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Emirates SkyCargo wins top carrier awardEmirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has won the Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East award for the 18th consecutive year at the recent Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) in Beijing. Organised by the mar More… |
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Sars-like virus kills 2 in Saudi ArabiaA new Sars-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the Kingdom has announced to seven in one week. “Three infections by the new coronavirus have been regis More… |
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Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ringChinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures. More… |
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Some Asian airports tighten controls on bird flu fearsSeveral governments in Asia have ordered tougher screening of air travelers from China in an effort to contain a possible spread of a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in the mainland and infected one visitor from Taiwan. More… |
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China ‘working on’ persuading NKoreaThe top US military officer said on Wednesday Chinese leaders had assured him that they were working on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. China is North Korea's main diplomatic and financial back More… |
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New bird flu case found in northeastern ChinaA man in the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong has been infected by a new strain of bird flu, the first case found in the province, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, bringing the total number of infected victims in China to 105. More… |
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China investigates human-to-human bird fluChina is investigating the possibility of human-to-human transmission of a new strain of bird flu that has killed 17 people and is examining "family clusters" of people infected with the virus, a top health official was quoted as sayin More… |
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China’s ZTE drops Iran businessZTE Corp, China's second-largest telecoms equipment maker, has essentially stopped doing business in Iran after a US investigation into alleged sales of embargoed equipment, the company's chairman told Reuters on Thursday. More… |
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China's bird flu death toll rises to 16Two more people in China have died from a new strain of avian influenza, bringing to 16 the number of deaths from the H7N9 virus, and the government has warned that the number of infections could rise. The latest victims were from More… |
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New bird flu cases found in central ChinaTwo people in the central Chinese province of Henan have been infected by a new strain of avian influenza, the first cases found in the region and bringing the total number nationwide to 51, Xinhua state news agency said on Sunday. More… |
