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Basketball legend Patrick Ewing out of the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

Basketball Hall of Famer and Georgetown University men's basketball coach Patrick Ewing has been released from the hospital and is resting at home after having tested

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New York legend Patrick Ewing confirms positive COVID-19 test

Hall-of-Fame center Patrick Ewing is introduced as the new head coach of Georgetown University at the Athletic Center in Washington, DC April 5, 2017. /VCG Former New York Knicks Hall-of-Fame

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China's night-time economy lags behind pre-pandemic levels

02:21 It has been more than a month since the last case of COVID-19 was discovered in Beijing. Now more and more people are out and about. How has the night economy recovered in the ci

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Profile: A nurse's Wuhan memoirs

Shen Yuehao is seen at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, north China's Tianjin Municipality, May 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Ran)"It's my responsibility. I must show

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Dear Sophie: How can we support our immigrant colleagues during layoffs?

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge t

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Maradona urges fans to stay healthy and happy

Diego Maradona has sent words of support to Argentinian football fans longing for a return to action amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 1986 World Cup winner, who is cu

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Roundup: Europe sees hope, WHO chief warns against politicizing virus

A resident is seen on a shopping street in the city of Sceaux, a southern suburb of Paris, France, April 8, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua) The coronavirus pandemic had claimed some 65,000

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Europe sees hope, WHO chief warns against politicizing virus

Over two months after Europe confirmed its first COVID-19 case, latest data started to show encouraging signs of the pandemic abating, bringing a glimmer of hope to th

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Chiefs of WHO, UN hit back at Trump's threat

"Please quarantine politicizing COVID. If we want to win, we shouldn't waste time pointing fingers...Unity is the only option to defeat this virus," World Health Organ

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"Please quarantine politicizing COVID": WHO chief

"Please quarantine politicizing COVID. If we want to win, we shouldn't waste time pointing fingers," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gh

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UN chief salutes health care workers on World Health Day

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday saluted health care workers on World Health Day, which falls on April 7. "World Health Day this year comes at a very di

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Roundup: UN suspends peacekeeper deployments until June 30

"Our priorities are to ensure the COVID-19-free status of incoming uniformed personnel and mitigate the risk that UN peacekeepers could be a contagion vector and simultaneously maintain our operation

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Keeping the score on Zoom

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.How are you holding up? Are you keeping up? And most importantly, are y

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Feature: Chinese restaurants in Australia struggling to survive amid COVID-19 outbreak

It was lunchtime when He Wei closed and locked the doors of his restaurant at the center of Australian capital Canberra. "The restaurant has been open for seven years, and never have I thought befor

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Brazilian rapper warns of coronavirus danger in Brazil's slums

A general view of Alemao slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 22, 2020. Picture taken March 22, 2020. /VCG Brazilian rapper MV Bill added his voice to a chorus of criticism of Preside

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Iran outperforms Western countries in COVID-19 response: president

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday touted Iran's response to COVID-19 outbreak as more efficient than Western countries. Addressing a cabinet session, Rouhan

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WHO calls for rapid escalation in global COVID-19 response, including testing and isolation

The World Health Organization (WHO) held a briefing today for media to update them on the current status of the global pandemic of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and called out worldwide efforts on what th