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U.S. judge denies Trump administration's request to block Bolton's memoir

Combo photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump andformer national security adviser John Bolton (In Small Photo) delivering their respective speeches on different occasio

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WHO Regional Office for Africa: difficult to predict COVID-19 peak

01:59 As African countries face an increased threat from COVID-19, the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 was held on June 17 to promote mutual support. W

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Landmark study launched on COVID-19's long-term impact on the body

02:10 Stefan Schreiber, director of internal medicine at Germany's University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, believes the novel coronavirus is here to stay – vaccine or not.That prospect

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Extraordinary China-Africa summit attests to true friendship: S. African official

The virtual extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19 which was held on Wednesday attested to a true friendship between China and Africa, said a

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Africa's COVID-19 cases exceed 267,000 as death toll pass 7,000-mark: Africa CDC

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent surpassed 267,519 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa

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Kremlin Spokesman Sheds Light on 'Extra' Safety Measures Used to Protect Putin From COVID-19

The spokesman explained that such an abundance of precautions is well justified even as some of the country-wide restrictions related to the pandemic are being lifted.S

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Japan's ruling party eyes foreign workers for financial sector

Japan's minister in charge of local economic revitalization, Satsuki Katayama, attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 2, 2018. /Reute

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Bird launches navigation app to help riders stay in the right lane

Bird is rolling out a new standalone app called Bird Maps in Paris and Tel Aviv that will provide turn-by-turn navigation for riders who want to use bike or micromobility lanes for their entire trip.T

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Freedom launches Pilot to simplify teleoperation on third-party robots

We knew remotely operated robotics were going to have their moment soon enough — but few predicted how much the category would be forced to accelerate in 2020. It’s true that many of the pieces were a

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‘One day we were in the office and the next we were working from home’

Ryan Easter couldn’t believe he was being asked to run a pandemic business continuity test.It was late October, 2019 and Easter, IT Director and a principal at Johnson Investment Counsel, was being as

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News Analysis: Why Africa's anti-epidemic efforts yield better results than expected

Quick actions and cooperation among African countries helped slow down the spread of COVID-19 and avert a full-blown catastrophe in Africa, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said last week. His re

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Chinese, Russian universities hold video forum on COVID-19

A video forum was held Tuesday in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, with Chinese and Russian college students engaging in a panel discussion on COVID-19. More than 40 professors and stu

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Xinfadi outbreak: How worried should we be?

01:12 Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections have emerged in Beijing after dozens of residents tested positive. But reaction was swift, and Beijing is conducting rapid mass test

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Grab to cut off 5 pct staff under pandemic pressure

Grab Holdings, the leading car-hailing service provider in Southeast Asia, announced on Tuesday to cut about 360 employees, or under five percent of its total staff, and to take other measures to

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Grab to lay off 360 people, or about 5% of its employees

Grab is laying off about 360 people, or slightly under 5% of its employees. Co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan made the announcement in a letter to Grab employees today.A Grab spokesperson told TechCrunc

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UN committee urges U.S. to comply with int'l obligations to tackle racial discrimination

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Monday urged the United States to make immediate structural reforms to end racial discrimination and to

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Rare crab species found at Thailand's Maya Bay after two-year shutdown for ecological recovery

Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation on Monday published pictures of a rare species of crab found at Thailand's South at Maya Bay, which belonged to the Phi Phi Ar