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Beijing to lower COVID-19 emergency response

Beijing will lower its emergency response to COVID-19 from level II to III starting Monday, Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government, ann

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US police attack journalists covering George Floyd protests

As protests over the death of #GeorgeFloyd rage across the U.S., journalists covering the news are deliberately targeted by the police even though they are clearly identifiable as press. #BlackLivesM

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Biden crosses threshold to clinch Democratic presidential nomination

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday crossed the threshold for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to an estimate by the Associated Press, lock

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Cure rate increases significantly nationwide: Chinese health official

The cure rate for the novel coronavirus has increased significantly across China to 8.2 percent, rising from the 1.3 percent figure announced on January 27, an official for the National Health Com

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NAFTA 6th round talks conclude with progress

Canada,theUnitedStatesandMexicoconcludedMondaytheirsixthroundofNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement(NAFTA)negotiationsinMontrealwithachapterofanti-corruptionbutstill

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Opinion: Fake News vs Partial Facts

USPresidentTrumponceagainmadenewsWednesdaybyissuingwhathecalledthe“FakeNewsAwards”bestowedon“themostcorruptandbiased”reportersandmediaoutletsintheUS.Thismarksan

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UN General Assembly approves 5.4-bln-USD budget for next two years

Concludingthemainpartofits72ndsession,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblySundaytookanumberofkeyactions,includingapprovingaUNprogrambudgetofnearly5.4billionU.S.dolla

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Venezuela frees three foreign journalists

AnItalian,aSwissandaVenezuelanjournalist,arrestedFridaywhileattemptingtoreportfromanotoriousprisoninnorthernVenezuela,werereleasedonSunday,humanrightsandpressfr

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Israel to revoke press cards of Al Jazeera reporters

IsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahuhasorderedtorevokethecredentialsofallAlJazeerareportersinIsraelandreiteratedhisintentiontoshutdownthenewsbureauoftheQatarin

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Outspoken journalist's murder sparks outcry in India

Indianactivists,politiciansandjournalistsdemandedafullinvestigationWednesdayintothemurderofGauriLankesh,anewspapereditorandoutspokencriticoftherulingHindunation

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CNN uses sketch artist at no-camera White House briefing

USmediawentlow-techonFridaytocoverthedailyWhiteHousepressbriefing,afterPresidentDonaldTrump'sadministrationbannedcamerasfromtheevent.CablenewschannelCNNsentsket

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Trump's first term may see much strife with U.S. media

​The White House and U.S. media are already at each other's throats as President Donald Trump kicks off his term, and experts expect the animosity to last for a while.

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White House vows to fight media "tooth and nail" over Trump coverage

The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media "tooth and nail" over what it sees as unfair attacks, with a top adviser saying the Trump administration had presented "alternative facts" to counter low inauguration crowd estimates.

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Obama to hold final press conference on Wednesday: White House

President Barack Obama will hold his final press conference as president on Wednesday (Jan 18), the White House said.

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Hillary Clinton's avoidance of press conference stirs up frustration, outcry

For U.S. media covering the 2016 presidential election, one of the vexing issues is Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's phobia about press conference.

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Philippines’ Duterte plans to start work at 1pm until midnight each day

Philippines’ President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will maintain hours more in keeping with a bar owner than Manila’s Malacanang Palace, announcing at a late-night press conference on Saturday that he plans to work each day from 1pm until midnight.

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Trains must have collided at "very high speed": German official

The trains must have collided at a "very high speed" and clashed head on, said German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Tuesday after visiting the scene of the train accident which killed at least 9 people.