The SAR reported 89 new infections on Friday, of which 81 were locally transmitted, bringing total infections to 3,938, including 46 deaths since the outbreak began earlier this year.
The S&P 500 lost 51.57 points, or 1.71 percent, and closed at 2,972.37. Nasdaq fell 162.98 points, or 1.87 percent, and closed at 8,575.62.
The RCEP will also benefit European companies running a large number of manufacturing and service facilities in China, including Louis Dreyfus Co, Volkswagen AG, DHL Express, and Royal Philips NV, as they have already established strong business ties with many member states of the RCEP.
The Philippines and the US signed in 1998 a VFA, allowing joint Philippine-US military operations. The Philippine senate ratified the agreement in 1999, seven years after the closure of the last US base on Philippine territory.
The SME sector in China, which accounts for more than 90 percent of the total number of businesses, has contributed to over 50 percent of the country's tax revenues, over 60 percent of GDP, over 70 percent of innovations in technology and over 80 percent of urban employment, according to the State Council.
The RCSC has provided humanitarian aid in more than 20 countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative since the Silk Road Fraternity Fund was set up in February last year.
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The SAR government started a flag-raising ceremony at 8:00 a.m. at the Golden Lotus Square, with Macao's leading officials, discipline forces and local residents participating in the event.
The Panchen Lama visited the major halls of the temple, paid homage and presented a hada, a long, scarf-like white silk used by the Tibetans for blessings, to a life-sized statue of Buddha Sakyamuni as a 12-year-old. Jokhang's house treasure was brought to the temple by Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century.
The Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation Executive Chiefs Joint Meeting commenced Friday in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
The Security Council on Tuesday afternoon was briefed by the UN chief, the UN Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett, and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Associate Administrator Tegegnework Gettu on the situation in Myanmar and the Rohingya refugee crisis. The British Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Lord Ahmad, chaired the meeting.