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Car rental company Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection

The car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday in Delaware, U.S., according to local media reports.Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for car r

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China to put U.S. firms including Apple on unreliable list

China is ready to put U.S. companies including Apple, Boeing, Qualcomm, Cisco on an "unreliable entity list" as part of a series of countermeasures against a U.S. plan to block shipments of semicondu

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China int'l big data expo canceled

The China International Big Data Industry Expo 2020 event will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 epidemic, its organizing committee announced on Thursday. The expo was

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Story of Fighting COVID-19: Cambodia's scarecrows ease the mind

03:54 In Siem Reap, capital of northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, people make scarecrows, known as Ting Mong, to protect themselves against COVID-19. They are generally made of s

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France: Ex-president investigated for alleged sexual assault

The public prosecutor's office in Paris said Monday that it has opened a preliminary investigation of a sexual assault accusation against 94-year-old former French Pres

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Acast partners with JioSaavn, one of India’s largest streaming audio services

Acast, a podcast monetization and distribution platform, announced a new partnership with JioSaavn, one of the largest streaming audio services in India. The agreement mean JioSaavn will distribute c

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Vlog: New York City in pandemic

New York City has been in a pause for over 40 days. By Tuesday morning, more than 170,000 COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the city of 8.3 million people. Videos on LED billboards in Times Square

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2% of Moscow residents could contract COVID-19: mayor

Around two percent of residents in Moscow may contract the COVID-19 after the city significantly increased its ability to detect novel coronavirus, said the mayor Serge

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Expert: Not everyone should do nucleic acid testing, but it depends

"Not everyone should undergo nucleic acid testing but it depends on different situations," Wang Chen, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, noted at a press conference held by Chin

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Solomon Islands gov't changes 4 ministers in cabinet reshuffle

Four new ministers of Solomon Islands' Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) government were sworn in on Wednesday in a major cabinet reshuffle ordered by Prime Minister Manasseh Sog

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China has more than 470 mln e-content readers: white paper

The number of e-content readers had reached 470 million in China by 2019, according to a white paper released this week. The white paper was based on a survey of more than 20 major e-content prov

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COVID-19 in Peru: thousands of jobless face hunger amid crisis

01:24 As Peru's coronavirus lockdown surpasses a month, thousands working in Peru's informal economy have been forced to leave their homes in search of food and work.Community kitchens

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President Farmajo confident Somalia will beat COVID-19

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has expressed confidence that is country will defeat the COVID-19 pandemic."I firmly believe our nation shall overcome uncertainties at critical times su

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Burundi confirms two new COVID-19 cases

Burundi has confirmed two new COVID-19, bringing the country's total tally to five.The East African country is one of 52 African states that have recorded COVID-19 cases. The continent has reporte

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OPEC & allies agree to cut global oil production by 10 million barrels per day after Mexico joins deal

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied oil producers have reportedly reached an output cuts deal after Mexico agreed to reduce its production

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A spectacular pod of dolphins seen by coastguard in south China

00:44 Hundred of dolphins were seen frolicking around Yalong Bay in south China on Monday.The Sanya coastguard first ran into dozens of dolphins during the daily patrol last Sunday in

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Drop in oil demand "unprecedented in modern times": says OPEC secretary general

The drop in global oil demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic is "unprecedented in modern times", far greater than that during the great recession of 2008-2009, said the