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Italian blood samples revive debate over first signs of COVID in Europe
Jul 29, 2021 19:06Renewed tests of blood samples collected in Italy as early as October 2019 have revived a debate over whether coronavirus was circulating in Europe before Chinese authorities confirmed the first case in Wuhan.
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Coronavirus: After the EU failed to deliver, Italy looks to Russia for help
Mar 31, 2020 16:07The current global political scene is changing rapidly as a result of the coronavirus. We are seeing new super-powers emerging, such as China and Russia, and former so-called power-houses weakening, such as the US and NATO. The shifting sands of alliances remind us of a similar situation before WW2. Italy, and several other EU members, may find themselves forging new alliances that are headed East.
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WHO warns of global shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus
Mar 08, 2020 09:41The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by 40% as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted.
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A new chapter in the Sino-Italian relationship
Aug 06, 2019 12:47During the Qing Dynasty, the West labeled China with the term “Serica” because of the silk (Latin serica) Rome imported along a meandering 8,000-kilometer passage called by the geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen “the Silk Road.”
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Marco Polo is back in China – again
Mar 31, 2019 18:19All roads seem to lead to Rome as Italy expressed its love for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), says Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar in his article on the recent visit to Italian capital by Chinese President Xi Jinping who was warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.