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France steps up efforts to tackle coronavirus outbreak

Amid high risk of coronavirus epidemic, the French government is making efforts to tackle the outbreak with a series of measures including more cash for hospitals, requisition of face mask stocks, g

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Battle against COVID-19 shows urgency of building community of shared future for mankind: ambassador

The ongoing battle against COVID-19 is "living proof of how much we all belong to a community with a shared future for mankind and how urgently we all need to come together to build it," Chinese Amb

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COVID-19 increases the role of online economy in China

Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at ICBC in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The article reflects the author'

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Iran urges Turkey to avoid targeting "advisory" positions in Idlib

Iran's Advisory Center (IAC) in Syria on Sunday condemned the Turkish troops' recent artillery attacks on the IAC's positions in Syria's Idlib province, Tehran Times d

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In Fortnite’s new spy-themed season, more is more

The new season of Fortnite’s second chapter finally landed last week, shaking up a reimagined map that burst dramatically out of a black hole in the game last year. Over the weekend, we scoped out wha

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FTC votes to review influencer marketing rules & penalties

Undisclosed influencer marketing posts on social media should trigger financial penalties, according to a statement released today by the Federal Trade Commission’s Rohit Chopra. The FTC has jus

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How Trump's Iran crisis escalated conflicts in Syria and Yemen

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, and

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1 in 3 adolescent girls from poorest households illiterate: UNICEF report

Nearly one in three adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to a paper released Monday by United Nations Chil

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Qatari FM in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders over mitigating regional tension

The Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Wednesday arrived in Baghdad on an official visit to hold talks with Iraqi leaders in a bid to

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Putting a price on soil

Editor's note: Esther Ngumbi is assistant professor of entomology and African-American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The article reflects the author's opinions and not

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The California Consumer Privacy Act officially takes effect today

California’s much-debated privacy law officially takes effect today, a year and a half after it was passed and signed — but it’ll be six more months before you see the hammer drop on any s