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COVID19-Vaccine: EU inks a new deal with Moderna

The EU said Tuesday it would sign a sixth contract for an upcoming coronavirus vaccine, this time for up to 160 million doses of a jab developed by US firm Moderna. /VCG The EU said Tuesday it

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Unremitting fighting reported as federal troops near Tigrayan capital

The fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been continuing as the dissident leader rejected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ultimatum on Sunday that rebels surrender within 72 hours.The Tigray People's

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases near 2.07 million

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,069,923, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Monday. /VCG The number of con

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Chinese consumers are leading the market trend: Norwegian diplomat

04:10 Norway is traditionally oriented toward the European market but China has been rising in importance, Rolf Almklov, commercial counselor at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing,

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Cybercrime: Rwanda urge measures to protect children from online abuse

A worried teenage boy with head in hand studying at home. /Getty Images Rwanda on Friday marked the World Children's Day with a call to strengthen the protection of children from dangers posed

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"Humanitarian crisis" growing for refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray

00:57 More than 27,000 refugees have fled violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, crossing into Sudan after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered military operations in Tigray on N

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Magnitude 3.4 earthquake recorded off coast of South Africa

FILE PHOTO: Commercial high-rise properties stand at the foot of Table mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. /Getty Images Seismologists with the Council for Geoscience say a magnitude 3.4 eart

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Relativity Space is raising a massive $500M round at $2.3B valuation

Rocket printer Relativity Space is raising a $500 million D round, valuing the launch provider at $2.3 billion, as reported by CNBC and confirmed to TechCrunch by sources familiar with the matter. Th

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Tesla gets a spot on the S&P 500

Tesla will be added to the SP 500, a milestone that will expand its investor base and put the electric automaker in the same company as heavyweights like Apple, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.The a

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Nintendo’s Switch dominates US console sales ahead of PlayStation/Xbox launches

Another banner month month for Nintendo hardware sales, per the latest figures from NPD. The firm puts Switch sales (including the standard and Lite models) at 735,000 units in the U.S., making the b

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Kenya's exports of avocados hit 68,000 tons since January

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 17, 2018: Kenyan avocados on display at the WorldFood Moscow 2018 International Food Exhibition at Moscow's Expocentre. /Getty Images Kenya's exports of avocados hit

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Peru's head of Congress takes over presidency

The president of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Merino, assumed the presidency of the South American country on Tuesday, a day after ex-President Martin Vizcarra was impeached for alleged corruption.M

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Why city-state Singapore can send a large group to China's import expo

01:24 A small country has showed its strong trading power in the recent import expo in Shanghai. It is Singapore.Over 40 Singaporean companies attended this year's China International

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WHO chief 'looks forward to working very closely with Biden'

Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 7, 2020. /Getty Images The World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said he looks forward to w

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Delhi suffers 'severe' air pollution for third straight day

Air quality in India's capital New Delhi remained in the "severe" category for a third straight day on Saturday due to increased stubble fires and vehicle emissions, SAFAR, the country's main envi

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Take a look inside one of CIIE's largest halls

Consumer goods take up the most space during the third China International Import Expo. Over 800 brands are showing their latest products. Some of these brands have, in fact, com

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Challenger bank Starling is out raising a new £200M funding round

Starling founder Anne Boden recently told TechCrunch that the U.K. challenger bank is on track to be profitable by Christmas, but this doesn’t mean it isn’t out raising additional capital