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Baidu unveils 1st fully autonomous robocar prototype

Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc. unveiled on Wednesday its first L5 self-driving robocar prototype with no steering w

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NASA plans two new missions to Venus for the first time in decades

NASA plans to launch two new scientific missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 for the first time in over 30 years. The US s

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Autonomous drone maker Skydio raises $170M led by Andreessen Horowitz

Skydio has raised $170 million in a Series D funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund. That pushes it into unic

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CSL: Beijing Guoan take 3rd place, Shijiazhuang relegated

Beijing Guoan drew with Shanghai SIPG 1-1 and secured the third place 3-2 on aggregate in the Chinese Super League playoffs i

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O'Sullivan reaches last 16 at Snooker Championship League

Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan breezed past the first round to reach the last 16 by taking three consecutive wins

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Toothpaste trip sidelines Augsburg coach from Bundesliga restart

Augsburg coach Heiko Herrlich will have to sit out the Bundesliga resumption this weekend after breaking quarantine rules to

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Turkey to evacuate injured after deadly Mogadishu blast

A Turkish military cargo plane landed in the Somali capital on Sunday to evacuate people badly wounded in a bombing in the ci

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World's oldest female black rhino dies in Tanzania: official

Tanzanian conservation authorities said on Saturday the world's oldest free-ranging female black rhino has died in the Ngoron

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APD | Int’l arrivals to South Korea hit record 17.5 million in 2019

By APD writer Alice The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) estim

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APD | Does Hambanthota port deal turn in to dispute between Sri Lanka and China?

By APD writer Ajith D Perera ***Editor's note: * the author is a management and marketing consultant who has over 20 years wo

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Omani, Iranian FMs hold talks on economic ties in Muscat

Oman's minister responsible for foreign affairs Yusuf bin Alawi and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks i

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Biden holds lead following December's presidential debate: poll

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden maintained his national lead in the polls after December's sixth Democratic Party presid

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APD | South Korean, Japanese tourism hit by trade tensions

By APD writer Alice The numbers of Japanese tourists to South Korea and South Korean arrivals to Japan have sharply dropped a

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Huawei awards prizes to Tunisian ICT students, instructors

The Chinese tech giant Huawei on Friday organized a ceremony in Tunisia's capital Tunis to honor students and instructors fro

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APD | Top Sri Lankan legislator arrested and jailed

By APD writer Easwaran COLOMBO, Dec 19 (APD) - A prominent Sri Lankan legislator and former Minister was arrested and remande

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Iran threatens to further reduce nuke commitments

Iran threatened on Wednesday to further reduce its commitments to the 2015 landmark nuclear deal if the European Union (EU) &

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In a'powerful shift,' tobacco use among men declines for first time

Globally, the number of men using tobacco has finally started to decline, "indicating a powerful shift" towards pre