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San Francisco mayor urges public confidence in Chinatown businesses amid coronavirus fears

Dragon dance is performed during a parade celebrating the Chinese New Year in San Francisco, the United States, Feb. 8, 2020. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua) Mayor London Breed saysthere have been no C

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Collaborative rare-disease 'hackathon' paves way to cure common ills

Medical researchers are hoping to find a cure to help Michael Pirovolakis, who has an extremely rare degenerative condition. Pirovolakis family Conquering disease costs money, and the fight ag

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Global stock markets suffer worst week since financial crisis

Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. /VCG Global stocks slumped again Friday to mark the largest weekly drop sinc

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GDC 2020 has been canceled

Well, after what I’m sure was a hectic few days for the folks planning the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the team announced today that they have officially decided to cancel the e

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Just how much has sport been affected by COVID-19?

02:23 COVID-19 has affected many worldwide business sectors, but arguably none more so than the sport industry.Many games have been hit by the coronavirus, with a Europa League soccer

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China to strengthen communication with Italy in fighting COVID-19: FM

China is ready to strengthen communication with Italy in professional fields in the fight against COVID-19, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday. In a phone conversa

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How coronavirus is reshaping communication of scientists worldwide?

"It feels like things are transitioning to a completely new culture of doing research," says Isabella Eckerle, virologist of the Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases. "It's exciting." BEIJIN

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Japan's Abe vows to protect economy as virus heightens recession fears

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to take whatever policy steps are needed to prevent the new coronavirus from dealing a severe blow to an economy already teetering on the brink of recession.

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Vietnam to suspend visa free travel for South Koreans amid concerns over COVID-19 outbreak

Vietnam will suspend visa-free travel for South Korean travelers starting from Saturday amid concerns about the coronavirus spreading, the country's National Steering

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APD | Global tourism industry to lose at least 22 billion USD due to COVID-19

By APD writer AliceGloria Guevara, President & CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), said on February 27 that the deadly coronavirus disease caused by the n

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APD | Global tourism industry to lose at least 22 billion USD due to COVID-19

By APD writer AliceGloria Guevara, President CEO of the World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC), said on February 27 that the deadly coronavirus disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will cos

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Tokyo Disney closing for two weeks on COVID-19 fears

Disney characters Mickey, Minnie Mouse and Pluto with dancers perform dancing during a review show for Christmas at the Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, suburban Tokyo, November 7, 2018. /VCG Photo

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Saudi Arabia closes off holy sites, suspends visas over coronavirus

Saudi Arabia on Thursday closed off the holiest sites in Islam to foreign pilgrims over the coronavirus, disrupting travel for thousands of Muslims already headed to the kingdom and potentially affec

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Chinese bronze artwork exhibition to be held in Houston

An exhibition of ancient Chinese bronze artwork will be on display on Feb. 29 through Aug. 9 at Asia Society Texas Center (ASTC) in Houston, Texas, the United States, ASTC announced on Wednesday nig

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SeeHow helps cricketers train smarter

Like baseball, cricket relies on grass, dirt, wood, cork, spit, spin, drop and rise en route to either victory or loss. And like baseball — and just about any other sport, really — cricket

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Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike

Saudi Arabia on Thursday banned foreign pilgrims from entering the kingdom to visit Islam’s holiest sites over the new coronavirus, potentially disrupting the plans of

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UN human rights chief asks world to fight virus-related discrimination

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged the global community on Thursday to show solidarity with people of ethnic Asian origin, who are being subjected to discrimination amid