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Coronavirus Watch: COVID-19 cases in Iran surpass 288,000; Saudi Arabia's tally nudges 265,000

Women wearing face masks walk at an old bazaar in Marivan city, western Iran, July 22, 2020. The tally of COVID-19 cases in Iran exceeded 281,000 on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)--Iran's COVID-1

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Goulart faces penalty for mixing with fans without face mask

Guangzhou Evergrande Ricardo Goulart watches from pitchside the Chinese Super League match between his team and Shenzhen on May 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)Ricardo Goula

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Beijing reopens cinemas after months-long closure

With much excitement, Mai Xin entered an IMAX cinema hall in downtown Beijing at noon on Friday to watch a foreign film. "I am very excited. It is the first time that

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EU states agree coronavirus standards for air travel, says Germany

European Union states have agreed on common hygiene standards such as social distancing and wearing face masks on planes and at airports to help curb the spread of the

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Italy's earliest coronavirus strains not from China, study suggests

Italy had the West's earliest reported coronavirus outbreak. /AFP The earliest novel coronavirus strains spreading in Italy's Lombardy region did not come directly from China, according to a n

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U.S. COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations rise, crisis could worsen

A woman in the US testing for the coronavirus. /Reuters The United States has revisited the grim milestone of recording more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, while infections and ho

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UN agencies launch database of laws to help COVID-19 response

United Nations (UN) agencies launched on Wednesday a database of laws that countries had implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect the health and well-being of individuals

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Mayor of S.Korean capital Seoul found dead

Park Won-soon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, was found dead around midnight, hours after his daughter filed a missing report to police Thursday evening, multiple local media said citing t

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Australia records largest number of COVID-19 cases in single day

Australia reported the largest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day on Wednesday with 502 people being diagnosed in the past 24 hours. Michael Kidd, the Australian Government Deputy Chief Medica

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Hong Kong makes mask wearing mandatory in public places

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday announced that its residents are required to wear face masks in public places, including indoor pub

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18 terrorists killed as Egyptian army thwarts terror attack in North Sinai

File Photo: People wearing face masks are seen in Cairo, Egypt, on June 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) Egypt's army announced on Tuesday that it killed 18 terrorists as its forces thwarted a majo

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U.S. lawmakers debate on new COVID-19 aid legislation

FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a mask walks through Chinatown in New York, U.S., February 13, 2020. /Reuters U.S. lawmakers and officials from the White House on Tuesday held negotiations aimed

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China shares edge higher, healthcare stocks jump on vaccine hopes

China shares inched higher midday on Tuesday, supported by strong gains in healthcare stocks on rising hopes for a coronavirus vaccine, although profit-taking after the previous session's rally ke

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DPRK's Kim fires officials for extortion linked to hospital project

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un guides the 14th enlarged meeting of Political Bureau of 7th Central Committee of WPK in this undated photo released on July 2, 2020 by North Korean Central News Agency (KC

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Commentary: Beijing's anti-coronavirus progress encouraging for world

Beijing lowered the emergency response to COVID-19 from level 2 to level 3 on Monday, setting an example of how a metropolis can contain the breakout with regular measures as the threat of infec

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Hong Kong tightens coronavirus restrictions, new cases hit record high

A subway station in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), July 14, 2020. /ReutersHong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has ordered most of

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Syrian parliamentary elections kick off amid Assad participation

A voter casts his ballot in the Syrian parliamentary elections held in Damascus, capital of Syria, on July 19, 2020. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)Syria has starte