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Prof. Liang: Expert team impressed by China's handling of COVID-19

Liang Wannian, head of the expert group on the novel coronavirus outbreak response and disposal at China's National Health Commission, Friday said the joint expert team of China and the World Health

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Students required to stay home during Japan's coronavirus school shutdown

Japan's Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda on Friday requested all students to remain indoors and not to attend schools that have been closed to contain COVID-19. "We a

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Canada to stop paying for British royal couple's security costs

The Canadian government will stop paying for British Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's security costs soon, according to CBC Thursday. In a statement to CBC Thursday morning, Public Safety Canada c

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Japan PM urges two-week curbs on sports events amid virus outbreak

Mount Fuji seen from the beach of Enoshima during the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, January 30, 2020. /VCG Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo A

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Huge blow for Bayern as Lewandowski out for 4 weeks with injury

Bayern Munich have suffered a huge blow as their lethal striker Robert Lewandowski will be sidelined for a month after suffering a knee injury during the second leg of their Champions League tie a

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Half of Japan's prefectures yet to add more hospital beds for COVID-19: survey

Almost half of Japan's 47 prefectures have not yet added extra hospital beds for patients infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as requested by the central go

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Japan's Abe asks all elementary, high schools to shut amid COVID-19 outbreak

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the government will ask all elementary, junior-high and high schools to temporarily close beginning March 2, a

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Crew members to start disembarking from virus-hit Diamond Princess in Japan

Crew members on the novel coronavirus-inflicted Diamond Princess cruise ship which was quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama will start disembarking on Thursday

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First coronavirus infection confirmed in North Macedonia

The first case of novel coronavirus infected patient in North Macedonia was confirmed on Wednesday, Minister of Health Venko Filipce said. Speaking at a joint press conference attended by Prime Minis

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Egypt to bury former president Mubarak in military funeral

Egypt will on Wednesday bury its former president Hosni Mubarak, who died at the age of 91, in a military funeral in Cairo.Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was

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Fintech CAC and the Great Credit Card Craze

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re getting two items out of my notebook while sticking to our recen

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Kenya's trade and tourism influenced by virus outbreak

A Chinese visitor feeds a giraffe in the Giraffe Center in Nairobi, Kenya, January 15, 2017. /VCG As global shares tumbled on Tuesday over fears of a coronavirus pandemic, East Africa's bigges

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Two Turkish troops killed in Libya amid calls for permanent ceasefire

People carry a giant Libyan flag at Martyrs' Square during a march commemorating the anniversary of anti-Gadhafi protests in Tripoli, Libya, February 25, 2020. /AP The Turkish forces carr

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Adults in England to be automatically enrolled as organ donors

00:57 All English adults are to be automatically enrolled as organ donors unless they choose to opt out under legislation that is set to come into effect in just eight weeks, the healt

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Bloomberg camp responds to 2016 audio of ex-mayor calling Obama endorsement 'backhanded,' Warren 'scary'

Mike Bloomberg's campaign said Monday that a re-surfaced 2016 audio recording where the billionaire called Democratic rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., "scary" and

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For investors, late-stage fintech startups are a lucrative bet

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Over the past three months, a number of financial events have occurred in the fint

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India's top court judges catch H1N1 swine flu

At least six judges at India's Supreme Court Tuesday did not attend the court after they were found to be infected with swine flu, officials said. "Six judges are down