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China to UN: Unilateral Syria sanctions must be lifted amid pandemic

Mar 31, 2020 13:56

China has called for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions against Syria, saying the “coercive measures” will hamper the war-ravaged country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Huge forest fire kills 19 in China

Mar 31, 2020 08:36

Eighteen firefighters and one forestry guide died while fighting a huge forest fire in southwestern China, the local government said Tuesday.
33.5% of Iranians infected with COVID-19 recover

Mar 30, 2020 13:49

The Iranian Health Ministry spokesman on Monday put the number of patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus in the country at 13,911, or 33.5% of the total infections.
Chinese passenger train derailed by landslide debris

Mar 30, 2020 13:31

A passenger train derailed after striking debris from a landslide in central China on Monday, injuring a number of passengers and staff, officials said.
COVID-19 is bio-weapon which was produced in a US laboratory: Scientist

Mar 30, 2020 13:14

A Pakistani scientist specializing in organic chemistry has said that the highly contagious novel coronavirus did not necessarily emerge naturally through mutation but rather may have been produced in a laboratory in the United States.
US scientists refute Wuhan as origin of novel coronavirus

Mar 30, 2020 08:34

The novel coronavirus did not originate from a seafood market in central China's Wuhan City, according to American health experts.
US scientists refute Wuhan as origin of novel coronavirus

Mar 30, 2020 08:34

The novel coronavirus did not originate from a seafood market in central China's Wuhan City, according to American health experts.
World’s coronavirus infections pass 660,000

Mar 29, 2020 11:44

Cases of coronavirus infection in the world have surpassed 660,000, while the epidemic has yet to reach its peak in the worst-hit countries of Europe and has just begun in the world’s poorest continent, Africa.
Iranian scientists looking at stem cell technology to treat COVID-19: Report

Mar 29, 2020 06:04

An Iranian stem cell scientist has rejected reports that the drug to treat COVID-19 is produced in the country, clarifying his team of experts are working on experimental therapeutic stem cell methods to treat the patients.
China’s Wuhan comes back to life after two-month lockdown

Mar 28, 2020 12:37

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global new coronavirus outbreak first began late last year, has eased travel restrictions after more than two months of lockdown.