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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is coming to TC Sessions: Space 2020

This year marks our first-ever TC Sessions: Space event, and what better way to kick things off than with the head of NASA: Administrator Jim Bridenstine will join us onstage on June 25 in LA. NASA h

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Palestinian youths launch campaign on Twitter in solidarity with China

Palestinian youths have launched a campaign on Twitter to show solidarity with China, reinforcing an international trend on social media to back China's ongoing fight against the outbreak of the nov

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APD | Japan uses artificial intelligence to provide COVID-19 information for residents

By APD writer AliceA number of technology companies in Japan have begun using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide information about the acute respiratory

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Two more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Taiwan

Another two individuals were confirmed to be infected by the novel coronavirus in Taiwan Monday, raising the total number of COVID-19 cases to 22, according to the isl

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Number of cruise ship infections in Japan rises to 355 with 70 new cases

Test results showed that 70 more people on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo are infected with the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number to 355, Japanese Hea

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Police shooting critically injures gunman in California

Police shot and critically injured a young man Saturday at a commuter train station in Northern California, forcing the station to be closed for about eight hours, local media reported. Police Chief

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Asia Album: Bangladeshi people embrace spring with colors, joy

Girls pose for pictures during the Pahela Falgun festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb. 14, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) DHAKA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Embracing spring with colors and joy, Bangladeshi people on Fr

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'There will be dad and mum': Putin rules out Russia legalizing gay marriage

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin.He made clear he would not allow the traditional notio

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NASA breaks ground on new antenna to prepare for Moon, Mars missions

NASA officials on Tuesday broke ground on a new antenna for communicating with the agency's farthest-flung robotic spacecraft, according to a statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). As

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AfDB approves $1 million grant to help Uganda fight Ebola

A woman and her child arrive for ebola related investigation at the health facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14,

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Man charged with murder after fatal shooting in Chicago Chinatown

An African American man was charged late Monday in connection with a double homicide in Chicago's Chinatown, local police said. Alvin Thomas, 20, was arrested about 15 minutes after two men were sho

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UK coronavirus 'superspreader' case shows importance of cooperation

Transport hubs are being scrutinized for infected people (Credit: Firdia Lisnawati/AP) A British businessman who unwittingly spread the novel coronavirus as he traveled across the world is hig

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Meet 500 Startups’ 26th batch of startups

Following TechCrunch’s coverage of 500 Startups’ 25th batch (and numbers 24, 23, 22, and 21, in case you wanted to go back in time), today we’re saying hello to the accelerator’

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Western liberalism is not the best bet for public health problems

A woman uses a mobile phone in Beijing, China, June 3, 2017. /Reuters Photo Editor's Note: Timothy Kerswell is an assistant professor at the Department of Government and Public Administration

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Coronavirus patients in Wuhan dance away pain, worries

Central China's Wuhan City, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has decided to convert several venues in the city into makeshift hospitals to receive virus

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Chinese scientist awarded UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences

Chinese Nobel laureate Tu Youyou has been awarded the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for her research into parasitic diseases. At ceremony held on Mon

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First novel coronavirus patient in the Philippines discharged from hospital

The first novel coronavirus patient in the Philippines has been discharged from the hospital after testing negative for the virus, the country's Health Undersecretary