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APD | Global cooperation vital to benefit from use of technology against COVID-19

By APD writer Imdad HussainThe COVID-19 that has so far caused more than three hundred thousand deaths and infected nearly 5 million people worldwide, make us rethink h

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APD | First free “book ATM” helps promote reading culture in Vietnam

By APD writer AliceInspired from the idea of “rice ATM” model which distributes free rice to the disadvantaged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a bookstore in Hanoi, the cap

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APD | World’s largest economy faces gloomy future?

By APD writer Imdad HussainCorona pandemic has posed great challenges for the world economy with even bigger threats than that of the ‘Great Depression’ of the 1930s wh

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Interview: U.S. to "fly in the dark" if expanded testing not in place, says expert

A medical worker uses a swab to take a sample at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 14, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)"

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APD | World’s largest economy faces gloomy future?

By APD writer Imdad HussainCorona pandemic has posed great challenges for the world economy with even bigger threats than that of the ‘Great Depression’ of the 1930s wh

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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ turns teenage pain into comedic bliss

“Never Have I Ever” is a new Netflix comedy created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, loosely based on Kaling’s own teenage years.The show focuses on Devi (played by Maitreyi Ramakri

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APD | Covid-19 – Who are big losers and beneficiaries?

By APD writer Imdad HussainUS late President J.F. Kennedy once remarked that when written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters; one represents da

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CBS All Access greenlights ‘Strange New Worlds,’ a new Star Trek series about Pike and Spock

CBS All Access isn’t done launching new Star Trek shows.After bringing the franchise back to TV with “Star Trek: Discovery” in 2017, then revisiting some beloved characters with R

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Hypnosis for health? Investors have placed a $1.1 million bet on Mindset Health that it can work

Chris and Alex Naoumidis came to hypnotherapy through dresses.As The New York Times reported last year, the two brothers initially started their careers as startup entrepreneurs with a peer-to-peer dr

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CGTN Interview: India's COVID-19 lockdown and its side effects

17:42 While India has managed to slow down the spread of COVID-19 through what is perhaps the world's largest nationwide lockdown, the socio-economic fallout of the decision on the Sou

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Masks have helped people face fears before

A bronze mask excavated from the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan province.[Photo by Li Zhihao/For China Daily] "It is a book about face, a book without many words and about life and death," fiction

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Journey of authors

Acclaimed authors (from left) Ma Chia-hui from Hong Kong, Alai from Sichuan province and Xiaobai from Shanghai voice their views on literature and bigger issues like the meaning of life in the ne

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Commentary: Washington, biggest stumbling block for a better world order

Amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, about 300,000 people have lost their lives, countless businesses and factories have shut doors, cross-border personnel exchanges h

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APD | Japan: Coronavirus-infected people fall down on streets amidst discrimination

By APD writer AliceJapanese police recently found about a dozen people dead at home alone or collapsed on the streets who later tested positive for the coronavirus, whi

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German court threatens European economic stability

European Central Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. /VCG Editor's note: Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at the University of

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Trump turns and runs

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived from 2007 to 2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for the South China

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Vettel, Ferrari have 'no common desire to stay together'

Ferrari's German racer Sebastian Vettel answers questions at a media briefing during the F1 Winter Testing in Montmelo, Spain, February 27, 2020. /VCG Ferrari's 32-year-old racer Sebastian Vet