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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Bolsonaro came down with symptoms on...
Syrian air defenses respond to Israeli missile strike in Aleppo
The Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli strike in the country's northern province of Aleppo on Monday, state news agency SANA reported.
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UK PM sets to return to work as COVID-19 deaths keep increasing
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work Monday morning, a PM office spokesperson told Xinhua on Sunday.
Johnson is going...
UK COVID-19 hospital deaths top 20,000 after another 813 patients die
Another 813 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in hospitals in Britain as of Friday afternoon, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related...
U.S. House passes COVID-19 relief package to aid small businesses, hospitals, testing
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a 484-billion-dollar relief package to boost funding for small businesses, hospitals and coronavirus testing, sending the...
ExxonMobil breaks ground on multibillion-dollar chemical complex in China
Multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil Wednesday broke ground on its solely-funded chemical complex in Huizhou, southern China's Guangdong Province.
Due to...
Iran “successfully” launches 1st military satellite
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday "successfully" launched the country's first military satellite into space, official IRNA news agency reported.
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U.S. Senate passes relief package to increase funding for small businesses, hospitals, testing
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a relief package that would increase funding for small businesses, hospitals and coronavirus testing as the pandemic started...
Putin, Trump, King Salman agree to coordinate on stabilizing oil markets – Kremlin
Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia have agreed to coordinate on stabilizing oil markets and minimize the impact of oil price volatility on...
British PM admitted to hospital for coronavirus tests
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday night, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street said....
UN chief reiterates global ceasefire appeal as world fights COVID-19
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the international community should focus only on the battle against its common enemy of the COVID-19...
U.S. economy shed 701,000 jobs in March, first decline in decade
U.S. employers cut 701,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate soared to 4.4 percent, showing the first job decline in a decade, the...
U.S. capital to slash in-person voting in presidential primaries due to coronavirus concerns
Officials in Washington D.C. announced Friday that the U.S. capital city will cut the number of precincts accepting in-person voting in the upcoming presidential...
U.S. Senate passes US$2 trillion stimulus package to blunt COVID-19 fallout
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday night passed a 2-trillion-dollar stimulus package to blunt the economic fallout of COVID-19, after rounds of negotiations between Democrats...
Netanyahu wins Israeli elections but falls short of majority
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party won the largest number of seats in the parliamentary elections, but apparently fell short of a majority...
Xi’s article on improving epidemic prevention and control to be published
An article by President Xi Jinping on improving law-based epidemic prevention and control, and the national public health emergency management system will be published...
Dow plunges nearly 1,200 points amid risk-averse sentiment
The Dow plunged nearly 1,200 points, or over 4.4 percent, below the 26,000 psychological level on Thursday as market sell-off continued amid risk-averse sentiment.
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Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli missiles over Damascus
The Syrian air defenses intercepted a number of Israeli missiles over the capital Damascus on Sunday night, state TV reported.
Several explosions...
Togo’s presidential election kicks off Saturday
Togo's presidential election kicked off on Saturday at 7 a.m. local time (0700 GMT).
Seven candidates, including the incumbent president Faure Gnassingbe,...
Terrorism in Syria must be eradicated – Wu Haitao
A Chinese envoy said Wednesday that terrorism in Syria must be eradicated to create a favorable security environment for the political process.
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U.S. rocket launched to bring NASA cargo to International Space Station
A U.S. rocket was launched on Saturday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore, carrying cargo with the space agency's resupply mission...
U.S. entrepreneur Andrew Yang drops out of 2020 presidential race
U.S. entrepreneur Andrew Yang, who pushed for a universal individual basic income of 1,000 U.S. dollars per month, dropped out of the 2020 presidential...
Xi talks with Qatari emir over phone on novel coronavirus outbreak
Chinese President Xi Jinping talked with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani over phone on Tuesday night, expressing confidence in a full...
Syrian army wrests control of strategic Damascus-Aleppo highway
For the first time since 2012, the Syrian army wrested control of the strategic Damascus-Aleppo highway following battles against the rebel groups, a war...
Brad Pitt wins Best Supporting Actor of 92nd Oscars
Brad Pitt nabbed the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the 92nd Academy...
Iran fails to launch satellite into space
Iran failed on Sunday to put the indigenous satellite Zafar into orbit, state IRINN TV reported.
The homemade satellite carrier Simorgh launched...
Gunman killed after shooting rampage in Thailand
A frenzied gunman who killed at least 22 people and injured 42 others in a shooting rampage in northeastern Thailand was killed by police...
Xi talks with Trump over phone on novel coronavirus outbreak
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus...
High-speed train derails in Italy, 2 killed
A high-speed train derailed in northern Italy near Milan in the early hours of Thursday, leaving two railway employees dead and traffic interrupted on...
Political settlement key to control of small arms, light weapons – Wu Haitao
A Chinese UN envoy on Wednesday said that political settlement of conflict is the key to controlling the illicit trade of small arms and...