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Smoke pollution from bushfires needs national response: Australian experts

A coalition of health experts have called on the Australian government to urgently establish an air pollution authority in response to the bushfire crisis. In a paper published by the Medical Journa

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France's Finance Minister: COVID-19 to shave 0.1% off French growth

France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the COVID-19 outbreak will take 0.1% off the economic growth of his country. At a press conference on Friday, Le Maire called theestimate"realistic"att

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Palestine slams Netanyahu's plan to build new settlement homes

Palestine on Thursday condemned the plan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build thousands of settlement homes in Jerusalem, considering his decision "systematic destruction of the two

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Israeli researchers warn of new cyber attacks targeting DNA data

Staff members collect the blood sample of a tiger in the Siberia Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on April 21, 2011. (Xinhua Fi

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Apple says coronavirus will hurt iPhone production and profits

The California-based tech firm has been hit hard by the virus outbreak in its third-largest retail market.

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UK consumers will suffer without comprehensive trade deal with EU: industry group

British consumers will face higher costs and reduced availability of goods next year if the country fails to secure a comprehensive post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU) by the end of

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China alerts students to online course-related fraud amid epidemic control

A national office against unlawful and unreasonable educational charges on Monday warned students and their parents about online course-related fraud amid the epidemic

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Global experts, institutions disfavor imposing travel restrictions on China amid COVID-19 outbreak

Global experts have argued against imposing travel restrictions on China during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying such measures are groundless, ineffective and against

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Hezbollah warns of huge negative impact of U.S. Mideast peace plan on Lebanon

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned on Sunday that the U.S. Middle East peace plan, known as the Deal of the Century, will have a huge negative impact on Lebanon,

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Over 6,000 bodies found in Burundi's mass graves

FILE PHOTO: A Burundian worker from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission extracts the skull of an unidentified person from a mass grave in the Bukirasazi hill in Karusi Province, Burundi. /Reu

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Turkey says Libya's Haftar violating ceasefire, must be stopped

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar on Saturday of constantly violating a ceasefire in the country, saying he “mu

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Interview: China has done what can be done for now, says epidemiologist

The Chinese authorities have responded appropriately to the novel coronavirus outbreak, given all the information they first had at their disposal and the absence of e

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Wages in Germany grow faster than consumer prices in 2019

The index of real wages in Germany rose by 1.2 percent on average in 2019, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Wednesday. Nominal wages in Germany increased by 2.6 percent year

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Over 100 native species in need of urgent help following Australian bushfire crisis

The Australian government has released a list of 113 animal species hit hardest by the nation's bushfire crisis. The list, which was compiled by a panel of experts convened by Environment Minister S

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Vietnam reports A/H5N6 bird flu outbreak in suburban Hanoi

Vietnam has reported an outbreak of A/H5N6 bird flu in suburban Hanoi, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday. The outbreak was spotted in Phu Nghia commune of Hanoi'

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China calls on France not to discriminate against Huawei in 5G rollout

The Chinese Embassy in Paris said it took note of recent media reports that Chinese technology company Huawei could face restrictions on its 5G development in France, calling on local authorities to

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German industry expects 3% global economic growth in 2020

The ThyssenKrupp steel mill in Duisburg, Germany on January 30, 2019. /VCG Photo The global economy would only grow by three percent in 2020, with world trade increasing by 1.5 percent, accord