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What robotics’ biggest raises tell us about the industry’s future

I visited Boston last week and met with a number of robotics researchers, startups and established companies — more on that later — in the lead up to TechCrunch’s fourth annual TC Sessions Robotics +

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WHO chief says no need to halt travel to beat coronavirus

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-

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The crunch issues in UK's post-Brexit negotiations: The Agenda in full

30:00 In this week's Agenda, we're looking beyond Brexit. Britain may have officially left the EU, but there are still big battles to be fought as the country unpicks 47 years of Europ

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Woman with novel coronavirus pneumonia delivers healthy baby

A pregnant woman with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia has delivered a healthy baby in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The woman was in the 38th week o

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Stocks plunge as China market reopens after holiday

Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, January 10, 2020. /AP Photo China stocks plunged more than 8 percent at market open as trade resumed on Monday following

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EU's foreign policy chief to travel to Iran in de-escalation mission

The head of the European Union’s foreign service, Josep Borrell, will travel to Iran next week to meet the country’s leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle E

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At least 20 killed in Tanzania Church stampede

At least 20 worshipers were killed and 16 others injured in a stampede at a church service Saturday evening at a stadium in northern Tanzania, local police said on Sunday.A group of worshipers packed

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What's trending worldwide

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of the latest world news published by Xinhua News Agency. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for the National Defense A

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Europeans evacuated from Hubei arrive home to coronavirus quarantine

02:09 European citizens are gradually arriving home after being evacuated from the Hubei province in China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.In Frankfurt, a quarantine center staye

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This Week in Apps: Apple’s record quarter, dating apps under investigation, Byte launches to problems

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever with

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APD | Japan keeps ultraeasy monetary policy

By APD writer AliceThe Bank of Japan (BoJ) Policy Council has decided to keep short-term interest rates at -0.1% and long-term interest rates at bout 0% and the central

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APD | Japan keeps ultraeasy monetary policy

By APD writer AliceThe Bank of Japan (BoJ) Policy Council has decided to keep short-term interest rates at -0.1% and long-term interest rates at bout 0% and the central bank will also continue the lar

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China Focus: Foreign companies confident of Chinese market despite coronavirus outbreak

Foreign companies in China remained confident of the growth potential of the Chinese market in the long term despite the temporary impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. Currently,

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Mortar shells hit military base housing U.S. troops in Iraq again

U.S. soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, January 13, 2020. /Reuters Photo A total of five mortar shells struck on Friday

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Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm

NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using a custom robotic platform in space.The space infrastructure

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Wall Street records worst week in six months

Wall Street's major averages tumbled more than 1.5 percent on Friday, sealing its worst week in six months, as sluggish U.S. economic data, a mixed batch of corporate earnings and the spreading co

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U.S. Senate debate calling witnesses at Trump impeachment trial

A bust of former President Richard Nixon, looks over the hallway outside the Senate chamber as Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., center background, talks to reporters as he and other Republican Senators