Every day, student Xiong Yanfei sits at her desk in her parent’s small apartment in Wuhan, studying for an exam that could change the course of her life.
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EU finance ministers reached the deal after marathon talks in Brussels.
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Global economic growth will turn “sharply negative” this year due to the pandemic, the IMF warns.
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Taiwan rejects accusations by the UN health body’s head that racist slurs against him originated there.
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The Federal Reserve unveils more measures to shore up the economy as weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million.
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As cases rise in Suifenhe – 1,000 miles from Beijing – people have been ordered to stay indoors.
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With the world’s major medicine producers in lockdown, dangerous counterfeit drugs are on the rise.
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It gets really, really hot inside the protective gear Sean White has to wear most of the time. His skin is sore from the tight-fitting face mask and two pairs of gloves worn almost non-stop for 12 hours at a time.
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