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China opens mental health hotline to relieve viral outbreak stress

A hotline has opened in China to help people relieve mental stress over the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak. Students, teachers and members of the public can call i

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Commentary: China's strength in anti-virus battle comes from the people

China is mobilizing a nationwide response to prevent and control the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. Measures are rapid, strong and effective, all because they enjoy wide support from the pe

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APD | Health Secretary Duque assures public: No confirmed 2019-nCOV case in the Philippines

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA – “There are still no confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) in the country,” thus said Health Secretary Francisco T. Du

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Instacart gets into ready-to-eat food deliveries with build your own sub service

Grocery picking service Instacart is dabbling with on-demand food delivery, announcing the launch in Florida of a pre-made meals delivery option that shoppers can tag onto a bigger supermarket order.

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East China's Anhui sends medical team to Wuhan amid virus outbreak

A medical team of 187 from east China's Anhui Province left for Wuhan on Monday night to aid the novel coronavirus control efforts there, according to the Health Commi

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Chinese premier in Wuhan, demands all-out efforts in epidemic prevention, control

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talks with front-line medical workers at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Tao)"We

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Companies receive official licenses for coronavirus testing kits

Testing kits for the new coronavirus, developed by Liferiver Biotech. /CGTN Photo The streets of Shanghai are exceptionally quiet this Spring Festival. But this biotech company on the city's o

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Premier Li Keqiang inspects work to contain novel coronavirus in Wuhan

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on Monday to inspect and guide the efforts to prevent and control the novel coronavirus epi

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Chinese premier orders speeding up hospital construction to treat viral pneumonia patients

Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of a leading group of the CPC Cent

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Erdogan visits earthquake zone as death toll mounts

Rescue workers are racing against the clock to find survivors, following a powerful earthquake in Turkey. At least 29 people are dead and some 1,000 injured. CGTN's Michal Bardavid reports.

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The psy-war attitude towards China in the coronavirus crisis must end

Medical workers cheer for each other in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, January. 24, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor

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Interview: U.S. expert criticizes new H-1B registration system

The new H-1B visa system that will start in March is "inefficient" and may have negative impact on the U.S. science and engineering workforce, said a tech expert in California. The H-1B program allow

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Iraq security forces clash with protesters in Baghdad and other cities

Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in renewed clashes with protesters in Baghdad and other cities on Sunday, Reuters witnesses and security sources sa

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1,600 more medical workers to aid Hubei's coronavirus control

China will send additional 12 teams of more than 1,600 medical staff to areas hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak in Hubei Province, a senior health official sa

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Trump to raise tariffs on derivative steel, aluminum imports

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that will raise tariffs on derivative steel and aluminum imports to cover nails, staples and other downstream pro

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Two elephants escape from circus in Russia

Russia is said to be the place where bears roam the streets , but for a short while it was a free-for-all for elephants.Residents of Yekaterinburg were flabbergasted to see a couple of elephants wand

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Powerful earthquake jolts eastern Turkey, killing 18

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people and collapsing buildings in affected towns near the centre of the tremor, which was fe