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Over 70 pct Chinese students study online via smartphones amid epidemic: survey

About 73 percent of Chinese students use smartphones to study online from home due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to survey results published on China Youth Da

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Chinese, foreign nationals face equal quarantine measures in China: official

Foreign and Chinese nationals face equal quarantine measures in China in accordance with the law amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, a senior Chinese health official

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COVID-19 death toll reaches 744, total cases climb to 13,686 in Africa: Africa CDC

The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent has reached 744 as confirmed positive cases reached 13,686, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa C

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China steps up assistance to people in need amid COVID-19

China has introduced concrete measures to help people in need overcome the difficulties brought by the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Friday. Gr

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COVID-19 aid from Jack Ma Foundation arrives in Kyrgyzstan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan said on Friday it has received humanitarian assistance from China's Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation to combat C

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Iran says U.S. fails to seize Iranian funds in Europe

Iran has won "a legal battle" to abort a U.S. attempt to block and confiscate Iran's funds in Europe, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati sai

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Chinese company launches global online consultation services to fight COVID-19

A Chinese company Wednesday launched an online platform providing medical consultation services in English to help the world's combat against the COVID-19 pandemic. Th

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Just In: France becomes fourth country to have over 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

A biologist from Eylau Unilabs Analysis Laboratories is pictured at a COVID-19 drive-through testing station near Champs de Mars in Paris, France, April 7, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)PA

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Israeli, Chinese companies to set up joint COVID-19 testing lab in Gaza

Israeli medical tech company AID Genomics will collaborate with Chinese biotech giant BGI Genomics to set up a coronavirus testing lab in the Palestinian city of Gaza,

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Chinese Customs releases $1.44 billion worth of supplies for export

China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Sunday said it has examined and released 10.2 billion yuan (1.44 billion U.S. dollars) of supplies exports for the coronavirus containment since Mar

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Somali and U.S. forces kill 5 Al-Shabaab terrorists

Somali military officers attend a training programme by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at their military base in Mogadishu, Somalia November 1, 2017. Picture taken November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Feisa

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China to deepen int'l cooperation on COVID-19

China will continue deepening international cooperation on responding to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.

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China invests nearly 25 bln yuan in medical assistance

China appropriated 24.5 billion yuan (around 3.45 billion U.S. dollars) in medical assistance subsidies in 2019, including 4 billion yuan allocated for beefing up medic

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People defying social distancing prompt man to deliver PSA from car

01:26 In a video aptly titled "Driving Around Telling People to Stay Home," videographer Brian Rose records himself driving through Washington, D.C., telling people out defying stay-at

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Russia to close border amid virus crisis

Russia is going to suspend border crossings via automobile, railway, pedestrian and other border checkpoints from Monday in a bid to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Russian gove

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Kenya records first COVID-19 death

Minister for Health in Kenya, Mr. Mutahi Kagwe./Photo: Kenya's Ministry of Health Kenya on Thursday recorded its first death from the deadly coronavirus, the country's Health Cabinet Secretary

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Britain donates 400,000 USD worth of equipment to Lebanon for fighting COVID-19

British Ambassador to Lebanon Chris Rampling announced that the United Kingdom donated 340,000 British pounds (400,000 U.S. dollars) in equipment for Lebanon to enable the country to fight agains