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LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2020

Wuhan Raises Coronavirus Death Toll Amid International Criticism

Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Friday raised the official death toll, where the coronavirus epidemic emerged last year, by 50 percent. ...
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Full text of Wuhan's notification on revising numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths

The Wuhan municipal headquarters for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic prevention and control on Friday issued a notification on revising the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the city. ...
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China Push For COVID-19 Praise Backfires in US Amid Rising WHO Criticism

A campaign by Chinese consular staff to press the legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin to pass a resolution praising China's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak – written by China – backfired spectacularly, inspiring a motion that says Beijing "deliberately and intentionally misled the world." ...
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Ceasefire during COVID-19 pandemic essential, to safeguard 250 million children

The head of the UN children's fund UNICEF warned on Friday that 250 million children around the world living in the "waking nightmare" of conflict desperately need warring parties to stop fighting as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads. ...
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US Quietly Withdraws All Bombers From Guam, No Replacements in Sight

The US Air Force has quietly ended its 16-year-long continuous bomber deployment to the western Pacific island of Guam. When five B-52 Stratofortress bombers returned to the US on Thursday, no aircraft arrived to replace them. The Pentagon has offered no explanation. ...
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US Building Ground-Based Network of Offensive Weapons to Jam Russian Satellites - Report

The Space Force, the newest branch of the US military, has requested over $15.3 billion in funding for operations, equipment and satellite equipment for fiscal year 2021. ...
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Pakistan Criticizes Proposed Sale of US Missile Systems to India

Pakistan said Friday that a proposed new multimillion-dollar sale of American missile systems to Islamabad's archrival, India, would destabilize an already "volatile" situation in South Asia. ...
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Firefighters Battle New Blazes In Ukraine's Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

More than 1,000 firefighters have been sent to extinguish new fires that broke out in the radiation-contaminated area around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant. ...
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