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ICRC: 'unfortunately the COVID pandemic didn't kill war'

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't prevented wars from happening in conflict-ridden areas. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the pandemic is having an impact on some of the region

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Putin attends first public event after months of lockdown

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday showed up at a ceremony marking the national holiday — the first big public event he has attended since announcing a nation

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New Zealand removes statue of controversial colonist

A crane hoists the sculpture of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from the city square after requests from Maori and threats from anti-racism protesters to topple it. /AFP The New Zealand cit

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UK's Queen Elizabeth joins first public video conference call to mark carers week

Queen Elizabeth has taken part in her first public video conference call to mark Carers Week, adding another first for the British monarch during her long reign.Elizabe

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Statue protests reignite focus on Britain's slave trading past

Protesters in Bristol roll the statue of Edward Colston to the harbor. The history of Britain's involvement in the Atlantic slave trade was brought into focus over the weekend when Black Live

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Iran's president urges people to adhere to health protocols over COVID-19

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said that people should follow health protocols pertaining to COVID-19 while the country reopens economic and social activi

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Amazon Air adds 12 new aircraft to its cargo fleet, expands its ground operations

Amazon announced today it has added 12 new cargo aircraft to Amazon Air, bringing its total fleet to more than 80 aircraft, in part because of increased demand for shipments during the COVID-19 pandem

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Hackers steal secrets from US nuclear missile contractor

Cyber extortionists have stolen sensitive data from a company which supports the US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent.

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Workforce training app developer Poka adds strategic investor Schneider Electric

Poka, a workforce training app and software service for industrial companies, has added SE Ventures, the venture capital arm of the European energy and automation conglomerate Schneider Electric to it

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China's Jilin reports no new COVID-19 cases for 9 consecutive days

No new confirmed COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic cases were reported in northeast China's Jilin Province on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday. As o

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Danggeun Market, the South Korean secondhand marketplace app, raises $33 million Series C

Danggeun Market, the startup behind Karrot, South Korea’s largest neighborhood marketplace and networking app, announced today that that it has raised a $33 million Series C. The round was led by Good

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Thousands face homelessness in Greek refugee relocation push

Migrants camp out at the port of Mytilene after locals block access to the Moria refugee camp, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, March 3, 2020. /AP In Greece, thousands of r

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China's Jilin reports no new COVID-19 cases for 8 consecutive days

No new confirmed COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic cases were reported in northeast China's Jilin Province on Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday. As of

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Taiwan reports no locally infected COVID-19 cases for 49 days

Taiwan has reported no locally infected COVID-19 cases for 49 days, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said Sunday. The total number of COVID-19 patients in Taiwa

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S. Korea reports 27 more COVID-19 cases, 11,468 in total

South Korea reported 27 more cases of COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,468. The daily

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NASA and SpaceX succeed with historic launch

An initial launch had to be scrubbed due to bad weather, but Saturday's mission took place without a single hitch.

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African-American death exposes severity of U.S. racial discrimination

Protesters demonstrate outside of a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct Thursday, May 28, 2020. Protests erupted over the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died in police cus