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Indian migrant workers crowd trains, defying virus curfew

Indian migrant workers attempting to reach their home villages crowded a railway station in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, defying a 14-hour “people’s c

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Pope calls for world prayer to stop coronavirus, will deliver special blessing

Pope Francis said on Sunday he will this week deliver an extraordinary “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) blessing - normally given only at Christmas and Easter

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Global athletes group calls for postponement of Olympics

A worldwide group representing Olympic hopefuls is calling on the IOC to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until the coronavirus pandemic is under control.“As the world unite

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Roundup: Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 10,000 as single-day fatalities in Italy approach 800

As Italy reported its largest single-day COVID-19 deaths of 793 on Saturday, data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that the pandemic has claimed 11,184 lives worldwide as of midnight

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China says A-share market has gradually digested epidemic risk

VCG The impact of the epidemic on the A-share market has gradually been digested,said Li Chao, vice chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission at a press conference on Sunday.Global st

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Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 10,000: WHO

The pandemic of COVID-19 has killed 11,184 people worldwide as of midnight Friday, an increase of 1,344 deaths compared with the previous day, according to the daily s

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International cooperation vital in COVID-19 battle, says scholar

China has made great sacrifices for and contributions to the containment of COVID-19, and it is important for the international community to cooperate closely to win the battle against the novel co

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Global confirmed COVID-19 cases top 300,000: Johns Hopkins University

Video: What is shown on the CSSE website around 7p.m. U.S. Eastern Time(2300 GMT) on March 21, 2020. (Xinhua)The fresh figure reached 303,816 cases with 12,950 deaths,

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Major U.S. airlines, unions insist on cash grants from Congress

VCG Chief executives of major U.S. airlines were reaching out to key members of Congress on Saturday in a last-ditch uphill effort to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis,

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How has the coronavirus pandemic become a new historical divide?

As new confirmed cases of the pandemic novel coronavirus disease surge in the U.S., intellectuals are looking into how the outbreak may bring changes to society in a fundamental way, and expose some

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UK PM Boris Johnson announces nationwide lockdown measures, telling cafes, pubs and restaurants to close

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced nationwide lockdown measures Friday, telling cafes, bars and restaurants to close.“We are collectively telling cafes, pubs,

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WHO officials say at least 20 coronavirus vaccines are in development in global race for cure

The World Health Organization is working with scientists across the globe on at least 20 different coronavirus vaccines with some already in clinical trials in record t

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Lockdowns multiply globally as virus strains health systems

Streets, squares and highways were deserted in large parts of the world Saturday as curfews and lockdowns multiplied in the face of a rapidly advancing virus that is se

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A pandemic strategy as global as COVID-19

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk in front of a closed store in Paris, France, March 15, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Erik Berglöf is a former chief economist at the European Ban

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Graphics: Treatments show promise against COVID-19 in China

COVID-19 has undoubtedly made a mess for the whole world since its outbreak in December 2019. Latest figures show over 270,000 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with abou

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Challenges and dilemmas in the global response to COVID-19

03:02 Editor's note: So far, COVID-19 has infected more than 200,000 people and caused nearly 10,000 deaths worldwide. With the number rising daily, governments around the world are sc

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Europe reports over 17,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hrs: WHO

Europe reported 17,506 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to 104,591, the Wo