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Tokyo steps up measures to protect Olympics torch relay participants

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee told the press on Wednesday that it had stepped up its measures to protect the health of runners and spectators for the tor

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Lebanon's first COVID-19 case expected to leave hospital: source

The first COVID-19 case in Lebanon has recovered and is expected to return home on Wednesday, a source from the health ministry told Xinhua on Tuesday. "Rafic Hariri Hospital will test the patient a

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Iran reports 835 new COVID-19 cases, more officials infected

The head of Iran's emergency medical services, Pirhossein Kolivand, has been infected by the novel coronavirus, according to the ILNA news agency on Tuesday.Kolivand's "health is good and there is

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23 Iranian lawmakers infected with COVID-19: report

A total of 23 Iranian lawmakers have caught the novel coronavirus, Abdolreza Mesri, a vice chairman of Iran's parliament, told reporters on Tuesday. The Iranian lawmak

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Around 30 people held hostage in Philippines; one person shot

Around 30 people are being held hostage in a mall in Greenhills Shopping Complex in San Juan City in Philippines, reports the police.The situation is ongoing and the mall has been cordoned off.

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Buttigieg ends presidential campaign

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday night announced he is ending his presidential campaign, just two days before the Super Tuesday primary. "At

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Slovak PM concedes defeat in parliamentary election

Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini conceded defeat early Sunday to the opposition party Ordinary People (OLaNO) in the country's parliamentary election. The latest vote count showed that the cent

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Putin, Macron discuss Syria's Idlib by phone

Putin noted that all relevant aspects of the Syrian settlement are to be substantively discussed in Moscow during the Russian-Turkish summit planned in the coming days.

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Ecuador confirms first case of COVID-19

Ecuadorian Minister of Public Health Catalina Andramuno speaks at a press conference in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Str) The patient left Madrid and arrived in Ecuador's port c

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All counties in Shanxi, Henan shake off poverty

A total of 17 new counties in northern China's Shanxi Province have been removed from China's list of impoverished counties, marking all of its 58 impoverished countie

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All counties in central China province shake off poverty

Another 14 counties in central China's Henan Province have been removed from the country's list of impoverished counties, local authorities said Friday. This means all

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Another high-ranking Iranian official diagnosed with coronavirus

Mojtaba Zonnour, chairmanofIran Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, on Thursday released a video announcing that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus.It came two d

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Chinese FM expresses confidence in Janpan's capability to contain spread of COVID-19

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday night told Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi by phone that he believes Japan has the capabi

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East Timor PM resigns after political coalition collapses

New East Timorese Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak reads out the oath of office during his inauguration in Dili, the capital of East Timor, June 22, 2018. /AP The prime minister of East Timor ha

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Timor Leste's PM resigns following political coalition collapse

Timor Leste's Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has resigned following a political collapse, Indonesian media reported Tuesday. The prime minister has sent a letter of re

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No need to close France/Italy borders over coronavirus - French minister

French junior transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Monday that he saw no need to close down transport borders between France and Italy, despite the spread

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Afghanistan reports its first confirmed novel coronavirus case

Afghanistan reported its first confirmed novel coronavirus case on Monday, the country's health ministry announced.Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, told a press conference in Kabul on