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Anger, fear mount after U.S. killing of Iranian top general

"Our world changed last night, and there's no way to predict what happens next," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said at security briefing Friday. Speaking in the aftermath of a U.S. sanctioned

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NBA highlights on Jan. 3: Miami's problems begin to emerge

The Orlando Magic claimed an unexpected win over the Miami Heat at home on Friday, sending a wake-up message to the East heavyweight. Miami Heat 85-105 Orlando Magic Aaron Gordon (C) of the Orlan

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Beijing sees better air quality in 2019

Beijing's air quality improved significantly in 2019 in comparison to previous years, the city's Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau said on Friday. The average co

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London ambulance service rating downgraded over lack of 999 call handlers

London Ambulance Service (LAS) was warned Friday that it failed to answer 999 calls quickly enough due to a lack of call handlers, but praised for its response to terror attacks, according to a repo

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UK's first asteroid mining mission planned for 2021

Scotland-born Mitch Hunter-Scullion was only 21 years old when he founded the UK's first and only asteroid mining company in 2016.After completing his dissertation on asteroid mining at Liverpool Hop

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Iran vows revenge after US kills top general in Baghdad strike

A furious Iran threatened to avenge a US strike that killed a top Iranian commander at Baghdad's international airport Friday, raising fears of a wider regional conflic

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APD | Iran’s cell phone production to touch 2m by 2022: Minister

By APD writer Muhammad SohailIran’s communications and information technology minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has said that four Iranian companies will produce tw

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China, Islam and the law

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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Iran-U.S. tension escalates after killing of senior Iranian commander in Iraq

Protesters gather in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood) Iran-U.S. tension has dramatically escalated following the killing of a senior Iranian comman

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How two-year-old Loft nabbed $175M led by Andreessen Horowitz

Loft may have better product market fit in Brazil than Opendoor does in the U.S.. And now the São Paulo-based property tech company has growth funding to prove it. Andreessen Horowitz is doubling down

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Candidates announced for China's top archaeological discoveries in 2019

China made public 36 candidates for the annual selection of top ten archaeological discoveries and launched the first round of voting on Friday. The candidates were pr

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U.S. unveils partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes

Spike Babaian, owner of the VapeNY.com vapes, in New York, January 2, 2020. /AP Photo The U.S. government on Thursday announced a countrywide ban on some e-cigarette flavors as it tries to cur

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Liverpool go unbeaten in Premier League for a full year

Jurgen Klopp hailed "exceptional" Liverpool after they made it an entire calendar year without a Premier League defeat as the runaway leaders beat Sheffield United 2-0 on Thursday.Klopp's side mov

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Iraqi force says 'US strike' killed top Iran, Iraq commanders at Baghdad airport

Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike on Baghdad's international airport on Friday, Iraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force has sa

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After 2019’s reality check, what’s ahead for driverless cars in 2020?

If 2018 was when the industry was shocked into sobriety, 2019 would be a year when pragmatism and the challenges of trying to develop and scale a technology got a lot more real. The upshot: the indust

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2019 was podcasting’s breakout year

2019 was a breakout year for the podcast industry with major shifts in industry dynamics. In my October 2018 post “What’s next for podcasting?” I argued that Hollywood’s surging interest in podcasts w

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2020: A year of milestone significance for China

02:24 On New Year's Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his annual speech, reviewing the country's accomplishments in 2019 and sending his wishes for 2020."Comprehensive, concr