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Israel's COVID-19 cases surpass 40,000, daily cases hit record high

Israel's Ministry of Health has reported 1,962 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total cases to 40,632. This is the highest daily figure since the outbreak

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COVID-19: HK to ban public gatherings of more than 4 people

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam on Monday announced that the region will impose a ban on public gatherings of more

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China's largest freshwater lake sees its water level rise to a record high

Armed policemen carry sandbags for dyke reinforcement in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 12, 2020. (Photo by Cao Xianxun/Xinhua)POYANG, July 13 (Xinh

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Prominent Afghan journalist dies of COVID-19

File Photo: An Afghan child sells face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on May 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah) A prominent Afghan journalist died of C

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China offers free pre-pregnancy checkups to 10.2 mln people in 2019

China's health authorities continue to improve the country's maternity services, offering about 10.2 million Chinese people free pre-pregnancy health checkups in 2019.

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Mexico records 6,891 new COVID-19 cases

The Mexican Health Ministry on Friday reported 6,891 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 665 more deaths, bringing the figures in the country to 289,174 and 34,191, respe

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Trailer: Fences around us

01:13 Fences can either keep us in or out. For the San in Botswana, it's a bit more complicated than that. Watch the trailer for "Fences Around Us," a documentary film on the San tribe

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China's Yangtze River on alert for floods

The Yangtze River water resources commission on Thursday issued an orange alert for flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the longest river in China, as continuou

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China's June passenger car sales down 6.5% year on year: CPCA

Newly manufactured cars are seen at the automobile terminal in the port of Dalian, Liaoning Province, China July 9, 2018. /Reuters China's passenger car sales in June fell 6.5 percent year on

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China gears up for cultural relics protection in flood season

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration has required enhanced efforts to protect cultural relics against floods as heavy rainfall has lashed large parts of so

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Children in E China try out traditional Chinese art

A primary school student tries out inscriptions at the Suzhou Museum of Inscribed Stone Tablets in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 7. Rubbings from inscribed stones are used to make

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China marks anniversary of resistance war against Japanese aggression

A ceremony was held Tuesday in Beijing to mark the 83rd anniversary of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression. The Lugou Bridge Incident on

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China's demand for loans increases in Q2: central bank

China saw stronger overall demand for loans in the second quarter of this year as economic activities remain on the track to recovery, a central bank survey showed.The

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Over 10 million in Beijing receive COVID-19 tests

More than 10.41 million residents in Beijing had received nucleic acid tests as of Thursday since the resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, local auth

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Chinese province donates medical supplies to France

Southwest China's Guizhou Province has donated a batch of medical supplies to Lozere in France to aid the battle against COVID-19, local authorities said. More than 20

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Mexico's COVID-19 patients hit hard with obesity problem

01:55 Mexico has the highest rate of obesity in Latin America. More than 50% of people who have died from the virus had diabetes or hypertension.Obesity, hypertension and a poor health

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Japan business confidence at lowest since 2009: survey

People wearing protective masks are seen in the Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, February 24, 2020. /Reuters Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has tumbled to the lowest