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UK could lift lockdown by letting 20-30 year-olds work

02:53 A new report from Warwick University suggests that one of the ways that the UK could ease its lockdown measures and unlock its economy in the face of COVID-19 is by removing rest

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As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown

Crowds swarm Stockholm’s waterfront, with some people sipping cocktails in the sun. In much of the world, this sort of gathering would be frowned upon or even banned.No

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Nearly 70% of elderly patients over 80 year old recovered in Wuhan

02:17 The epidemic in Wuhan hit senior citizens hard. More than 3,000 over the age of 80 are reported to have been infected, with 40 percent in critical condition. However, medical wor

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Top DPRK leader holds politburo meeting to discuss anti-virus situation

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a political bureau meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on Sa

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A lasting date: A story of inheritance from Xinjiang to Shaanxi

06:02 In the summer of 1988, Sha Ying and her husband Xamela Sdiq traveled over 2,500 kilometers from their hometown in a Manas forest farm to Yangling – at the time a

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Covid-19 Frontline: Is the mortality rate lower in tropical area?

Editor's Note: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 12. As of April 10, 212 countries and regions worldwide have confirmed over 1,470,000 cases, with more than

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Quibi is the anti-TikTok (that’s a bad thing)

It takes either audacious self-confidence or reckless hubris to build a completely asocial video app in 2020. You can decide which best describes Quibi, Hollywood’s $1.75 billion-funded attempt

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Spain close to the beginning of a decline in epidemic - PM

Spain is close to the beginning of a decline in the coronavirus epidemic, the country's prime minister has said.Health officials reported 5,756 new cases and 683 new de

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Index raises $1.2B growth fund and $800M to invest in emerging startups

It’s not quite business as usual in the world of business, but in tech, there is still a significant amount of money being raised and invested, both to help sustain the most promising startups,

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German security firm Avira has been acquired by Investcorp at a $180M valuation

Mergers and acquisitions largely grinded to a halt at the end of March, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic spreading around the world, but today comes news of a deal out of Europe that underscore

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NPC deputy calls for greater efforts to develop COVID-19 vaccine

02:32 With the COVID-19 pandemic far from over, the race is on to create a vaccine to kill the virus. Since late January, most Chinese lawmakers and political advisers have joined the

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Creative ways to host a virtual birthday party for kids

Social distancing requirements amid the COVID-19 pandemic may have canceled kids’ birthday parties, but parents are finding new ways to take the celebrations online. While video chat apps like Z

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Heading to the north: Rural girl from Xinjiang seeks for a job to raise her family

Buzeynep Abulehet looks out of the window on the train heading north to Fuhai County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 27, 2020.(Xinhua/Zhao Ge

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Opportunities in crisis: Will online runway shows become new trend?

Last week, Paris men's fashion week and the haute couture shows, which were scheduled for June and July, announced they were canceling their runways over safety and health concerns, becoming the l

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US urges masks as dramatic steps to combat virus roll out

The Trump administration urged Americans to cover their faces in public and limited exports of medical supplies Friday as New York’s governor took his own dramatic step

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Virus deals end to US hiring; Europe’s hospitals buckle

The coronavirus outbreak snapped the United States’ record-breaking hiring streak of nearly 10 years, while U.S. and European medical workers struggling to save ailing

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Japan grapples to contain COVID-19 spread as daily infection rate hits record high in Tokyo

Japan's health ministry and local governments said that 2,713 people had been infected with the COVID-19 virus in Japan as of 8:30 p.m. local time Thursday, with the daily number of cases toppi