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From Cannes to Beijing: Has the era of VR films come?

From Cannes Film Festival to the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), more and more virtual-reality (VR) films have lifted their veil of mystery and been presen

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Bayern Munich outclass PSG to seal sixth Champions League triumph

Bayern Munich players celebrate after overcoming Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final to claim the crown at the Luz stadium, Lisbon, Portugal, August 23, 2020. /VCG Bayern Munich bec

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Bayern Munich outclass PSG to seal sixth Champions League triumph

Bayern Munich players celebrate after overcoming Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final to claim the crown at the Luz stadium, Lisbon, Portugal, August 23, 2020. /VCG Bayern Munich bec

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Beijing film festival opens, boosting confidence in recovery

Director Zhang Yimou delivers a speech at the launch ceremony of the 10th Beijing International Film Festival on Saturday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] More than a month after China re

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Science Saturday 20200822

02:21 In this week's Science Saturday, from the first COVID-19 vaccine to the world's oldest bed, let's take a look at what's making news in the world of science.Ancient civilizationTh

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Liverpool to start title defense against Leeds at Anfield in new season

Reigning champions Liverpool will start their Premier League season against newly-promoted Leeds United on September 12. The English top flight released the full fixture list for the 2020-21 sea

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Root AI raises $7.2M seed round to deploy its harvesting robot amid COVID-19-fueled demand

By all accounts, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of robotics and automation by months, if not years. The reasons are fairly clear — robotics don’t call in sick, nor are they disease

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Why is Fulham vs Brentford football's most valuable game?

Brentford's Danish head coach Thomas Frank has turned around the club's fortunes since arriving in 2018. /Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP While almost 400 million people regularly watch UEFA's Champion

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The essential revenue software stack

From working with our 90+ portfolio companies and their customers, as well as from frequent conversations with enterprise leaders, we have observed a set of software services emerge and evolve to beco

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Chinese speech contest for foreign secondary school students concludes in New Zealand

The New Zealand final of the 13th "Chinese Bridge" Speech Contest for World Secondary School Students ended here on Sunday at the Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Th

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StarTimes, UNESCO in joint campaign against disinformation on COVID-19

Chinese pay television company StarTimes said on Thursday it has joined UNESCO's campaign against disinformation and misinformation on COVID-19. Luis Lu, vice presiden

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XPRIZE launches $5 million rapid COVID testing competition

XPRIZE is turning its tried and tested model of offering cash prizes to spur innovation in critical areas to the challenge of COVID-19 testing. the nonprofit has created a $5 million prize pool for a

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Daimler posts net loss of 1.9 bln euros in Q2 due to COVID-19 hit

German carmaker Daimler posted a net loss of 1.9 billion euros (2.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, and said on Thursday that the overall result was "strongly influenced

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Lime, Dott and Tier win Paris scooter permits, delivering Bird a loss in a key market

American micromobility startups Lime along with European competitors Dott and Tier Mobility have won permits to operate shared electric scooters in Paris, following a seven-month tender process that h

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UK's ban on Huawei: A security threat or U.S. threat?

04:12 Editor's Note: Chinese companies are facing tougher environments and growing scrutiny in foreign markets. Chinese tech giant Huawei is another high-profile target of foreign gove

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Virus forces Nobel to cancel banquet for first time in decades

The Nobel Banquet is held at Stockholm City Hall in Sweden, December 10, 2019. /CFP The Nobel Foundation, which manages the Nobel Prizes, on Tuesday cancelled its traditional December banquet

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CSL clubs face nightmare new AFC schedule

Guangzhou Evergrande players celebrate their AFC Champions League title at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, south China, November 9, 2013. /VCG Photo A fixture pile-up might be cheered by foot