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Chinese footballer Wu Lei turns negative for COVID-19

Chinese footballer Wu Lei, who plays as a forward for Espanyol in Spain's La Liga, turned negative for COVID-19 testing on Wednesday in Barcelona, according to a Spanish local radio. It had previo

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Digital approaches fuel cultural, tourism industry amid epidemic

China's cultural and tourism industry has turned to digital approaches to deflect the blow delivered by the novel coronavirus, picking up steam in its recovery and boo

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Israel reports 488 new coronavirus cases

A total of 488 people in Israel were tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,930, the Ministry of Health said. This

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Coronavirus cases top 700 in Finland, more measures expected

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases exceeded 700 in Finland on Monday, as the government began preparing further restrictions on everyday life to combat COVID-19, the disease caused by the nov

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Free online learning platform keeps study going for Chinese students amid epidemic

China launched a national online learning platform to keep studies going for its hundreds of millions of primary and secondary students who have been confined to their homes amid the novel coronavir

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Egypt releases 15 activists accused of circulating false news

The Egyptian state Security prosecution released on Thursday 15 detained activists accused of circulating false news and supporting and joining an outlawed group, official MENA news agency reported.

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School opens online classes on cultural heritage

A teacher livestreams leather carving techniques used in shadow puppetry, in Luanzhou, North China's Hebei province, on March 15, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Who ever said that heritage is boring? In

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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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Death toll rises to 13 in capsized Amazon ship in Brazil

The death toll from a ship accident over the weekend in northern Brazil's Amazon River climbed to 13, rescue teams said Monday. The passenger and cargo ship sank on Saturday in the Amazonian state of

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Second case of COVID-19 confirmed in Belgium

Belgium has a second case of COVID-19, Belgian Minister of Public Health Maggie De Block announced Sunday at a press conference in Brussels. "The patient has moderate symptoms but is in relatively go

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Iran's president urges global action against COVID-19 outbreak

A global move should address the outbreak of COVID-19 as the illness has turned to be a global issue, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. Rouhani, made t

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More provinces, regions lower coronavirus response

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province and the northeastern province of Jilin have downgraded their emergency responses towards the co

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Chinese provinces, regions lower coronavirus response

Several Chinese localities have or plan to lower their emergency responses towards the coronavirus outbreak. The eastern province of Jiangxi said that starting Tuesday

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APD | South Koreans keen on online shopping amid coronavirus epidemic

By APD writer AliceSouth Koreans are increasingly keen on shopping online for daily necessities as they fear the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by a new

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Heavy rains are extinguishing Australia’s fires

00:49 Scenes of raging fires have been coming out of Australia for months now, but now firefighters say recent heavy rain has helped extinguish over 30 fires. The dry scorched earth wa

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U.S. soybean futures edge higher on expectations of fresh Chinese purchases

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures settled mixed on Wednesday, with soybean futures rising slightly on expectation of fresh Chinese purchases. The most active corn contract for March

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Newly-built hospital in Wuhan accepts patients infected with coronavirus

A newly-built hospital in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, began accepting patients infected with the virus on Tuesday. The first batch