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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The coronavirus pandemic has worsened relations between Donald Trump’s America and Xi Jinping’s China Americans…
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The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in about 20 years has killed at least 82 people,…
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The number of those infected with coronavirus in Africa has reached 95,201, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention…
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