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Loss of smell and taste could be new symptom of COVID-19, says expert

01:10 One of the UK's leading ear, nose and throat (ENT) consultants believes the loss of the senses of smell and taste could be a new symptom of contracting COVID-19.Nirmal Kumar, pre

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Shanghai Fashion Week 2020: The show must go on, but how?

Amid the global gloom of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shanghai Fashion Week (SHFW) has gone virtual, putting its fancy roster of over 150 catwalk shows online and engaging hundreds of thousands of v

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Jumia adapts Pan-African e-commerce network in response to COVID-19

Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia is adapting its digital retail network to curb the spread of COVID-19.The Nigeria headquartered operation — with online goods and services verticals in 11 African

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Australian gov't orders mass closures of non-essential venues

Non-essential venues across Australia have been ordered to close from midday on Monday in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday night announced an escalatio

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John Lewis to close all UK stores amid COVID-19 crisis

The company's flagship store on Oxford Street in London will close from Monday as streets remain deserted. /Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP High-end department store John Lewis announced on Saturday it

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WhatsApp unveils $1M grant, info hub to fight coronavirus rumors

WhatsApp has long grappled with its platform being used to spread misinformation. In the latest move, today it announced two initiatives to fight specifically against fake news and other misinformati

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YC-backed EduRev wants to democratize online learning in India

As edtech startups emerge and expand in India, millions of students in the country now have an additional option to choose from when they prepare for competitive exams.But despite the proliferation of

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Model Y deliveries begin: Here’s what is new in Tesla’s EV crossover

Tesla said Monday it has started delivering the Model Y crossover to customers in the U.S., hitting a milestone one year after unveiling the prototype and six months ahead of schedule.Reports of deli

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FIFA's Infantino urges unity, calls for FAs to push WHO advice

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks at the 44th UEFA Congress at Beur van Berlage in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 3, 2020. /VCG FIFA is urging all football associations to publicise the Wo

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To slow coronavirus spread, EU countries and Russia join the list of countries officially closing their borders to all but essential travel

One of the defining characteristics of the European Union has been its strong policy of taking an open approach when it comes to borders in the region: the EU may be a collection of individual countri

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Drug preventing HIV to be rolled out on NHS

The medication will be rolled out in April as Sir Elton John calls the move "truly incredible".

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APD | Apple closes all outlets outside mainland China

By APD writer AliceThe US tech giant Apple has shut down all of its retail stores worldwide, exept those in mainland China until March 27 to prevent the spread of the c

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Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops

A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack ki

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Xi says China to continue assisting South Korea in COVID-19 fight

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China will continue to provide assistance within its capacity to support South Korea's fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. In a mess

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EU 'disapproves' of U.S. flights ban

01:58 Europe has been left reeling as U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on visitors from the European Schengen area, for at least the next month. The response from Brussels w

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Deep North raises $25.7M for AI that uses CCTV to build retail analytics

Amazon and others have raised awareness of how the in-store shopping experience can be sped up (and into the future) using computer vision to let a person pay for and take away items without ever inte

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OPEC slashes global oil demand forecast amidst rising COVID-19 fears

The world oil demand growth in 2020was adjusted lower by0.92million barrels per day (bpd) to 0.06million bpd,considering slower global economic growthand a wider spread of COVID-19beyond China, th