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Cases of COVID-19 in Palestine rise to 20

Palestine on Monday announced that the number of Palestinians infected with the novel coronavirus has raised to 20 cases. "After a new case was confirmed in the city of

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'Rumors and misinformation' as global COVID-19 cases exceed 107,000

02:51 The number of COVID-19 cases in China appears to be stabilizing but there are 26-thousand cases in more than 100 countries outside China. The Austrian chancellor said earlier tod

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Iraq's first coronavirus case is a student from Iran

An Iranian student who entered Iraq prior to the country's travel ban on Iran has been confirmed to have coronavirus, according to a statement by Iraq’s Ministry of Hea

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Asian-American college publication Girda returns in Los Angeles

03:12 Fifty years ago, a college publication was created by a group of Asian-American students during the civil rights movement. Taking its name from the movie "Godzilla," Gidra played

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China ends two-year takeover of troubled Anbang Insurance

VCG China will legally end its takeover of Anbang Insurance as the new insurance group can basically operate normally, the country's banking and insurance regulator announced on Saturday.Anban

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California will apologize to Japanese Americans for internment camps

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) California is set to apologize to Japanese Americans for its role in forced internment during World War II.After the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, m

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Voodoo Games thrives by upending conventional product design

Voodoo Games is one of the most interesting startups alive today. In mid-2018, it had 150 million MAUs and raised $200 million from Goldman Sachs, yet I’ve never heard anyone mention the company

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UN chief promotes guidance on protection of children in armed conflict

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday promoted the practical guidance for mediators to protect children in situations of armed conflict. "The practical guidance for mediators that we ar

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Iran Starts Working on Space Capsules to Send People Into Space

Iran has started developing space capsules with the aim of sending astronauts into space independently, the country’s Minister of Information and Communications Technol

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How Bykea is winning Pakistan’s ride-hailing and delivery market

Increasingly, the streets of Karachi and Lahore are being flooded with men riding bikes and wearing green T-shirts, a writer friend recently told me. In a sense, these men represent the emergence of P

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Taliban says has brought down U.S. military plane in Afghanistan

The Taliban said it had shot down a U.S. military plane in the central Afghan province of Ghazni on Monday, killing all personnel on board, a spokesman for the Taliban

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Plane crashes in central Afghanistan: reports

A plane crashed in Afghanistan's Ghazni province Monday, according to local media.There were no immediate reports on casualties and the aircraft's owner is not yet know

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Chinese, U.S. musicians stage Sound of Spring concert to mark Lunar New Year

The U.S.-China Music Institute presented its first annual Chinese New Year Concert featuring Bard College's The Orchestra Now, performing a lively collection of Chinese symphonic works in New York o

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Here's what people had to say about Juan Guaido in Colombia

01:44 Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has traveled to Colombia where he met U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today.Meanwhile in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro says he

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The U.S. liquor industry and lessons for the marijuana industry

05:43 CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Michael A. Lerner, author of Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City, about the U.S. ban on liquor 100 years ago and lessons for today.

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Former U.S. Housing Secretary Castro suspends 2020 presidential race

Screenshot of former U.S. housing secretary Julian Castro's post on Twitter. Julian Castro, former U.S. housing secretary, suspended his 2020 Democratic presidential race on Thursday."It's wit

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Microsoft issues emergency Windows update for processor security bugs

Microsoftisissuingarareout-of-bandsecurityupdatetosupportedversionsofWindowstoday.Thesoftwareupdateispartofanumberoffixesthatwillprotectagainstanewly-discovered