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The landmark royal commission into #Australia's "Black Summer" bushfires has handed down its final report Friday, calling for major changes to how the country responds to natural disasters.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Friday warned more terrorist attacks were likely in the country, one day after a knife attack at a church in the southern city of #Nice. #France

The #WHO labeled the so-called “herd immunity” strategy for handling #COVID19 "morally unconscionable and unfeasible", after three patients recovering from the disease shared their stories in a news conference on Friday.

The death toll from #Typhoon Molave has risen to 22 while the country's weather bureau announced another storm is on the way, a government disaster agency said.

A massive 7.0-magnitude #earthquake has hit parts of #Greece and #Turkey killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 400 people injured.

As an avenue of "constructive cooperation" to help stabilize the rocky relationship between Washington and Beijing and to enhance the US economic presence in Asia, the #US should join the #China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or #AIIB.

Hospitals in #Utah are considering rationing healthcare to patients if nurses and doctors become overwhelmed with #coronavirus cases.

Lu Xiaohong, an adept martial artist in the #SanFrancisco Bay Area, never expected her knowledge of Chinese kung fu could play such an important role in cheering up people during a pandemic. #KungFu

#China urged the #US on Friday to stop political manipulation and abusing judicial power to harass and suppress Chinese students and researchers in the US, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in its territory.

The biennial British Business Awards released its 2020 winners list on Thursday night in Shanghai after going through five months of application, evaluation and interview.

#Singapore will permit the entry of short-term visitors from the Chinese mainland and if they test negative for #COVID_19, they don't need to serve a 14-day isolation, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Thursday.

Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries accused #US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of smearing people-to-people exchanges and cooperation between China and the US, and hoped farsighted people in the US will resist such acts.

In the week ending Oct 24, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits decreased by 40,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 791,000, as the #labor market continues to recover at a slowing pace.

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States fell to 751,000 last week, as the labor market continues to recover at a slowing pace, the US Labor Department reported on Thursday.

Scientists have discovered a source of #methane that is discharging the greenhouse gas into the Arctic Ocean off eastern Siberia, raising concerns of a "new tipping point" that could speed up the pace of global #warming. #environment

President Xi Jinping will deliver the keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the third China International Import Expo, the Ministry of Commerce said. #XiJinping #CIIE

Major film studios in China are expected to narrow their third-quarter losses as box-office revenue surged after #cinemas resumed operations in the post-pandemic era.

Tougher measures which #Germany would implement in the fight against the spread of #COVID_19 were "suitable, necessary and proportionate", German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

#Opinion Just as China led the world in economic recovery in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, it is playing a similar role today. Its post-COVID-19 economic rebound is gathering momentum even as the developed world remains on shaky ground.

China National Pharmaceutical Group Co, or Sinopharm, is stepping up efforts to develop COVID-19 #vaccine candidates to contribute to global public health and safeguard the well-being of people around the world. #Covid_19

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The 6th edition of China's national #poem festival, the first national-level cultural festival to be held offline since the outbreak of #COVID_19 in China, will take place in Chengdu, #Sichuan province, and Chongqing from Nov 1 to Nov 7.

#FMsays Beijing expressed strong opposition on Thursday to Washington's smearing of the country's efforts to track down international fugitives and recover their illicit gains, warning the United States not to become a "safe haven for criminals".

European aircraft manufacturer @Airbus said on Thursday that it is expected to deliver widebody A350 #aircraft from its completion and delivery center in #Tianjin from the first quarter of next year.

A key Party meeting has set specific targets for China to basically become a modern socialist country by 2035, stressing the need to step up the building of the new development pattern of "dual circulation" in the next five years. #XiJinping

#China ranked third in the latest global poll on people's perceptions of their personal security by a pollster from the United States, indicating its residents have a high sense of security.

#LIVE: The 19th CPC Central Committee holds a press conference to introduce the guiding principles of the committee's fifth plenary session that concluded on Thursday.

The Knife-wielding man who attacked worshipers at a church in the French city of Nice was a Tunisian national who entered France from Italy in October, France's prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said.

South China's metropolis of Shenzhen saw its foreign #trade volume edge up 2.7 percent year-on-year to 2.18 trillion yuan ($326.8 billion) in the first three quarters, customs data showed.

Southwest China's #Tibet autonomous region has provided 114,000 residents with minimum subsistence allowances in an effort to consolidate the region's accomplishment in poverty alleviation, said the regional civil affairs department.

#China is committed to maintaining lasting prosperity and stability in #HongKong and #Macao as well as advancing the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and national reunification, says the communique. #GiveMeFive

#US economic activity in the third quarter grew at an annual rate of 33.1 percent after a sharp contraction in the previous quarter, the US #Commerce Department reported Thursday.

#France's vigilance against terrorism is raised to the highest level of "attack emergency" throughout the national territory following the knife attack in Nice, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday.

#China has maintained its leading role in musical instrument export and produces about half of the world's major musical instruments, according to an international exhibition for musical instruments that opened in #Shanghai. #music

The communique says: - China has built the world's largest social security system in the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020). - During the past five years, more than 60 million new jobs were created in China's urban areas. #GiveMeFive

#China and the European Union have made progress in the 33rd round of bilateral investment treaty negotiations, the Ministry of #Commerce said Thursday. #EU

For Sharon, the Trump administration's attempt to ban #WeChat was the last straw that pushed her to abandon President #DonaldTrump in the upcoming presidential election.

A #US Senate committee hearing on Wednesday with the heads of social media giants #Twitter, #Facebook and #Google turned into testy exchanges with Republican senators as the CEOs denied charges of political bias.

#China will begin direct flights from #Seoul in South Korea to Beijing, starting on Friday, after an assessment of the current epidemic situation and prevention work, local authorities have said.

#China will begin direct flights from #Seoul in South Korea to Beijing, starting on Friday, after an assessment of the current epidemic situation and prevention work, local authorities have said.

The communique says: - China's GDP is expected to cross the 100-trillion-yuan mark in 2020. - China has lifted 55.75 million rural residents out of poverty over the past five years. #GiveMeFive

A photo exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers Army joining the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea kicked off at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing on Wednesday.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday urged Taiwan authorities to draw lessons from their misdiagnosis of COVID-19 cases and uphold a rigorous scientific attitude and professionalism in epidemic prevention and control. #Taiwan #Covid_19

A favorite US festivity is being tested by the pandemic. And people are rising to the challenge for trick-or-treating that is both safe and fun. #COVID_19 #Halloween

China's top environmental apparatus has vowed to accelerate the development of building a national #carbon market as it forges ahead with achievements in a pilot program, according to an environmental official. #environment

India's COVID-19 tally surpassed the 8-million mark on Thursday, reaching 8,040,203, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry. #Covid_19

A spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office reiterated that the will of the Chinese mainland to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity is as firm as a rock. #Taiwan

The #ForbiddenCity, known today as the Palace Museum, is celebrating the 600th anniversary of the completion of the compound's construction.

Tension gripped the streets of #Philadelphia for a second night on Tuesday following a deadly police shooting of a black man armed with a knife and described by relatives as suffering from a mental breakdown as he was confronted by officers.

Chinese #space engineers have begun to test technologies that they hope will help to make their carrier #rockets smarter.