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Uber driver reclassified as employee in France

France’s Court of Cassation, a court of last resort, has ruled that a former Uber driver should have been considered an employee instead of a self-employed partner. As the Court of Cassation is the su

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Number of COVID-19 cases in Australia jumps to 41

The number of COVID-19 cases in Australia jumped to 41 on Wednesday, with a female aged care worker in Sydney becoming the third person infected while on Australian so

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Greek army, police on high alert along Turkey border after migrant clashes

Greek troops and riot police remained on high alert on Tuesday along the land border between Greece and Turkey, the main flashpoint in an escalating row between the EU

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South Korea on 24-hour alert as COVID-19 cases soar to 4,812

The army vehicles disinfect the road in Daegu, about 300 km southeast of the capital Seoul, South Korea, February 29, 2020. /Xinhua South KoreanPresidentMoon Jae-in declared war against the CO

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Beijing urges avoidance of formalism in COVID-19 community fight

A community worker calls senior citizens about their body temperature in Jiang'an District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, February 7, 2020. /XinhuaChinese au

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China sends 4,000 military medics to battle coronavirus in Wuhan

China's armed forces have dispatched over 4,000 medical professionals in three groups to assist with the battle against coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVI

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Shanghai uses big data to prevent further COVID-19 spread

People have to register personal details and travel history when returning to Shanghai. /CGTN As China heads back to work, millions of people are passing by each other again on trains, highway

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Beijing city resumes metro construction amid epidemic control

Workers have resumed the construction of a metro line that will serve the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, which had been suspended due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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China's factory PMI drops in February as epidemic hits economy

A worker welds a bicycle steel rim at a factory manufacturing sports equipment in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, September 2, 2019. /ReutersManufacturing activity

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Spotlight: More working from home in Italy amid coronavirus outbreak

Italy's "smart working" economy is smaller than in virtually any other major industrialized country. But that may be changing -- an unexpected silver lining of the coronavirus outbreak in the Europe

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COVID-19 cases rise to 6 in Switzerland

The Swiss authorities confirmed five new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total to six across the country. Zurich cantonal authorities confirmed on Thursday evening that a 30-year-old woman,

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‘Robot’ was coined 100 years ago, in a play predicting human extinction by android hands

The big climax arrives in Act Three. There’s an uprising, as the robots take over the factory that created them. By the Epilogue, humankind is all but extinct. Fed up with their treatment, the robots

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S.Korea, U.S. delay joint military drills due to COVID-19 outbreak

South Korea and the United States decided on Thursday to postpone their joint springtime military drills on worries about the soaring COVID-19 cases in the past week.

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Cioplenu, the SaaS for ‘deskless’ workers on the production floor, raises €4.2M seed

Cioplenu, an Augsburg-based startup that is building what it dubs an “operating system” for the production floor, has raised €4.2M in seed financing. Leading the round is Berlin-based Cher

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Croatia braces for economic hit after first COVID-19 case confirmed

02:12 After the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the capital Zagreb, Croatia is bracing not only for the spread of the epidemic but also for its impact on the country's economy.Cro

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases increase to 91 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong reported six additional confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total number to 91 as of 8:00 p.m. local time, according to the latest figure provi

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South Koreans face travel restrictions as new coronavirus cases spike

South Korean tourists with face masks wait to board a flight back to South Korea at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 24, 2020. /AP An increasing number of countries and reg