(Reuters) – The number of coronavirus infections worldwide reached 13 million on Monday, according to a Reuters count, which increased by one million in just five days. The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six and a half months, and the head of the World …
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GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
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The Chinese government has announced sanctions against US officials, including Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in response to US sanctions for Beijing’s treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang province. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said retaliatory sanctions will apply from Monday, but did not elaborate …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth – in a big way. Three countries, the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates, are sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet in rapid succession starting this week, in the largest effort yet to …
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FILE PHOTO – Jack Ma, founder and CEO of China’s Alibaba Group, speaks in front of an image of SoftBank’s human robot called ‘pepper’ during a press conference in Chiba, Japan, June 18, 2015. REUTERS / Yuya Shino / Stock Image SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd co-founder Jack …
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