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11 dead in road accident in eastern India

At least 11 persons died and four injured in a road accident in India's eastern state of Bihar early on Saturday, said local media reports. The mishap reportedly took

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Number of COVID-19 patients in Taiwan rises to 45

An individual infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in Taiwan Friday, raising the total number to 45, according to the island's epidemic

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Hubei announces complete ban on wildlife trade

Central China’s Hubei Province announced a strict resolution on forbidding wildlife trade and ordered a complete ban on consumption of wild animals or related products.

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China's C919 carries out first wet runway taxiing test

The C919 aircraft taking a wet runway taxiing test. /CCTV China's independently-developed C919 large passenger jet carried out its first taxiing test on a wet runway Monday in Nanchang, east C

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All hostages released, gunman surrenders in Philippine capital hostage incident

The Philippine police ended a 10-hour hostage incident in Metro Manila on Monday, convincing the gunman to free all the hostages and surrender himself to the authoriti

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CPC members at central, state organs make donations for virus battle

Members of the Communist Party of China from central and state organs have actively made donations over the past few days to aid the country's battle against the novel

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Lacalle Pou sworn in as new president of Uruguay

President Luis Lacalle Pou and vice president Beatriz Argimon are at the presidential swearing-in ceremony in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, March 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Nicolas Celaya) Lacalle Pou took

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Slovak PM concedes defeat in parliamentary election

Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini conceded defeat early Sunday to the opposition party Ordinary People (OLaNO) in the country's parliamentary election. The latest vote count showed that the cent

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Urgent: Muhyiddin Yassin sworn in as Malaysia's new prime minister

Muhyiddin Yassin, a former deputy prime minister, took the oath of office on Sunday to become Malaysia's new prime minister. Muhyiddin was appointed following the abrupt resignation of 94-year-old M

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Facebook sues analytics firm for stealing user data

U.S. social media giant Facebook Inc. Thursday filed a lawsuit against a mobile analytics company for illegally collecting private information of users from social media platforms. Jessica Romero, d

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Another high-ranking Iranian official diagnosed with coronavirus

Mojtaba Zonnour, chairmanofIran Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, on Thursday released a video announcing that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus.It came two d

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad official says ceasefire reached with Israel in Gaza

A senior official in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced that a ceasefire with Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has come into effect on Monday night. The ceasefire ends two days of ten

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Taiwan's New Party chairman calls for returning to 1992 Consensus

Wu Cheng-tien, the newly elected chairman of Taiwan's New Party who took office Friday, called on the Taiwan authorities to return to the 1992 Consensus and reopen cro

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Mainland expects New Party's new chairman to promote peaceful cross-Strait relations: spokesperson

The mainland believes Taiwan's New Party led by its new chairman, Wu Cheng-tien, will continue to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and advanc

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COVID-19 cases confirmed in east China prison

A total of 207 infection cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed in an east China prison.JINAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A total of 207 infection cases of novel coron

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Sean O'Fearghail re-elected chairperson of lower house of Irish parliament

Sean O'Fearghail has been re-elected on Thursday as chairperson of the lower house of the Irish parliament, announced Peter Finnegan, clerk of the lower house. His re-election took place during the f

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At least eight dead in shooting in Germany

At least eight people were killed and several others injured during a shooting in Hauau, Germany, on Wednesday, local media reported citing police.The shooting took pla