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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 400,000 -- Johns Hopkins University

The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 400,000 on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The death toll from the coronavirus reached

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Curb on U.S. dollar trading in HK may damage global confidence in U.S. assets: HK finance chief

Financial Secretary of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government Paul Chan said on Sunday that to limit U.S. dollar trading in Hong Kong will in return damage global confidence in t

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Palestinian official warns against Israeli, U.S. attempts to normalize ties with Palestinian firms

Palestinian official on Saturday warned against Israeli and American attempts to normalize ties with information technology companies in Palestine. Israel and the United States have invited Palestin

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Demonstrators gather in Prague to protest against police brutality in U.S.

Several hundred demonstrators on Saturday gathered in the old town square of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, to protest against police brutality and racism

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MOFCOM opposes U.S. blacklisting dozens of Chinese firms, institutions

China's Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) said it resolutely opposes the U.S.' recent move of 33 Chinese enterprises, universities, research institutions, and individuals to the export control Entity List,

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EU's Barnier says no significant progress after 4th round of post-Brexit talks

Michel Barnier, the European Union's (EU) chief negotiator with the United Kingdom on the UK's withdrawal from the EU, said on Friday that there have been no significa

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Brazil COVID-19 death toll surges to third highest in world

Brazil's total COVID-19 deaths have surged to 34,021 after its health ministry on Thursday reported 1,437 new deaths in the last 24 hours, making its overall toll the

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Iran confirms release of U.S. prisoner

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed the release of U.S. prisoner Michael White, official IRNA news agency reported. White was freed by a decree of an Iranian

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China regrets U.S. decision to suspend Chinese passenger flights: spokesperson

China regrets the U.S. decision to suspend scheduled passenger flights of Chinese carriers to and from the United States, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson

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Syrian deputy FM says China's legislation on national security brooks no foreign interference

Syria respects China's right to legislate to safeguard national security, which brooks no foreign interference, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said. In an interview with Xinhua W

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U.S. state of Oregon to start second phase of reopening

File photo taken on April 27, 2020 shows people posing for a photo with the face masks donated by China's Fujian Province in Oregon, the United States. (Xinhua) Governo

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The Gambia seeks credible probe into citizen's death in U.S.

The Gambia's foreign affairs ministry called strongly on the United States Tuesday to launch a credible investigation into the death of its national Momodou Lamin Sisa

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Turkey's pandemic slowdown continues, while Iran sees record daily rebound in COVID-19 cases

Turkey's COVID-19 pandemic continued to slow down on Tuesday, with 786 new cases of infections registered. Meanwhile, Iran set a new record in daily cases in two months amidst a resurgence of the pa

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China opposes U.S. political oppression of Cuba under pretext of anti-terrorism: FM spokesperson

China opposes the political oppression and economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Cuba under the pretext of anti-terrorism, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Z

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Tokyo stocks close higher on hopes for global economic revival

Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday on continued hopes for global economies to recover as many countries have eased coronavirus-linked restrictions and allowed business

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NetEase to list in Hong Kong on June 11

Game giant NetEase announced on Tuesday the launch of its secondary listing in Hong Kong and will begin trading on June 11 under the stock code "9999." The company pla

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Chinese chip-maker SMIC aims to raise $2.8 billion via listing

Hong Kong-listed chip-maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) aims to raise about 20 billion yuan (2.8 billion U.S. dollars) selling shares publicly in Shanghai, the company said