EghtesadOnline: Over 1,400 kilometers of rivers have been dredged since the beginning of the fiscal year in March to help prevent potential flooding, the managing director of Iran Water Resources Management Company said Sunday.

EghtesadOnline: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the government would prevent large-scale layoffs resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese state television reported, as Xi appeared among the public for the first time since the epidemic erupted in January.