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100s of Americans quarantined in California after fleeing coronavirus epicenter
Feb 06, 2020 04:14Another group of nearly 350 Americans airlifted from the epicenter of China's fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak have been placed under quarantine at two military bases in California, as the number of confirmed US cases of the disease rose to 12.
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China to continue buying oil from Iran: Envoy
Feb 06, 2020 02:47Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua reiterated his country’s support for Iran against the US sanctions and said the East Asian nation is the only country that buys oil from the Islamic Republic.
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Iranian flight evacuates students from China’s Wuhan
Feb 06, 2020 02:22Dozens of Iranian students were flown back to the country by a Mahan Airlines plane from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll approaches 500
Feb 05, 2020 08:38The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China has approached 500, and more than 24,000 others have been infected with the rapidly spreading virus, which is also taking a toll on the world economy.
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US plans to impose new curbs on China and Huawei
Feb 05, 2020 05:56Senior officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump plan to meet this month to discuss further curbing technology exports to Huawei and other Chinese companies, and to coordinate the broader US war with China over technological dominance.
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Envoy thanks Iran’s Zarif for voicing support for China
Feb 05, 2020 03:59Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua expressed his gratitude to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for supporting the East Asian country amid the deadly outbreak of a new coronavirus.
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Fears of global economic slowdown as virus follows trade war
Feb 04, 2020 18:41Zhang Ming, an economist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (part of Beijing’s State Council), predicted that China’s annual growth rate could drop below an annualized five percent in the January-March 2020 quarter. That would be a sharp slowdown compared with six percent annualized growth in the previous quarter.
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Iran sends flight to Wuhan, reaffirms support for China
Feb 04, 2020 11:47Iran has sent a plane to retrieve dozens of students confined in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak.
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Iran lauds China's 'successful' fight against coronavirus, slams US exploitation of epidemic
Feb 04, 2020 08:41Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has praised China for taking “successful” measures to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak, slamming the United States for attempting to exploit the health crisis caused by the pandemic.
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China virus death toll posts grim record rise, passes 400
Feb 04, 2020 05:38China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose on Tuesday by a new daily record to more than 420.