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China has launched a new satellite of the Beidou Navigation System.
The geostationary earth orbit satellite is the 29th member of the third-generation BDS-3 system, which will consist of 30 in total.
China is only one step away from completing the building of BDS-3 into a whole global system, the last satellite is expected to be launched in May.
More than 70 percent of the 80-thousand reported cases of COVID-19 in China have recovered and been discharged.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says China is bringing its epidemic under control.
He says the transmission of coronavirus can be slowed down and infections can be prevented through decisive and early actions.
Chinese authorities have condemned the U, S, practice of stigmatizing the country and the city of Wuhan over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry is in response to comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says since the COVID-19 outbreak, China has been providing updated epidemic information to the WHO and countries and regions including the U.S. in an open and transparent manner.
The Iraqi health minister says China has helped boosted the country's medical capabilities to confront the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Jaafar Sadiq Allawi made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Iraq Zhang Tao and a team of Chinese experts.
The minister says Iraq's capabilities of preventing and controlling the epidemic are being developed in cooperation with Chinese experts, who will visit a medical complex in the Iraqi capital to establish a specialized center and a lab.
The center will be tasked with detecting infections, treating patients and training medical and nursing staff from Iraq.
Germany has confirmed its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus.
Both of the victims are from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the hardest hit regions in the country.
One of them is from Heinsberg, and the other is from Essen.
Heinsberg district authority head Stephan Pusch says he's saddened by the tragedy.
"You can imagine that we all hoped that it would go well and that we would get away with it and that no-one would die. Now we have the situation that people who have existing medical conditions could of course have died from any number of things, probably even from a normal flu infection. But of course I am affected by it and am sad and you can imagine that when I got the news today it shook me."
The number of confirmed cases of infections in Germany has surpassed 1,100 with over 480 in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The British Prime Minister says his country is making extensive preparations to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Boris Johnson says the government is preparing to move the country to a "delay phase" of the outbreak.
"We're preparing various actions to slow the spread of this disease in order to reduce the strain it places on the NHS (National Health Service). The more we can delay the peak of the spread to the summer, the better the NHS will be able to manage."
Johnson adds that further steps will be set out to help people protect themselves and their families.
He also calls on the whole country to unite and make concerted efforts to face the challenges brought by the outbreak.
So far more than 300 people in Britain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and four people have died.

Incumbent Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in for a second five-year term.
"Our responsibility is assuring peace and ending the 40 years of war. Be sure that a dignity peace will be coming with the courage of people and in the framework of the republic."
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by hundreds of Afghan and foreign guests.
Ghani says the government he is forming will not be limited to only members of his political camp though he will continue with the previous cabinet for two weeks.
The 71-year-old has called on his political rivals to assist him in building a united and strong Afghanistan.

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中国发射了一颗新的北斗导航系统卫星。
这颗地球静止轨道卫星是第三代BDS-3系统的第29位成员，该系统共将由30颗卫星组成。
中国距离完成搭建BDS-3全球系统仅一步之遥，最后一颗卫星预计将于5月发射。
在中国报告的8万例病例中，超过70%的患者已经康复并出院。
世卫组织总干事特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯表示，中国的疫情得到了控制。
他表示，通过果断的早期行动，可以减缓病毒的传播速度，防止感染。
中国有关部门谴责了美国因新型冠状病毒爆发而对中国和武汉市污名化的做法。
中国外交部发表声明，回应了美国国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥的言论。
外交部发言人表示，新冠肺炎疫情发生以后，中方始终本着公开、透明的态度，及时向世卫组织以及包括美国在内的有关国家和地区通报疫情信息。
伊拉克卫生部长表示，中国帮助提高了伊拉克应对新冠病毒疫情的医疗能力。
贾法尔·萨迪克·阿拉维在与中国驻伊拉克大使张涛和中国专家小组会晤时发表了上述讲话。
阿拉维表示，伊拉克正在与中国专家合作开发疫情防控能力，中国专家将访问伊拉克首都巴格达的一个医疗机构，建立专业中心和实验室。
该中心将负责检测感染、治疗患者以及培训伊拉克医护人员。
德国确认已有两人死于新冠病毒，这是德国首次报告相关死亡病例。
两名死者都来自北莱茵-威斯特法伦州，是该国疫情最严重的地区之一。
其中一人来自海因斯贝格，另一人来自埃森。
海因斯贝格地区负责人斯蒂芬·普施说，他为这场悲剧感到悲伤。
“你可以想象，我们所有人都希望这能进展顺利，希望我们能摆脱它，人人平安。现在，我们面临的情况是，患有疾病者当然可能会死于各种疾病，甚至普通的流感也能造成死亡。但当然，我受到了影响，我很难过，你可以想象，当我今天得到消息时，我很震惊。”
德国确诊感染病例已超过1100例，其中480多例来自北莱茵-威斯特法伦州。
英国首相表示，为应对新冠病毒疫情，英国做了大量的准备工作。
鲍里斯·约翰逊表示，政府准备将该国推进抗疫情的“延缓阶段”。
“我们正准备采取各种行动来减缓这种疾病的传播，以减轻其对英国国家医疗服务体系（简称NHS）造成的压力。如果能将病毒传播高峰期拖延到夏天，英国国家医疗服务体系不能将更有应对能力。”
约翰逊还表示，将采取进一步措施来帮助人们保护自已和家人。
他还呼吁全国团结一致，共同努力应对疫情带来的挑战。
截至目前，英国已有300多人在新冠病毒检测中呈阳性，其中4人死亡。
现任阿富汗总统穆罕默德·阿什拉夫·加尼宣誓就任第二个五年任期。
“我们的责任是确保和平并结束40年的战争。一定要在人民的勇气和共国和的框架下实现尊严的和平。”
数百名阿富汗和外国来宾出席了宣誓就职仪式。
加尼表示，他将组建的政府不仅包括他的政治阵营成员，不过他将继续与上届内阁一起共事两周。
现年71岁的加尼呼吁其政治对手帮助他建立一个团结而强大的阿富汗。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. consist of 由…组成；由…构成；
All bodies consist of molecules and molecules consist of atoms.
一切物质都由分子组成，而分子由原子组成。
2. in total 总共；总计；
In total there were 80 medium and 30 light armored cars in the brigade.
总共有80辆中型和30辆轻型装甲汽车。
3. get away with （做坏事而）未受惩罚；（做冒险之事而）未遭遇不测；
For such a serious mistake he was lucky to get away with a fine.
他犯了那么严重的过失，却侥幸只交罚款了事。
4. be sworn in 使宣誓就职；
They announced that the new Cabinet would be sworn in on June 9.
他们宣布，新内阁将于6月9日宣誓就职。