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Kazakh health minister hails Chinese medical team's contribution to anti-virus fight

Kazakh Health Minister Yelzhan Birtanov has hailed a Chinese medical team's contribution to the country's ongoing fight against COVID-19 as the 10-member team wrapped

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AT&T loses 897K more pay TV subscribers in Q1 2020, adding pressure to HBO Max launch

ATT gave a first look into how the pay TV business is faring amid the coronavirus pandemic…and it’s not great. The company reported today as a part of its Q1 2020 earnings that its traditi

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Winter Olympic Forest Park launches tree transplantation

The Winter Olympic Forest Park in Yanqing district of Beijing has begun tree transplantation, which will be completed by the end of this month, local authorities said on Wednesday. The park has

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As general election campaign begins, Trump has massive financial advantage over Biden

With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' exit from the presidential race this month, Joe Biden is the Democrats' presumptive nominee and the general election campaign has effe

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Levi’s partnered with TikTok on social commerce and doubled its product views

Levi’s is leveraging its advertising partnership with TikTok to connect online shoppers with the denim brand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced retailers to close their doors — i

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Roundup: Chinese doctors contribute to Kazakhstan's COVID-19 treatment protocol

A 10-member Chinese medical team is visiting Kazakhstan, and their advice on respiratory rehabilitation has been included in the country's diagnosis and treatment protocol of COVID-19. In a seminar

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What does the science tell us about face masks?

As governments across Europe gradually lift their lockdowns, many are embracing the "new reality" of facial coverings in public.

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ASEAN leaders prioritize COVID-19 pandemic control

At the virtual Special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on the COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, leaders of the 10 ASEAN member states affirmed that th

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COVID-19: New York's unclaimed bodies buried in mass grave

00:37 New York City is digging mass graves for unclaimed bodies from COVID-19.The city has experienced an overwhelming amount of COVID-19 infections and deaths, making it a global epic

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Reporter's Dairy: Panic-buying of guns in the U.S.

The gun store owned by James Janya is crowded with gun buyers amid the coronavirus outbreak. Ediz Tiyansan/CGTN When the number of COVID-19 cases took a sudden exponential growth in Los Angele

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Family-friendly Spotify Kids app launches in the U.S., Canada and France

Last fall, Spotify debuted a standalone Kids application, aimed at bringing kid-friendly music and stories to Spotify Premium Family subscribers, initially in Ireland. Today, that app is being made av

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Cai confirmed as Snowboard World Cup overall park & pipe winner

Cai Xuetong of China has been confirmed as the women's overall park and pipe winner for this season's FIS Snowboard World Cup. The honor follows the 26-year-old's record setting sixth overall vict

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Modi apologizes to Indians for 21-day lockdown hardships

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized to the public on Sunday for imposing a three-week national lockdown, calling it harsh but “needed to win” the battle agai

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Spotlight: U.S. entertainment industry reels from industry-wide impact of COVID-19

by Julia Pierrepont III LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic is delivering blow after blow to the beleaguered U.S. entertainment industry, as movie releases, film and TV shoots are

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Hawaii to quarantine all arrivals to the state for 14 days

Yellow caution tape is wrapped across an area of Waikiki in Honolulu, the capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, March 20, 2020. /AP Hawaii's governor has instituted a mandatory 14-day self

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Female-led Robin Games raises $7 million to combine lifestyle content with fantasy gaming

As a former Jam City executive, Jill Wilson led teams behind some of the top-grossing gaming franchises, like Cookie Jam and Panda Pop. Now she’s running her own startup, Robin Games, where a te

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The Dow and S&P near three-year lows, Nasdaq falls as well, and treasuries are no haven

It was another brutal day on Wall Street as investors continue to come to grips with the new economic realities imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA