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Early decision needed for any delay, Olympics organizing member says

Any decision to delay the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be made before May, an organizing committee board member told Japanese broadcaster TBS late on Wednesday."If you think about the athletes, May

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Lessons world should take from COVID-19 outbreak

The sudden strike of the novel coronavirus has demonstrated once again how essential it is for mankind to join hands in the face of tough common challenges in a globalized world. The outbreak has ta

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Lessons world should take from COVID-19 outbreak

The sudden strike of the novel coronavirus has demonstrated once again how essential it is for mankind to join hands in the face of tough common challenges in a globalized world. The outbreak has ta

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COVID-19 and racism: Waitress tells of attack in Italy

02:12 Gioia was serving a customer at a Rome cafe when she saw a group of people shouting abuse at an elderly man of Chinese descent.When the man walked off they started to racially in

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Russia-Turkey truce holds in Syria despite minor violations

Opposition activists and a war monitor reported a complete absence of Russian and Syrian government warplanes in the skies of Idlib and relative calm in the area Friday

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Syria's Assad slams Turkey's Erdogan for fighting next to "terrorists"

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has slammed his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for fighting next to "terrorists" in Syria. Assad made the remarks during a

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Cities in India, Pakistan most polluted, desertification impacts China

More than half of the world's 50 most polluted cities are in India and Pakistan, with climate change-triggered sandstorms and wildfires along with the rapid pace of urbanization worsening the air

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Locust outbreak threatens food security in East Africa

The locust outbreak plaguing East Africa calls for a concerted international response as the most dreaded insects devour millions of hectares of vegetation in their cross-border migration, exacerbati

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57 more people on Diamond Princess infected, total at 691 in Japan

Japanese authorities Sunday said 57 more people on board the quarantined Diamond Princess have tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19), bring total number of infection cases on the ship to

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Libya's recognized government withdraws from ceasefire negotiations

Libyan President Faiez Mustafa Serraj addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. /Reuters Libya's internationally recognised

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HKSAR chief executive eyes anti-epidemic fund to help embattled tech startups

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said Thursday that she hopes the anti-epidemic fund set by the government will benefi

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New Delhi election results dealt a stinging rebuke to the ruling BJP

Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.The latest elections in India's capital

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Chinese expert addresses common concerns about COVID-19

Doctors at Beijing Ditan Hospital in the Chinese capital are treating novel coronavirus patients in critical condition. I had a chance to visit the hospital on Thursday and spoke with the head of

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Haftar's forces in Libya ban UN flights to embattled capital

Damage is seen after a shell fell on a residential area in Hadba al-Badri district, in Tripoli, Libya, January 28, 2020. /Reuters Photo Eastern Libya forces will not allow the United Nations t

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NATO's image worsens sharply in France, United States, study shows

NATO’s public image in the United States and France worsened sharply last year, according to a Pew Research Center study, after U.S. President Donald Trump and French P

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The road back to Hubei: Truck driver says long journey still not over

It was the Chinese New Year holiday that was long, but not necessarily happy.Xiao Hongbing, a truck driver from China's Hubei Province, hasn't been able to return to his hometown there in Tianmen,

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Low inventory, soft holiday production dent China's mask supply: associations

The temporary shortage of masks in China amid the novel coronavirus outbreak is the result of limited inventory under mild demand and softened production during the Sp