US urges citizens to avoid all international travels amid COVID-19 outbreak

03:59, March 20, 2020

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  Health workers to disinfect hospital amid COVID-19 outbreak in Nepal

  Health workers get ready to disinfect a hospital amid COVID-19 outbreak in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 26, 2020. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua) .A health worker disinfects a hospital amid COVID-19 outbreak in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 26, 2020.

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  Russia urges US to lift sanctions on Iran amid COVID-19 outbreak

  The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (File photo: China Daily)MOSCOW, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Saturday called on the United States to abandon its unilateral sanctions against Iran, as the country is plagued by the coronavirus outbreak.The US sanctions are "inhumane" as Iran is faced with an acute shortage of means to solve urgent healthcare problems caused by COVID-19, Ryabkov said in a statement."Washington is well aware of the difference between one-off deliveries of humanitarian aid and Irans lack of ability to earn export revenues, which are important for the financing of relevant programs, due to many years of unprecedented harsh sanctions from the US side," he said.

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  China's small home appliances gain popularity amid epidemic

  BEIJING, March 14 -- Small home appliances are gaining popularity in China amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bucking against the downward trend of the whole household appliance industry.As many people have been staying at home to contain the spread of COVID-19, they have mo