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Measles cases three times higher in 2019 than 2018 – WHO

Every region in the world, except the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-prev

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Uganda president rejects GMO bill for second time

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for the second time declined to sign a controversial genetic engineering regulatory bill in

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Gambia declares three-day national mourning after death of ex-president

Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared three days of national mourning following the death of the country’s first presid

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Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows

Microsoft is remotely collecting data from users of Windows Home and Windows Pro, in a potential breach of privacy rules, the

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American retailer Costco battling amid US-China trade war

Costco, America's largest wholesale membership club, proudly opened its first physical store in China on Tuesday. Located in

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Singapore Airlines bans some older MacBook Pro laptops from flights

Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced on Sunday that passengers should refrain from carrying a limited number of 15-inch MacBook

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Ethiopian PM officially closes tree planting season

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed closed the tree planting season in the country on 23 August 2019-Photo by Office of the P

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Nigeria’s Buhari gives control of the budget to finance minister

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has placed budget and economic planning under the finance ministry. The move gives Finan

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Rwanda, Uganda sign security and cooperation pact

President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, signed a memorandum of understanding on regional cooperat

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Namibia to develop solid waste management strategy

Namibia is developing a solid waste management policy to reduce pollution in national parks as well as public places, a move

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UK pubs operator Greene King agrees to $5.6 bln Hong Kong offer

British pubs operator Greene King has agreed to a 4.6 billion British pound (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) bid from a Hong Kong-l

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U.S. tech giants resist French digital tax

Representatives from Amazon, Google and Facebook plus several industry associations testified before the U.S. Trade Represent

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APD | Philippines: Overall BOP posts US$248 M surplus in July; US$5.04 B surplus from January – July 2019

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA, Aug. 19 (APD) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) disclosed that the country’s overal

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APD | Sri Lanka orders probe over use of sick elephant for pageant

By APD writer Easwaran **COLOMBO, Aug. 19 (APD) ** -- Sri Lanka has ordered an inquiry into the use of an elderly and sick el

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NASA and SpaceX practice Crew Dragon evacuation procedure with astronaut recovery vessel

NASA and SpaceX continue their joint preparations for the eventually astronaut crew missions that SpaceX will fly for the age

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China hosts first international autonomous robot competition

For the first time, China is hosting an international autonomous robot competition, also known as the 2019 Running Robots Gam

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"Ne Zha" leads Chinese mainland box office for 20th day

Chinese animated film "Ne Zha" topped Chinese mainland box office for the 20th straight day on Wednesday, the China