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Kenya, U.K. to co-host global education financing conference

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan President delivers a national address in Nairobi on September 14, 2018. /VCG Kenya and the U.K. will co-host a two-day conference on global partnership for education financi

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IOC urges Olympians to take COVID-19 vaccines

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged teams competing in Olympic and Paralympic Games to be vaccinated against COVID-19."Vaccines are one of many tools available in the toolbox, to b

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Brexit: First signs of UK border disruption

The UK government expects "significant additional disruption" to trade and the movement of goods in the coming weeks, minister Michael Gove has admitted. A key ally of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, G

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Malawian NGO provides food for 250 patients prior to New Year

Getting a decent and nutritious meal is one of the biggest problems in hospitals among patients, who are required to have an extra budget to get a proper meal that can sustain them.In Malawi, this is

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Twitter vows to censor 'misleading' tweets about COVID vaccines

The company says it is totally focused on ridding its platform of false or ambiguous claims - to protect people's "wellbeing".

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Beijing calls on efforts to deepen cross-strait economic integration

Liu Jieyi, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, speaks at the opening ceremony of the 2020 annual conference of the summit for entrepreneurs acro

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"Keep soil alive" FAO calls for action to preserve soil biodiversity

Soil biodiversity is under threat, and action is needed to preserve it, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu said Friday. /Xinhua

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Singapore-based mental health app Intellect reaches one million users, closes seed funding

Theodoric Chew, co-founder and chief executive officer of mental health app Intellect Intellect, a Singapore-based startup that wants to lower barriers to mental health care in Asia, says it has reach

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Playing video games can be good for your mental health, study finds

Researchers find that the actual amount of time spent playing was a small but a significant positive factor in people's wellbeing.

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Russia orders national mask mandate as coronavirus cases surge

Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking his most drastic measures yet to curb the second wave of COVID-19. Putin on Tuesday implemented a nationwide mask mandate, as coronavirus cases surge gl

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Men’s health subscription startup Numan closes £10M Series A funding round

Launched almost 18 months ago, Numan joined the growing list of sites aiming at men’s health, such as Roman and Hims, for example.Numan launched aiming to promote accessible medical remedies for Erec

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Jordan's new PM, cabinet sworn in

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh and members of his cabinet were sworn in on Monday before King Abdullah II of Jordan, the state-run Petra news agency reported

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Mental health startup eQuoo will be distributed by Unilever in new global youth campaign

Last December (yes, in the before-times) UK-based mental health startup eQuoo had a round of announcements, becoming the NHS approved mental health game, as well as signing Barmer, the largest insuran

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China, Vietnam pledge peaceful, friendly border of common development

China and Vietnam on Sunday vowed to make their border areas peaceful and friendly for cooperation and common development. The pledge came as Chinese State Councilor a

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Proteas Women setback as England tour is cancelled due to COVID-19

South Africa's women's team celebrates during a past cricket match. /Social Media A tour by the South African women's cricket team to England in September was cancelled due to the current inte

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China firmly opposes U.S. suppression of Huawei: MOC spokesperson

China strongly opposes the escalating suppression of Huawei by the United States, a Ministry of Commerce (MOC) spokesperson said on Thursday in response to U.S. announ

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Russian COVID-19 cases up 4,969 to 922,853

Russia registered 4,969 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 922,853, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Sunday. Meanwh