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Coronavirus 2019-nCoV is a close relative of SARS, whose epidemic swept the world in 2003. Chinese virologists came to this conclusion, fully deciphering the pathogen genome of the new infection. It turned out that DNA of coronavirus from Wuhan is 80% identical to the genetic code of the pathogen of severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS, an outbreak of which 17 years ago took more than 7......

Chinese viral pneumonia has been detected in people in more than 20 countries. The Chinese city of Wuhan has become the centre of the epidemic, with bats as a reservoir of the virus. And although no cases of new pneumonia have been recorded in Belarus, it's still interesting why the new virus mutated and transmitted to humans? Natalia Shmeleva, head of the laboratory of influenza and influenza-lik...

The number of lethal outcomes among those suffering from pneumonia caused by coronavirus 2019-nCoV in China increased to 425, more than 20 thousand people fell ill. The State Committee on Public Health of the People's Republic of China provides the latest data. Medics have recorded 20,438 confirmed cases of the disease. Currently, 2,788 are in serious condition, 425 people died, 632 patients were ...

For the first time, China outperformed the United States in terms of the number of residents, who account for 10% of the world's wealth. This is stated in the annual study of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse. According to Credit Suisse experts' calculations, 100 million people in China and 99 million in the USA can be included in this category. At the same time, the number of millionaires in the Unite...

According to the Ministry of Finance, in January-July this year, the government of the Republic of Belarus repaid its debt to Chinese banks by $410.9 million, and borrowed only $33.4 million from China. The funds of Belarus were provided by the Export-Import Bank of China. Such a significant reduction in debt to China is probably a consequence of the difficult financial situation in China, where m...

Rhen Zhengfei, the founder and CEO of the Chinese company Huawei, sent out a circular to the company's employees warning them that the company is between life and death. This is reported by RBC with reference to Bloomberg. In his address, the head of the company advised underutilized employees to join the "special purpose groups", which will study new projects. Some Huawei employees, who will not ...

The U.S. has increased economic pressure on the Venezuelan government headed by Nicolas Maduro. On Monday evening, August 5, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree imposing a complete economic embargo on the country. With this order, as reported by the press service of the White House, Trump froze all the assets of the Venezuelan government and related organizations located in the U.S. territ...

As of the beginning of July, Russia exported over 1.36 million tons of sunflower meal in the 18/19 MY season, which has already surpassed the results of the last 4 seasons. In total, the current season exports may reach 1.4-1.5 million tons. To a large extent, this was the result of China's entry into the world market of meal, which began to buy sunflower meal from Ukraine since last season. The "...

U.S. President Donald Trump accused the Chinese authorities on Thursday of failing to fulfill their promise to increase purchases of agricultural products from the United States. "China is letting us down, not buying from our great farmers, as he promised. I hope they start [purchasing] soon," Trump wrote on his Twitter page. The U.S. president also noted that "Mexico is making great progress at t...

The Pentagon reported that the U.S. State Department approved the sale of weapons in the form of tanks and anti-aircraft missile systems to Taiwan for $2.2 billion, despite Chinese dissatisfaction. The Pentagon reported this, according to lenta.ru, citing Reuters. The Defense and Security Cooperation Agency said that the U.S. Congress was informed about the possible sale on July 8. The agency beli...

In 2018, there were 18 million people with more than $1 million in wealth in the world. This is 0.3 per cent less than in 2017. This is the data of the consulting firm Capgemini, which presented its report on Tuesday, July 9. The reduction in the number of millionaires has been observed for the first time in 1......

The President of the United States "changed course" and decided to impose tariffs on Chinese goods, despite the fact that on May 20 Washington and Beijing reached the first agreement in negotiations to avoid a trade war. In June, the United States will introduce 25 percent customs duties on goods imported from China worth a total of $ 5......

Russia in August 2017 increased investment in US government bonds by $2.3 billion to $105.4 billion. This is evidenced by data from the US Treasury. Compared to August 2016, the portfolio of US bonds of the Russian Federation increased by $18 billion. Russia currently ranks 14th among holders of US bonds. The leaders of this list in the last 1......

In August, JSC Russian Railways presented a project of a high-speed railway (HSR) "Eurasia", which should connect China with Western Europe through Russia and Belarus. Minsk has so far refrained from detailed comments on this matter. Either they don't see a subject for discussion yet, or they are afraid of the cost of the Belarusian section of the highway. Cost - $ 118 billion, speed - 25......

The IMF does not intend to resume negotiations with Lukashenka. The mission of the International Monetary Fund will work in Minsk from October 26 to November 10. As First Deputy Finance Minister of Belarus Maxim Yermolovich reported earlier , negotiations on a new program with the IMF have been suspended for the time being. What will the next visit of the IMF mission to Belarus give, the publicati...

This opinion was expressed by Xu Dandan, Senior Vice President of Pin DoDo, during the Russian-Chinese forum "Moscow-Beijing: trade, economic and cultural cooperation on the Silk Road." “There is indeed a very strong demand for dairy products in China, but so far we only import from Germany and other EU countries. As for Russian products, there are still very few of them on the market,” said Xu Da...