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China the only major economy to see positive growth in 2020: official

China's economy grew by 2.3 percent year on year in 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement on Sunday.Despite the grave and complex challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic

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Myanmar's UN envoy sacked after call for action to overturn coup

FILE PHOTO: A protester holds up a sign with the images of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) and president Win Myint during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon

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Australia Passes Law Requiring Google, Facebook Pay For News

Google Australia Managing Director Melanie Silva told Aussie senators last month that the news media bill, as it stood at the time, would result in a revocation of the

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The UK's COVID-19 alert level has been downgraded

The UK's COVID-19 alert level has been downgraded, with the threat of the NHS being overwhelmed receding. /VCG The UK's COVID-19 alert level has been downgraded, with the threat of the NHS bei

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Mexican president says Mexico doing better than US on virus

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though

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Can solid state batteries power up for the next generation of EVs?

Lithium-ion batteries power almost every new phone, laptop and electric vehicle. But unlike processors or solar panels, which have improved exponentially, lithium-ion batteries have inched along with

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China's home prices see mild increases in January

China continued to see a generally stable housing market in January, with home prices in 70 major cities showing mild month-on-month rises, official data showed on Tuesday.New house prices in four fi

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Injured Yi Jianlian likely to make CBA return this season

Chinese basketball icon Yi Jianlian is likely to return to Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) action in the days to come, according to Zhu Fangyu, the general manager of the Guangdong Southern T

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Australian Spy Found Dead Reportedly Planned to Release Classified Data on Afghan 'War Crimes'

An Australian intelligence officer, who was found dead in the car park of army headquarters in December 2020, allegedly had an encrypted hard drive with him, as he was

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SailPoint is buying Saas management startup Intello

SailPoint, an identity management company that went public in 2017, announced it was going to be acquiring Intello today, an early stage SaaS management startup. The two companies did not share the pu

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Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster?

Today we know of HubSpot — the maker of marketing, sales and service software products — as a preeminent public company with a market cap above $17 billion. But HubSpot wasn’t always on the IPO trajec

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Blinken says U.S. must address China from a position of strength

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged the former administration's tougher stance on China, saying that if the U.S. not working with its allies and partners, China will replace its role.

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LA-based Metropolis raises $41 million to upgrade parking infrastructure

Metropolis is a new Los Angeles-based startup that’s looking to compete with BMW-owned ParkMobile for a slice of the automated parking lot management market.Upgrading ParkMobile’s license

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30 Afghan militants killed in own bomb blast: army spokesman

A total of 30 Taliban militants were killed after their explosive device went off inside a mosque in Dawlatabad district of the northern Balkh Province on Saturday, an Afghanistan army spokesman in t

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Trump acquitted by Senate in second impeachment trial

Donald Trump has been found not guilty in his second impeachment trial. The Senate voted to acquit him on charges of inciting the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6 and went so far as to deny that the v

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China pulls BBC World News off the air

China's broadcasting regulator on Thursday made an announcement on pulling BBC World News off the air in the country for serious content violation.The National Radio and Television Administration

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NRTA: BBC World News barred from airing in China

China's broadcasting regulator on Thursday made an announcement on pulling BBC World News off the air in the country for serious content violation.The National Radio and Television Administration (NR