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Why Italy should learn from China in fighting COVID-19

Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Develo

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WHO expert dismisses declaration of pandemic as unhelpful amid new virus outbreak

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) expert said here Friday that it is unhelpful to declare a pandemic when people are still trying to contain COVID-19, although the WHO has raised the epidemic

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How does COVID-19 compare to previous 'pandemics'?

03:04 How does COVID-19 compare to previous viral outbreaks? Mark Honigsbaum, a specialist in the history of infectious diseases at City, University of London gives us the answer, expl

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‘Konami Code’ creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, then start. Sound familiar? The Konami Code, as this sequence came to be known, is one of the most recognizable artifacts of an earlier era of gamin

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Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on citizenship law

Defending the host who has showered him with pomp and pageantry, President Donald Trump refusedTuesday to speak out publicly against a controversial new Indian citizens

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Bemstrom's OT tally lifts Blue Jackets over Senators 4-3

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U.S. confirms 53 COVID-19 cases, Trump says it's under control

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that there are now 53 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in the United States.CNN reported that these include 36 people who we

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COVID-19 has pandemic potential, but "not yet" there: WHO chief

The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that although COVID-19 has the potential to become a global pandemic, it has yet to be there based upon WH

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What's at stake in Libya?

A soldier of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) takes cover from Libyan National Army snipers on a frontline in Tripoli, Libya, February 17, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's Note: Bernard

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Miami Heat owe Dwyane Wade way more than jersey-retiring

The No. 3jersey of Dwayne Wade in the Miami Heat is raised in the rafters of the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Flordia, February 22, 2020. /VCG During the halftime break of the game betwee

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Justin Trudeau tells Canada protesters: 'The barricades need to come down'

Justin Trudeau has demanded that protesters lift railway blockades that have been erected across Canada in support of Indigenous activists who are fighting a natural ga

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DeFi aims to bridge the gap between blockchains and financial services

If you’ve been following cryptocurrency news for the past few months, there’s one word that keeps coming back — DeFi, also known as decentralized finance. As the name suggests, DeFi aims to bridge the

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Well, Bill Gates is never going to buy a Tesla now

Elon Musk is not one to mince words, but he may have just lost a potential customer because of a cutting tweet.That customer is renowned big deal Bill Gates, who sat down recently with YouTuber Marq

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SpaceX and a new partner announce space tourism launches on Dragon starting as early as 2021

SpaceX has a new partner for commercial private astronaut flights aboard its Dragon spacecraft: Space Adventures, a private space tourism company that has already launched private astronauts includin

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How TikTok decides who to make famous

Part 2: The TikTok SystemRead part one of this post, “Leveraging TikTok for growth,” on TechCrunch.Leveraging TikTok for growthSo what do we mean when we say “then, the post is reviewed by

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Images of TCL’s slide-out display smartphone surface in wake of MWC cancellation

This morning brought a look at some of what we’re missing at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The show may have been called off on account of coronavirus concerns, but the news goes on. We knew that

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Nancy Pelosi's China knowledge gap

Screenshot of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Munich Security Conference. Nancy Pelosi has taken a staunch "China-threat" rhetoric during this year's Munich Security Conference.