering

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No evidence to show COVID-19 will be seasonal: Expert

It's too early to say whether the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be seasonal like influenza, Zhong Nanshan, China's leading expert on COVID-19, said during an interview on Saturday.The

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Roundup: LatAm rolls out new COVID-19 containment measures

COVID-19 cases continued to rise across Latin America as countries rolled out new measures on Sunday to slow the spread of the pandemic. Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a "total

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PC gamers asked to donate GPU time for coronavirus research

An international project based at Stanford University is using crowd-sourced computer power to study protein folding.

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Spanish PM's wife tests positive for coronavirus

Begona Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed late on Saturday night.

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White House now says pilot of coronavirus screening site will roll out Monday for Bay Area

After President Trump announced that the government was working with Google to build a coronavirus screening site that was at the core of the administration testing process, Google quickly corrected

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No new COVID-19 cases doesn't mean zero risk: Expert

VCG Some provinces and regions in China have not reported new coronavirus cases for days now, but an expert has warned that zero new cases doesn't mean zero risk, as the possibility of resurge

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Lockdown to be lifted for 'low COVID-19 risk' regions around Wuhan

More than 80 percent of the cities and counties around Wuhan have been permitted to terminate the weeks-long lockdown, announced health officials in Hubei Province, where Wuhan is located."For counti

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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,