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U.S. COVID-19 deaths exceed 20,000

A total of 20,506 deaths from COVID-19 has been reported in the United States, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:30 pm Saturday (0030 GMT Sunday

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S.Korea reports 32 more COVID-19 cases, 10,512 in total

South Korea reported 32 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,512. The dai

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Chinese mainland reports 97 new imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported 97 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,280, the Nat

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U.S. becomes country with most COVID-19 deaths, surpassing Italy: Johns Hopkins University

The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States surpassed that in Italy on Saturday, reaching 19,701 as of 1: 35 p.m. (1735 GMT) among 506,188 cases, according to da

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Israel stops all flights due to COVID-19 quarantine issues

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered on Saturday to stop all flights to the country after passengers entered Israel without health supervision amid the no

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Boeing mulling plan to cut 10 pct workforce: media

U.S. airplane giant Boeing Company is mulling a plan to cut about 10 percent of its workforce amid the fallout caused by COVID-19, U.S. media reported Thursday. The pl

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Deaths from COVID-19 in Canada expected to rise while millions remain jobless

It took less than four months for COVID-19 to change life in Canada and it could take much longer to return to some degree of normalcy, as grim statistics released Thu

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China increases state rice purchasing to strengthen grain reserve

China has increased purchasing of middle- and late-season rice in the country's annual state buying of the autumn grain crops, further strengthening the nation's grain

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China releases guideline on advancing work resumption amid epidemic control

China will advance resumption of work and production on the premise of effective epidemic containment in an active and orderly manner, according to a guideline release

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Hundreds of U.S. nationals repatriated from S. Africa

Hundreds of U.S. nationals were repatriated from South Africa on Thursday, with more to fly home the next day, the U.S. embassy said. "This afternoon, two repatriation

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Russia sends 3 astronauts to space

Russia launched on Thursday a manned spacecraft with three astronauts onboard which will dock to the International Space Station (ISS) later in the day. The Soyuz MS-1

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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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EU finance ministers to reconvene on COVID-19 economic response

Finance ministers of the European Union (EU) failed to reach an agreement on the economic response to the coronavirus crisis, President of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno

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Iran says U.S. fails to seize Iranian funds in Europe

Iran has won "a legal battle" to abort a U.S. attempt to block and confiscate Iran's funds in Europe, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati sai

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Chinese embassy slams British politicians for Cold War mentality

The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the UK on Wednesday criticized the Britain House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee for stigmatizing China, ignoring basic

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Wuhan reopens after 76-day life-and-death battle against novel coronavirus

Wearing a mask and gloves, captain Mao Lin finally returned to his familiar cockpit after 76 days of grounding.Looking at the dashboard and joystick, he felt a surge of

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New York officials concerned of racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths

African Americans and Latinos are more affected by novel coronavirus in the U.S. state of New York compared with other ethnic groups, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wedn