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Two wildfires that erupted in Beijing's northern suburbs of Janqing and Pingu were extinguished, Xinhua news agency reported on March 19. The consequences of the fire are currently being eliminated. The first fire broke out at 16:33 local time on March 18 in the mountainous area of Janqing. More than 600 firefighters were engaged in fire fighting on site until 20:30 of the same day. The second fire started in Ping around 7:40 p.m. 300 people took part in its extinguishing, including 37 fire engineers. The fire was extinguished by 22:40. There are no casualties and no casualties. ...

The Sovereign Council of the Sudan has imposed a state of emergency to stop the spread of coronavirus. This is reported by the State News Agency of the Sudan Suna with reference to the statement of the spokesman of the Government. The council decided to close all airports, ban the crossing of land and sea border points, making an exception only for humanitarian aid, Mohammad al-Fakki Suleiman told reporters. According to journalists, the first case of coronavirus was identified in Sudan on 13 March. A...

South Korea's economic growth rate could be below 2.1% in 2020. This is reported by KBS with reference to the statement of the Head of the Bank of Korea Li Zhu Yel. At present, it is difficult to name the exact forecast, as when the epidemic will calm down is unknown, said the head of the Central Bank. We assume that the risk of a decline is much higher than in February. It is known that in February of this year the Bank of Korea lowered the economic growth rate of the country from 2.3% to 2.1%. A...

Two polling stations will be opened in Russia by the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia during the elections of the head of the Abkhaz Republic. This is reported on March 16 by IA Abkhazia-Inform. According to journalists, citizens of Abkhazia living in Russia will be able to vote in Moscow at Donskaya Str., 18/7, p. 1 (near Shabolovskaya metro station) and in Cherssk at Pervomayskaya Str., 26. According to the news agency, the election of the President of Abkhazia is scheduled for March 22. Former Minister of Internal Affairs of the country Leonid Dzapshba, leader of the Opposition Forces Bloc, former Chairman of the State Security Service Aslan Bzhania and Deputy Prime Minister of Abkhazia Addur Ardzinba participate in the election race. ...

In the territory of Chernivtsi region, in connection with the detection of the second case of coronavirus, an emergency regime was introduced, Head of Chernivtsi Regional State Administration Sergei Osadchuk said on March 13 in a video message published by the press service of Chernivtsi Regional State Administration on the social network Facebook. According to the head of the OGA, the second case confirmed in the territory of the region by the new coronavirus gives grounds for the introduction of an ...