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Hockney's pop art icon 'The Splash' sells for 30 million U.S. dollars

Seminal pop art painting "The Splash" by David Hockey sold for 23.1 million British pounds (29.8 million U.S. dollars) at a London auction on Tuesday, the third-highest

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Over 100 native species in need of urgent help following Australian bushfire crisis

The Australian government has released a list of 113 animal species hit hardest by the nation's bushfire crisis. The list, which was compiled by a panel of experts convened by Environment Minister S

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Backgrounder: WHO details tips on how to wear surgical mask

The World Health Organization (WHO) has offered the following advice on when and how to use a surgical mask properly amid the novel coronavirus epidemic. If you are healthy, you only need to wear a

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Heavy rains are extinguishing Australia’s fires

00:49 Scenes of raging fires have been coming out of Australia for months now, but now firefighters say recent heavy rain has helped extinguish over 30 fires. The dry scorched earth wa

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2021 NASA budget request includes $3.3B for human lunar landers, $430M for Moon resource development

The Trump White House today issued its fiscal 2021 budget request, and it included a 12% increase in requested funding to NASA’s coffers, as expected. That puts the total request for NASA at $2

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Flights axed and floods feared as Storm Ciara clobbers Europe

Large waves caused by Storm Ciara hits the seafront and wall in Newhaven, Britain, February 9, 2020. /Reuters Photo Storm Ciara lashed Britain and northern continental Europe with heavy rain a

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S China city to resume routine operation of public transport

Authorities of southern Chinese city of Guangzhou announced that the city will gradually resume routine operation of public transport from Monday as resumption of work

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2 men fatally shot in Chicago Chinatown robbery, suspect in custody

One person was arrested after two men were shot to death during a robbery that happened early Sunday morning in Chinatown on the south side of Chicago. The men, aged 38 and 39, respectively, were st

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Possibility of novel coronavirus transmission through agricultural products is low

The possibility of the novel coronavirus transmission by contaminating agricultural products, such as vegetables, meats and fruits, via droplets and contact transmissi

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Beijing strengthens disinfection of used train berth bedding

The China Railway Beijing Group said it has strengthened disinfection operations of used train berth bedding with high-temperature sterilization and disinfectant and p

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Dairy company donates milk products to Wuhan to help fight novel coronavirus

Milk New Zealand Dairy Ltd said on Friday that it has donated 2,000 cases of dairy products to Wuhan city in central China, which is battling the novel coronavirus epidemic. "We donated 2,000 cases o

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New fingerprint test can identify cocaine use

Using high resolution mass spectrometry, the new technology can figure out who has been taking cocaine.

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Generate Capital raises $1 billion for renewable energy infrastructure development

The floodgates are open once again for capital investing in renewable energy projects and technology.Generate Capital, the renewable energy infrastructure investor, has raised more than $1 billion for

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Latin America battles dengue fever

While the world battles the coronavirus, Latin America is experiencing one of the worst dengue outbreaks in decades.Many countries have been battling the mosquito-borne disease over the past year.In

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Ethiopian PM inaugurates Chinese-built 254 MW hydro dam

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday inaugurated the Chinese built 254 Mega Watts (MW) Genale Dawa III hydro dam project. The Ethiopia Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Selesh

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SpaceX reportedly looking to build Starship rockets at Port of LA

SpaceX is said to be in talks with local government officials about setting up a new rocket factory in the Port of Los Angeles, a location that would give it easy access to the ocean for transporting

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SpaceX successfully catches one fairing half from latest Starlink launch

SpaceX is one step closer to an even more re-usable launch system today, after it successfully recovered one fo the halves of the fairing used on its Starlink satellite launch today. The fairing half