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Technology creates virtual communities during lockdowns

02:51 Millions of people around the world are staying home, but some are finding ways to bring communities together to offer assistance. And they're doing it with their keyboards and c

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Original Content podcast: ‘Too Hot to Handle’ might be a work of evil genius

Is “Too Hot to Handle” the dumbest show on Netflix … or the most diabolically brilliant?The reality TV series brings a group of twentysomethings together on a secluded tropical retr

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WHO chief warns of "many gaps" among countries in fighting COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday warned of many gaps in the world's defenses against the COVID-19 outbreak. Speaking at a virtual press confere

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Magic Leap announces layoffs amid COVID-19 slowdown

In a story that’s become all too common these past few weeks and months, Magic Leap this morning announced that it will be laying off “a number of employees” across the country. The size and scope of

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Beijing shares best practices in containing COVID-19

01:21 The Beijing Municipal Government hosted its first large-scale video conference with its sister cities around the world. On top of the meeting's agenda was sharing China's best pr

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G20 members should jointly ensure food security amid pandemic: Chinese minister

Members of the Group of 20 (G20) should work together to keep the international supply chain of agricultural products stable and ensure food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese Minister of A

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Over 100 countries join efforts to evaluate therapeutics for COVID-19: WHO chief

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that as the organization is continuing to lead RD, more than 100 countries have joined the efforts to evalua

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China's health authority calls for int'l cooperation in fighting COVID-19 pandemic

China's health authority has called for international cooperation to carry out joint prevention and control in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Ma Xiaowei, minister in charge of the Nation

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Lifting lockdown restrictions is not end of epidemic: WHO chief

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that lifting lockdown restrictions for COVID-19 is not the end of the epidem

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G20 health ministers review importance of utilizing digital solutions in pandemics

Health ministers of the Group 20 (G20) reviewed on Sunday the importance of utilizing digital solutions in current and future pandemics. During a virtual meeting, the officials discussed further

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G20 health ministers hold virtual meeting

Saudi Arabia is hosting the Group of 20 (G20) health ministers virtual meeting, Saudi G20 presidency announced on Twitter on Sunday. The ministers are meeting to advan

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This Week in Apps: Layoffs at VSCO, Google Play’s new guidelines, TikTok rolls out parental controls

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, wit

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Africa's COVID-19 death toll reaches 962, as confirmed cases rise to 18,333: Africa CDC

A customer buys stuff before a line set to keep social distancing at a pharmacy in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda, on April 15, 2020. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua) The number of confirmed COVID-19

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China commends Saudi Arabia on proposing G20 agriculture ministers meeting

China highly commends Saudi Arabia on proposing to convene a special meeting of the G20 agriculture ministers and hopes the meeting will send a positive signal in safe

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Philippines backs WHO's leadership in fight against COVID-19: Presidential spokesperson

Philippine Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday that the Philippines "stands committed" to the World Health Organization (WHO), lauding the U.N. body

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Singapore's Deputy PM calls for more inclusive form of globalization

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Wednesday evening in a Facebook post that countries together can forge a more inclusive form of globalization

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Effective vaccine may be only tool to return world to normalcy: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that a safe and effective vaccine may be the only tool that can return the world to a sense of normalcy. "A safe and effective