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Pandemic-hit Dutch airline KLM announces massive layoffs

Pandemic-stricken Dutch airline KLM on Friday announced that it would cut 4,500 to 5,000 positions. "KLM is in the throes of a crisis of unprecedented magnitude," the

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Chinese mainland reports 43 new COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland registered 43 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, seven from overseas and 36 domestically transmitted, the National Health Commission said on Monday.Of t

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China helps over 5,000 stranded people return home in H1

Chinese civil affairs departments nationwide helped 5,226 stranded individuals return home in the first half of 2020, according to statistics released by the Ministry

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California becomes first state in U.S. to surpass half million COVID-19 cases

Photo taken on July 4, 2020 shows the closed Santa Monica beach in Los Angeles County, the United States. (Xinhua)Official data showed a daily jump of 6,542 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number o

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Kenya records highest single day COVID-19 deaths

Health workers help each other as they remove their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), after the cremation of the body of Prof. Charles Kariuki who died due to COVID-19, at a crematorium in Nai

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Ireland expresses fear over rising COVID-19 cases

Reuters Image Health authorities in Ireland have expressed concern over a recent rise in COVID-19 infections in the country.On Saturday, Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn said the new figures

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Chinese mainland reports 6 new imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported six new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,069, the National Health Commission said Saturda

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China corrects wrongful criminal cases involving property rights

Courts across China have corrected 190 wrongful criminal cases involving property rights since 2017, China's top court said Friday. A total of 237 people were involved

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Chinese troops join 3,749 flood relief operations

The Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force had dispatched troops to 3,749 operations of flood relief by July 28, as floods are wreaking h

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Africa's COVID-19 infections surpass 878,000, deaths surge over 18,400

Funeral workers wearing personal protective equipment sanitise each other after a burial amid a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, at the Olifantsvlei cemetery, south-west of Joburg, South Africa July

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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 88,000

Brazil on Tuesday recorded 921 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 88,539. Meanwhile, tests have detected 40,816 new inf

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Chinese mainland reports 3 new imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported three new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,056, the National Health Commission said Wedn

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China's Heilongjiang reports 2 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported two asymptomatic COVID-19 cases Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday. The two patients are a couple, and the

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China's Liaoning reports 6 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

China's Liaoning Province reported six new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday. All new confirmed patients are in the cit

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China promotes int'l TCM cooperation

China has made headway in promoting international cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) through Confucius Institutes overseas and domestic TCM colleges, data have shown. Over 240 Confu

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China prosecutes 5,565 people for harming epidemic control in H1

A total of 5,565 people were prosecuted in the first half of this year for harming epidemic prevention and control, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SP

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Longest high-speed railway tunnel in east China completed

An 18.23-km high-speed railway tunnel in east China's Zhejiang Province was bored through on Monday, the China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd. (CRCC) said. The c