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France is officially working on ‘Stop Covid’ contact-tracing app

France’s health minister Olivier Véran and digital minister Cédric O have officially announced that the French government is working on a smartphone app to slow the spread of coronavirus. The governme

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Visa backs open banking and compliance platform Railsbank

Railsbank, the open banking and compliance platform, has picked up further investment, following the company’s $10 million Series A in September 2019.This time backing comes from Visa — a

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Medics in NW China share COVID-19 treatment experience with UK

A hospital in northwest China's Gansu Province on Tuesday shared COVID-19 treatment experience with physicians from the United Kingdom through a three-hour video confe

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Chinese, Dutch PMs pledge strengthened cooperation amid COVID-19 fight

China and the Netherlands should strengthen international cooperation to fight COVID-19 and build up their support for free trade, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in a phone conversation with the Dut

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U.S. shows no repentance for playing politics on virus

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Xi and his unremitting call for global health cooperation

Over the past seven years, Chinese President Xi Jinping has on various occasions stressed the importance of global health cooperation, expressed China's support for international health organization

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China's medical supplies exports top 10 bln yuan

China has actively joined hands with the rest of the world to stem the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with the exports of medical supplies registering 10.2 billi

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Asia markets extend gains on glimmers of hope in virus fight

VCG Equities rose again Tuesday as investors seized on signs of a slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus in key hotspots and some governments began making plans to ease restrictions aimed a

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The irresponsible U.S. leadership

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The irresponsible U.S. leadership

Editor's note: Lionel Vairon is the president of CEC Consulting company and senior researcher at the Charhar Institute of international relations and public diplomacy in Beijing. He is a former jo

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Chinese FM urges countries to avoid groundless suspicions in global fight against COVID-19

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday urged all countries to avoid any kind of groundless suspicions and not to politicize cooperation in the

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Chinese, German FMs talk over phone on COVID-19 fight

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held a telephone conversation with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, and called for closer global cooperation to defeat the COVID-19 p

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Chinese, Irish experts share anti-virus experience by video call

Health officials and experts from China's Hubei Province on Friday held a video conference with their Irish counterparts to share their experience in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said the

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Before suing NSO Group, Facebook allegedly sought their software to better spy on users

Facebook’s WhatsApp is in the midst of a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance outfit NSO Group. But before complaining about the company’s methods, Facebook seems to have wanted to

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Chelsea, Man City make attractive offers to Inter for Lautaro Martinez

Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan celebrates after scoring a goal in the Serie A game against Atalanta BC at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy, January 11, 2020. /VCG 22-year-old Argentine

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China reiterates tough quality control over medical supplies exports

China has reiterated strict control over the quality of medical supplies and their exports to better aid the global battle against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID

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Disney debuts its streaming service in India

Disney+ has arrived in the land of Bollywood. The company on Friday rolled out its eponymous streaming service in India through Hotstar, a popular on-demand video streamer it picked up as part of the