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AfCFTA secretary-general urges Africa to seize trade opportunity

African Continental Free Trade Area Secretary-General Wamkele Mene (right) poses for a photo with African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry Ambassador Albert Muchanga (left) during the sw

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Pakistan suspends int'l flight operations amid COVID-19 pandemic

ISLAMABAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has decided to suspend international flight operations for two weeks starting from 8:00 p.m. local time on Saturday in a bid to control the spread of coronavi

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S.Korea reports 147 more COVID-19 cases, 8,799 in total

South Korea reported 147 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Saturday local time, raising the total number of infections to 8,799. Eight

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Kenya announces plans to enhance social distancing

Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, addresses journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, about the COVID-19 outbreak, Friday 20 March,2020. /PHOTO: Ministry of Health, Kenya - Twitter The Ken

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Healthcare startups Nurx and Carbon Health ship at-home COVID-19 test sample kits

Efforts to get at-home test kits for the COVID-19 coronavirus are ramping up quickly, and two more health industry startups are bringing their own products to market, with both Carbon Health and Nurx

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Multinationals enhance risk management in countering pandemic

03:27 As the coronavirus pandemic expands across the world, especially in Europe and North America, multinational companies are feeling the pinch with factories closed, supply chains d

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Faced With Rebellion, India's State Chief Quits Hours Before Trust Vote in Legislature

The government in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, headed by Kamal Nath from the Congress Party, was reduced to a minority in the legislature when a senior functionary – J

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Bavaria becomes 1st German state to impose lockdown

Markus Soder, Prime Minister of Germany's largest state Bavaria, has announced Friday exit restrictions for the entire state to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic, making it the country's first stat

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'Match-making' cloud platform to help with work resumption

The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted China's supply chain on a massive scale.Finding means of production have become the deal breaker for many downstream companies over whether they can resume w

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Claimer raises seed backing to make it easier for UK startups to claim R&D tax credits

Claimer, a London-based startup that makes it easy for companies to claim RD tax credits in the U.K., has raised £300,000 in seed funding.Backing the already revenue-generating company is Ben Holmes (

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Disney+ India launch postponed

Disney said on Friday that it is postponing the launch of its eponymous streaming service in India, one of the largest entertainment markets, after the biggest local attraction, Indian Premier League

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S.Korea reports 87 more COVID-19 cases, 8,652 in total

South Korea reported 87 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Friday local time, raising the total number to 8,652. The newly confirmed ca

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Dutch minister resigns after collapse during coronavirus debate

The Dutch Minister of Medical Care Bruno Bruins stepped down one day after he collapsed during a debate in parliament about the coronavirus crisis, the Government Info

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Iranian diplomat speaks highly of China's support to Iran amid outbreak

An Iranian diplomat has spoken highly of the support Chinese people and enterprises have provided to Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak. "During the past three weeks w

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Chinese-American business suffering during COVID-19

VCG They call Rockville, Maryland, “The New Chinatown.” It’s a suburb of Washington D.C., where thousands of Chinese-Americans live and work.People come from around the D.C. area to dine at re

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Indian PM Modi appeals to citizens to isolate at home, self-impose curfew amid COVID-19 scare

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to the countrymen to isolate themselves at their homes in order to save themselves from Novel Coronavirus (COV

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U.S. congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard ends presidential campaign, endorses Joe Biden

Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. House Representative from Hawaii, said Thursday that she has suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. "After Tuesday's election, it i