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Qatar Ruler Gets Invite to Attend Summit That May Ease Gulf Rift

Qatar’s ruler received an invitation from Saudi Arabia’s king to attend next month’s Gulf Cooperation Council summit, which may help to ease a dispute that shattered re

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Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication: WHO officials

In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real ch

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Chinese online education app Zuoyebang raises $1.6 billion from investors including Alibaba

The rivalry between China’s top online learning apps has become even more intense this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest company to score a significant funding round is Zuoyebang

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Who's politicizing U.S.'s COVID-19 relief bill?

The White House at night in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 11, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opini

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Japan to halt all new entries from abroad next week: ministry

FILE PHOTO: Quarantined passengers exercise on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, February 15, 2020. /AP Japan will halt all new non-resident foreign arrivals com

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Trials begin of antibody treatment that could prevent COVID-19 in those recently exposed

The trial is one of a number of efforts to fight the disease, which has killed more than 70,000 people in the UK.

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Georgia voters will help determine the issue of taxpayer-funded abortion

The earliest sign that candidate Joe Biden would veer leftward and cave before his party’s liberal wing was his abrupt flip-flop on the Hyde Amendment. That provision i

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Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal rules mask ban constitutional

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal on Monday upheld the constitutionality of the face mask ban that Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Car

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India Seeks to Mend Bangladesh Ties With Vaccine Diplomacy

India reassured Bangladesh it will prioritize the supply of Covid-19 shots to its South Asian neighbor, part of its vaccine outreach to counter China’s rising influence

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Kenya records 552 new COVID-19 infections, total cases stand at 93,405

Minister for Health in Kenya, Mutahi Kagwe. /VCG Kenya's health ministry on Thursday confirmed 552 new cases of COVID-19 from 7,013 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of

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OnlyFans fights tax bill of more than £10m

The service, which is popular with amateur pornographic models, is challenging the UK's tax authority in court over unpaid VAT.

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U.S. demands data collection info from online giants

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday sent orders to Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other internet giants demanding troves of information about their data collection, ad practi

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Studies suggest AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective

A volunteer is administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. /AP New results on a possible COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford University an

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Some of those involved in killing of Iranian nuclear scientist arrested, official says

Some of those involved in the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist last month have been arrested, an adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker said on Tuesday,

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Uber sells self-driving unit Uber ATG in deal that will push Aurora’s valuation to $10B

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has reached an agreement with Uber to buy the ride-hailing firm’s self-driving unit in a complex deal that

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California’s CA Notify app to offer statewide exposure notification using Apple and Google’s framework

The state of California has now expanded access of its CA Notify app to all in the state, after originally deploying the app in a pilot program at UC Berkeley in November, which later expanded to othe

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No time restriction for Zion Williamson in new season

Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans. /CFP Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans will not play under time restrictions in the 2020-21 season, the 19-year-old rookie revealed on Su