TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan was hit by its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter when the coronavirus pandemic burned businesses and consumer spending, keeping policymakers under pressure for bold action to prevent the recession from escalating. FILE PHOTO: People cross a street in a business district in …
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The 22-year-old giant panda could deliver a puppy in the coming days, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced, after image revealed what appeared to be a fetus. Mei Xiang has had a team of experts who have supported her through the process since March, when she performed an artificial insemination. The …
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In addition to a series of coronavirus restrictions, state authorities have placed eight counties under additional quarantine due to an exotic and invasive insect known as the merry-go-round lantern fly. The insect, native to China and South Korea, is a risk to more than 70 plant species, including fruit trees, …
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PHOTO PHOTO: A health care worker places a stretcher in an ambulance at the entrance of the Houston Methodist Hospital emergency room at Texas Medical Center as cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in Houston, Texas, USA, July 8, 2020 REUTERS / Callaghan O’Hare (Reuters) – The United States reported 170,000 …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has called for an end to Iran’s affairs in Abu Dhabi in response to a statement by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani describing the Foreign Ministry as “unacceptable”, state newspaper WAM said on Sunday . PHOTO PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a …
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