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Health authority: Over 1.25b Chinese people fully inoculated against COVID-19

Over 1.25 billion people in China, or 88.74 percent of the country's total population, had been fully inoculated against COVID-19 as of Thursday, a Chinese health offic

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EU countries increase military support for Ukraine

NATO's Secretary-General has warned the war in Ukraine could last for years. Speaking in Brussels, Jens Stoltenberg said it was an “absolute possibility” that the conf

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China to tighten virtual currency regulation

China will tighten regulation on new areas, including virtual currency, as the latest move to fend off risks in the financial sector, a central bank official said on Th

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Ukraine crisis could slash global trade growth by half in 2022: WTO

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has dealt a severe blow to the global economy, reducing global trade growth forecast for 2022 from 4.7 percent predicted

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Biden signs $1.5t omnibus spending bill into law

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $1.5-trillion omnibus spending bill for the fiscal year 2022 to fund the federal government through the end of Sep

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Hundreds of flights to and from Germany cancelled as security workers strike

Hundreds of flights to and from Germany were cancelled on Monday as security workers staged a strike amid wage disputes.Security workers staged a full-day strike at six

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Oil prices surge as U.S. bans Russian energy imports

Crude oil prices surged Tuesday as the U.S. banned Russian energy imports, while nickel prices rocketed to a record peak on Russian supply fears.While remaining below M

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Putin announces special military operation in Donbas region

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized troops to carry out a special military operation in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies said on

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Energy price shock from the Russia-Ukraine crisis could hurt the economy

As oil rapidly approaches $100 a barrel, JPMorgan warned Tuesday that a spike in energy prices and other ripple effects from the Russia-Ukraine crisis could hurt both t

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Oil prices jump on fresh warnings over the Ukraine tensions

Oil prices gained more than $1 in early trade on Monday on rising jitters over potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with the U.S. and the EU reiterating that

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Chinese aid for fighting COVID-19 arrives in Solomon Islands

Chinese aid for fighting COVID-19 arrived in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands on Friday, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peopl

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Germany's President Steinmeier re-elected for second five-year term

Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected to a second term as Germany's president on Sunday after a special assembly voted the veteran politician, seen as a symbol of consens

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Biden urges Americans in Ukraine to leave

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday urged American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, and warned about a potential major conflict with Moscow should U.S. and Russi

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China urges U.S. to revoke plan of $100-million arms sale to Taiwan region

China on Tuesday urged the United States to revoke a plan of arms sale worth $100 million to China's Taiwan region, and vowed to resolutely safeguard its sovereignty an

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UAE says it destroyed 3 drones that penetrated its airspace

The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed three drones that penetrated the Gulf country's airspace over unpopulated areas early Wednesday morning, the country'

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WHO cautions against declaring early victory or giving up in COVID-19 fight

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday warned countries against premature declarations of victory over COVID-

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Moscow denies alleged plan to install pro-Russian leader in Kiev

The Russian Foreign Ministry has described a claim by the British Foreign Office that Moscow plans to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine as "disinformation" and sa