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Watch Blue Origin launch its reusable New Shepard rocket live, with a key NASA system test on board

Blue Origin is set to return to active flight today, after a hiatus of nearly a year since its last launch in December 2019. Today’s launch is a mission for the company’s New Shepard reus

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China’s digital yuan tests leap forward in Shenzhen

Shenzhen, known for its maker community and manufacturing resources, is taking the lead in trialing China’s digital yuan.Last week, the city issued 10 million yuan worth of digital currency to

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China passes plan to boost new energy vehicle industry

VCG China on Friday passed a development plan for the country's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry to foster new growth areas of green development, according to a statement issued after a State

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APD | Gaming - the next target of US-China technology war

By APD writer AliceTikTok is said to be a battlefield that "initiates" debates regarding the "Balkanization" strategy, which can be simply understood as "divide and rul

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Enhanced computer vision, sensors raise manufacturing stakes for robots as a service

For more than two decades, robotics market commentaries have predicted a shift, particularly in manufacturing, from traditional industrial manipulators to a new generation of mobile, sensing robots, c

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Italy extends COVID-19 state of emergency

Premier Giuseppe Conte's cabinet met on Wednesday to extend Italy's COVID-19 state of emergency until January 31 and approve a decree with new measures to combat the sp

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Italy extends COVID-19 state of emergency

An Italian soldier patrols by a check-point at the entrance of the small town of Vo Vecchio, northern Italy, on February 24, 2020. Aggressive testing and quarantine appears to have quelled the ou

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: Clusters and targeted lockdowns in Malaysia

02:10 Editor's note:This is the 102nd article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is theprevious one.Malaysia on Tuesday reported 691 new COVID-19 cases, its biggest daily jump

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French government warns Paris may be put under maximum virus alert

France's Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Thursday warned that the capital Paris may go on maximum virus alert from Monday.France, like a number of other countries i

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Germany finds two more African swine fever cases, one in new area

The town sign of Gross Drewitz is seen with a note reading "African swine fever in wild pigs, key area," Gross Drewitz, Spree-Neisse, Germany, September 12, 2020. /Reuters Two more cases of Af

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Why China should and will continue to participate in peacekeeping

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the 75th anniv

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Humanitarian aid in Syria & the Sahel must come with non-interference

Refugees from Syria are seen at a temporary settlement in Hatay, Turkey, February 26, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Was

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Microsoft Azure launches new availability zones in Canada and Australia

Microsoft Azure offers developers access to more data center regions than its competitors, but it was late to the game of offering different availability zones in thos

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Europe tightens up as cases keep rising: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES•With case numbers rising, countries across Europe have tightened restrictions to fight the spread of COVID-19. Denmark will lower the limit on public gatherings from 100 to 50 people an

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China, U.S. should manage bilateral relations in constructive way

In a recent interview with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai shared views about current China-US relations, economic and trade cooper

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Baidu Apollo brings dazzling tech, but full rollout not till 2025

A fully autonomous driving vehicle is operating itself inside Beijing's Shougang Park, where the 2022 Winter Olympic Organizing Committee is located, September 16. /GIF

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Why, after over 40 years, does China still need to open up further?

03:50 I'm Robert Lawrence Kuhn and here's what I'm watching: China's confident claim that the country is in a new push to pursue opening up on all fronts. Why after alm