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EU sets out new criteria on enlargement post-Brexit

Down one country with the departure of Britain, the European Union set out new criteria for adding new countries in a move made all the more urgent by the recent French

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Interview: Istanbul mayor says Turks stand with China in fight against coronavirus

Turkey stands united with the Chinese people and government in its fight against the novel coronavirus, the mayor of Istanbul said Tuesday. In an exclusive interview w

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China stocks rebound as Asian markets rally and investors track virus

Asian markets rallied on Tuesday with Chinese stocks bouncing back as bargain-buyers stepped in after the previous day's rout.The Shanghai Composite closed up 1.3 percent, while the blue-chip CSI300

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Regina Ip: It makes no sense for Hong Kong to have full closure

03:05 Hong Kong has announced it will shut down more border crossings with the Chinese mainland amid the coronavirus outbreak emanating from the central Chinese city of

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China, U.S. should enhance strategic coordination on world views, says Chinese ambassador

China and the United States should enhance strategic coordination on their world views, and build a bilateral relationship based on coordination, cooperation and stabi

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Water disputes loom as Thailand experiences worst drought in decades

A drought-hit irrigation canal in Thailand's Pathum Thani province. /CGTN Photo Canals with no water. Rivers running dry. These could be the clearest signs yet that Thailand is facing a drough

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Huawei to be given a limited role in the UK's 5G network

Huawei will be allowed to play a limited role in the UK's 5G network, the government has said.Among the conditions for the Chinese company's involvement are:It will be excluded from all safety relate

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U.S. stocks end sharply lower on virus fears, Dow sinks 1.6%

A traveler wearing a mask arrives on a direct flight from China, after a spokesman from the U.S. Centers for the CDC said a traveler from China had been the first person in the United States to b

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Will the coronavirus cause a major growth slowdown in China?

A pharmacy in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, January 26, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Shang-Jin Wei is a former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank, Professor of Finance and Eco

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Global Business Daily: Coronavirus latest, Huawei warning, Renault CEO

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter."We might be young and some of us might be worried... but when we put on our uniforms, the worries go away".That's what one nurse in Wuhan told CGTN, as we v

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Thousands protest in Iraq to demand ouster of US troops

Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capit

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Mobility, urbanization amplify coronavirus epidemic risk in China

It was a tough decision for He Qi, a Wuhan native, employed at an internet company in Beijing, to cancel her Spring Festival reunion dinner plans with her family.Behind her canceled travel plan is

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Falling fertility could slow, though not stop, China's rise

The recent announcement that the birth rate of the Chinese mainland fell last year to its lowest for seven decades has led to renewed debate about what the country should do about this trend.Falli

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Berlin Libya summit: Who went, why, what was agreed... and what wasn't

Merkel invited the world to discuss Libya. Did it work? (Credit: Tobias Schwarz/AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Berlin summit on ways to end the Libyan civil war finished in the usual f

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Phase one trade deal respects market rules

China and the United States have just signed the phase one trade agreement on Wednesday in Washington D.C. Having reached the deal, China will increase its imports from the U.S. and the latter one wi

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Germany agrees plan to eliminate coal power

Germany is to phase out climate-damaging electricity generation from lignite and hard coal. (Credit: Julian Stratenschulte/AP) Germany is aiming to phase out its coal-fired power stations by 2

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South Africa to strip refugees' status for any political act

South Africa can now strip refugees of their asylum status if they engage in any political activity related to their home countries, according to a new law that critics