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My battle with coronavirus: "Stranded" girlfriend finds friendship with in-laws

When two women love the same man, there is always the potential for tension and conflict, especially when it's between a mother's love and that of his girlfriend. Rela

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Hong Kong police arrest 7 rioters over intentional attack

Hong Kong police said on Thursday that seven males were arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and unlawful assembly on Jan. 19. The police said that in the aft

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Coronavirus spread sparks huge disruption in UK

A person wearing a mask walks across the Millennium Bridge in London, Britain, on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)The novel coronavirus outbreak has caused huge disruption in Britain as

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Democratic front-runner Biden to give speech on U.S. response to coronavirus outbreak

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden will deliver a speech on the country's response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, one day after he canceled upcomi

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Clobbered by coronavirus econ news? Here’s an in-depth, 90 day rewind

There’s just been a torrent of economic news since the first identification of patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in early December 2019 until the declaration of a global pandemic by the World Hea

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Democrats are using a data scientist’s secret sauce to flip Texas blue

For a political campaign, it’s not enough to pull together an army of bright-eyed, venti-caffeinated canvassers—you’ve got to tell them which doors to knock on. In Texas, the Democratic party is spear

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'Super Dan' through to second round at All England Open

Lin Dan of China competes in the men's singles first round match during the All England in Birmingham, England, March 11, 2020. /VCG China's two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan, fighting for his

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When coronavirus halts indie music, where do the kids go?

The eruption of COVID-19 has shuttered shows from large rock halls like Shanghai's Modern Sky Lab to underground live houses like Beijing's School Bar. As most of China remains in quarantine, Chin

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Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states

Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years

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'TAIPEI Act', a game played by U.S. congressmen

01:24 The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative, or the TAIPEI Act of 2019, designed to increase the scope

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5 takeaways: Biden deals major blow to Sanders with big wins

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden talks before a Democratic presidential primary debate, Charleston, South Carolina, February 25, 2020. /AP Joe Biden comprehensively beat Bernie Sanders in four pri

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Diary in Rome: A day in locked-down Italian town

Editor's note: The decree of the Italian government putting the country under lockdown goes into effect on Tuesday and will last till April 3, in a bid to prevent the ongoing coronavirus epidemic fro

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'Don't buy our life-saving masks,' plead seriously ill Spanish kids

01:45 Some of Spain's most seriously ill children, many awaiting life-saving organ transplants, are appealing to citizens worried about contracting COVID-19 not to stockpile face masks

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Can history shed light on Wall Street's coronavirus panic?

Black Monday returned after 32 years when the Dow Jones industrial average ended the opening day down more than 2,000 points and Wall Street triggered an automated circuit breaker that put trading

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'Every life matters': WHO warns against COVID-19 age discrimination

01:09 "It pains us to see that in some places they want to move into mitigation because the virus kills senior or older people only."That was the warning from World Health Organization

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The rise of China's female consumers

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Women's T20 World Cup: record attendances and investment grows game

Seven years ago, England and Australia's women played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to a crowd consisting mostly of friends and family.This was the Women's Ashes, the