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China vows strict measures against novel coronavirus

Screenshot from the official website of China's National Health Commission. China's National Health Commission Monday vowed to take preventive and control measures against Category A infectiou

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China will work with all parties to deal with the novel pneumonia

China will join hands with all parties to cope with the novel pneumonia that started in Wuhan city and guard regional and global health, said Geng Shuang, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affa

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Brazilian government announces new raise to minimum wage

The Brazilian government announced on Tuesday an extra 0.57 percent increase to the country's minimum wage to compensate last year's inflation. The addition is equivalent to six reals or 1.45 U.S. do

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At Least Five Rockets Land Near Iraq Base Hosting US Forces - Reports

A US-led military coalition said to be backing the Iraqi government in its fight against Daesh terrorists has been training Iraqi army forces for several months at a mi

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Experts: 6 recovered, no second death from new pneumonia virus

As of Saturday midnight, no new deaths had been reported from the recent pneumonia outbreak in central China's city of Wuhan, the local health commission announced on Sunday.Among the 41 cases tha

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China's first Type 055 destroyer Nanchang commissioned

China's first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer Nanchang, which was first displayed to the public during the 70th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)

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China to share with WHO new coronavirus gene sequence

China will share with the World Health Organization (WHO) information on the genome sequence of a new-type coronavirus detected in the viral pneumonia cases reported in central China's Wuhan city

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Wuhan reports one death in latest pneumonia outbreak

The local health commission reported one death on Saturday amid the recent pneumonia outbreak in central China's Wuhan City.Among the 41 cases that have been confirmed so far, two persons have bee

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Pneumonia in central China's Wuhan largely under control: Expert

The pneumonia patients in central China's Wuhan City are largely in a controllable condition, according to Hu Ke, an expert on the special medical team of the newly discovered disease.Hu, a profes

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3 soldiers killed in Turkish military training plane crash

ATurkishmilitaryCASA-typecargoplaneonWednesdayafternooncrashedinthesouthernAnatolianprovinceofIspartaduringtrainingexercises,killingthreeTurkishcrewmembers.Turk

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Refraining from drinking sugary drinks prevents type 2 diabetes: study

Cutting sugary drinks out of diet would significantly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an Australian-led international study published on Friday.

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Fasting diet 'regenerates diabetic pancreas'

The pancreas can be triggered to regenerate itself through a type of fasting diet, say US researchers.

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Japanese researchers find longevity gene useful for vascular dementia prevention

Researchers in Japan have found that a kind of longevity gene could prevent vascular dementia induced by cerebral infarction, which is likely to help develop new therapies to the disease.

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New Zealand scientists confident of diabetes cure after research breakthrough

New Zealand scientists said Monday they could be closer to a cure for diabetes after identifying a hormone that causes the disease.

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S. Korean fund market expands in 2012

South Korea's fund market expanded last year due to an increase in inflow into money market funds ( MMF), financial derivative-linked funds and real estate funds that offset an outflow from stock-type funds, industry data showed Friday.