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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi endorses Democratic presidential candidate Biden

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee. In a video released on M

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China appreciates Russian FM's remarks against demands for paying for COVID-19 spread

China appreciates the remarks made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that it is unacceptable that some politicians of certain countries demanded compensation from China for the spread of t

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Italian singers lend voice for COVID-19 song - an ode to medics worldwide

Six popular Italian singers recently lent their voice for a song - an ode to medical workers fighting on the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese versi

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WHO, Lady Gaga partner up for coronavirus benefit concert

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced that, in collaboration with international advocacy organization Global Citizen and pop music star Lady Gaga, a s

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Google to shut down its India-focused Q&A app Neighbourly

Google is shutting down Neighbourly, a QA social app that it launched in Mumbai two years ago, the company has informed users.The app, developed by company’s Next Billion Initiative, aimed to give loc

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John Borthwick & Matt Hartman of betaworks discuss coronavirus adaptation strategies

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hopping on Zoom with betaworks’ John Borthwick and Matt Hartman to discuss the tech world’s adaptation to this new locked-down world, the future of new med

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SendBird adds voice and video to popular chat API

SendBird has built a highly successful business with a chat API, but the company never intended to stop there, and today it announced it was adding voice and video capabilities to its communications p

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Survey shows growth in podcasts and voice assistants, little change in streaming

A new annual survey taken before the current COVID-19 crisis led to restrictions of movement in much of the U.S. suggests good news for Amazon, Facebook’s dominance unt

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Carriers introduce plans to keep consumers connected during COVID-19 pandemic

Earlier this month, the FCC issued a new measure aimed at easing some of the burdens on consumers as COVID-19 continues to have an increasingly profound impact on nearly every aspect of life. Most or

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Trump to nominate Kenneth Weinstein as U.S. ambassador to Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Kenneth Weinstein, chief executive officer of the Hudson Institute think tank, as ambassador to Japan, the White House said on Friday.Weinstein is chai

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Thai gov't launches program to enable Thais to voice grievances directly to PM

BANGKOK, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday welcomed groups representing farmers, civil society and independent entrepreneurs to make use of the government's latest

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'I'll be back': Schwarzenegger sues company $10m over lookalike robot

The robot has realistic looking skin, dark hair and the actor's chiselled jawline.

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Applications are open for the latest Disney accelerator program

The Walt Disney Company is now accepting applications for its 2020 Disney Accelerator, the company said today.The accelerator accepts ten growth-stage startups for a three-month mentorship program tha

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Thai prime minister survives vote of no confidence

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament on Friday, a week after a court ban on 11 op

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China and like-minded countries call on UN rights chief to heed voice of developing countries

China on Thursday delivered a joint statement on behalf of the like-minded countries (LMG) during the on-going 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, calling on the UN rights chief to continue

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Shanghai rolls out guideline for tourist attractions to control epidemic

Shanghai on Friday rolled out a guideline for the municipality's A-grade tourist attractions to combat the novel coronavirus epidemic. The municipal administration of

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Roundup: Int'l community see Xi's inspection to anti-epidemic frontline a boost in confidence

The international community have spoken highly of Chinese President Xi Jinping's inspection visit to the anti-epidemic frontline in Beijing, saying it has injected enormous confidence into the battle