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Singapore wet market goes digital during COVID-19

A wet market in Singapore. /CGTN Wet markets are often in the headlines these days, condemned as "medieval" or "unhygienic" in the West. But in many parts of Asia, wet markets are an essential

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How China's LPR interest rate reforms has helped the economy

China's interest rate reforms that made the loan prime rate (LPR), the new benchmark lending rate for businesses and households, has guided down borrowing costs in the real economy.LPR rate cuts,

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IOC chief says Tokyo Games will be cancelled if not held in 2021

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said he understands why the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games would have to be cancelled if they cannot take place next summer."You canno

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Protests over food shortages break out in Chile

01:17 Police and protesters clash amid a city wide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Residents of the El Bosque neighborhood of Santiago, Chile and police clashed during prote

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Microsoft teamed up with OpenAI to build a massive AI supercomputer in Azure

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that it has teamed up with OpenAI, the startup trying to build a general artificial intelligence with — among other things — a

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70% of COVID-19 cases in Israel caused by U.S.-origin strain: study

Israeli researchers have found that more than 70 percent of the coronavirus patients in the country had been infected with a strain originating in the U.S., Tel Aviv University (TAU) in central Is

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With stadiums closed, TV networks turn to live esports broadcasts

The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out the spring seasons for professional sports and associated revenue for TV networks, but esports is filling part of that void.Gaming companies behind titles licensed

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A smart highlighter and artificial window are among Samsung’s latest C-Lab spinoffs

Samsung’s in-house incubator C-Lab has produced some of the more fascinating hardware devices in recent memory. Previous graduates have run the gamut from smart belts to augmented reality. The Samsung

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Civilian tombs of Tang Dynasty found in China's Hebei

A cluster of civilian tombs dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.) have been unearthed in Fucheng County, north China's Hebei Province, after the ruins we

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China’s Oppo partners with Vodafone for bigger European push

Huawei is facing an uphill challenge in the overseas market as its upcoming devices lack the full set of Google apps and services. That leaves ample room for its Chinese rivals to chase after foreign

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Netanyahu-Gantz new Israeli unity gov't sworn in

A new Israeli unity government was sworn in on Sunday after three previous elections yielded no conclusive results in more than a year. The unprecedented power-sharing

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China's first 5G smart construction site

Photo provided by First Company of China Eighth Engineering Division Ltd. At the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area where China's first 5G smart construction site is located, more

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E-bike startup Angell partners with SEB for manufacturing and investment

French startup Angell has signed a wide-ranging partnership with SEB, the French industrial company behind All-Clad, Krups, Moulinex, Rowenta, Tefal and others. As part of the deal, SEB will manufactu

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Chinese engagement propels electronic trading for Africa amid COVID-19

The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, July 20, 2018. /VCG The engagement of Chinese companies, such as the Alibaba Group, in el

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WHO chief calls for new global policy to expand access to COVID-19 tools

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged world leaders to come together and develop a new global policy to expand access to COVID-19-related t

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China urges consistent efforts to keep COVID-19 from rebounding

Chinese authorities on Friday urged efforts to prevent any "new burning point" for the outbreak of COVID-19 from emerging, as no potential risk for another wide spread

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Pelosi says White House's rhetoric on China "interesting diversion"

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that the White House's rhetoric on China is a "diversion" from its own missteps in handling the coronavirus outbreak.