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US-China war no longer inconceivable: Australia PM
Aug 06, 2020 03:44Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says war between the United States and China is "no longer inconceivable."
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China: US must avoid ‘seriously endangering’ relations with us
Aug 06, 2020 00:39China said Wednesday a visit by a top US cabinet member to Taiwan was endangering peace and stability in the region, with relations between the two powers at historic lows.
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As pandemic rages on, world economic recovery looks ever shakier
Aug 05, 2020 09:12The world economic outlook has dimmed again, with still-rising coronavirus infections and the risk of renewed lockdowns increasing the chances that any rebound will reverse course. Over 17 million people have been infected worldwide by the coronavirus and more than two-thirds of a million people have died. That has forced governments to impose strict lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus, keeping citizens at home and businesses closed and spurring recessions that aren’t over yet.
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The way the coronavirus messes with smell hints at how it affects the brain
Aug 05, 2020 09:00The virus responsible for COVID-19 can steal a person’s sense of smell, leaving them noseblind to fresh-cut grass, a pungent meal or even their own stale clothes. But so far, details remain elusive about how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can infiltrate and shut down the body’s smelling machinery.
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In affront to China, US announces highest-level visit to Taiwan in decades
Aug 05, 2020 03:25The United States says Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar will travel to Taiwan in the coming days, marking the highest-level visit to the self-ruled island in decades, amid escalatory posturing toward China.
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China to retaliate potential US expulsion of journalists
Aug 04, 2020 11:26China says it will retaliate the United States’ potential expulsion of Chinese journalists, following a move by Washington to decline to renew their visas.
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Riled up Pompeo slams Iran-China deal, threatens with sanctions
Aug 04, 2020 03:11The US administration, riled up by a potential long-term strategic partnership between Iran and China, has threatened to slap the same unilateral sanctions already imposed on Tehran against Beijing in case the deal was finalized.
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US says its citizens received mysterious seeds mailed from China
Aug 04, 2020 01:39Hundreds of American citizens have received in their mail boxes mysterious seed packs sent from China, the US Department of Agriculture says.
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Microsoft talks to buy TikTok's US operations spark ire in China
Aug 03, 2020 11:18A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) for TikTok’s US operations provoked an outcry on Monday on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance.
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Trump pressuring Chinese firm to divest TikTok
Aug 02, 2020 03:44US President Donald Trump has announced a decision to ban a Chinese-owned popular video app, Tik Tok, once more escalating the existing tensions between the two countries.