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This Week in Apps: App trends from 2019, Pinterest tops Snapchat, Disney+ hits No. 1 in Q4

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 with

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U.S. House files brief laying out impeachment case against Trump

The Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday the president must be removed from office to protect national security and pre

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China renews yellow alert for thick fog

China's national observatory on Saturday renewed a yellow alert for thick fog that will shroud parts of the country. Thick fog enveloped the provinces of Hebei, Shando

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Fires, then floods: How much can a koala bear?

A week ago, koalas at an Australian wildlife park were in the path of raging bushfires. On Friday, they were soaking wet and being carried to safety from flash floods.Months of drought that have cont

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Latvian president calls for EU-wide anti-money laundering guidelines

Europe needs to develop common guidelines for the prevention and combating of money laundering, Latvian President Egils Levits said on Friday. The Latvian leader made the remarks while attending a me

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Chinese New Year celebration in Serbia starts with Chinese bazaar, classical concert

The celebration for the Chinese New Year started here on Friday with a bazaar of Chinese arts and handicrafts, and classical music performance. The New Year Bazaar was opened at Belgrade's Kalemegda

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China's "group buying" bid opening held in Shanghai

Thirty-two types of medicine won the bid for centralized procurement on Friday in Shanghai, making them available to patients at public hospitals across the country at

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Dinosaur extinction not caused by volcano eruption: study

An international team led by researchers with Yale University has found that volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the d

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APD | India to invite Pakistan Prime Minister to New Delhi

By APD writer Rishika ChauhanIndian government, last week decided that they would be inviting Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisa

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Unrest in Ethiopian universities forces 35,000 students to quit class

A view of streets and high rise apartment buildings in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa./Image by United Nations. Ethiopia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education on Friday confirmed that unre

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Eaze’s struggles reflect falling VC interest in cannabis startups

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Yesterday, TechCrunch reported that Eaze, a well-k

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Microsoft announces global Teams ad push as it combats Slack for the heart of enterprise comms

The long-running contest between Microsoft and its Teams service and Slack’s eponymous application continued this morning, with Redmond announcing what it describes as its first “global

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'Largest ever UK data breach' goes unpunished

Google and the Interactive Advertising Bureau have been accused of designing an illegal system to sell targeted advertisements.

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Commentary: A milestone for China and world economy

With its GDP approaching 100 trillion yuan (14.55 trillion U.S. dollars) and GDP per capita exceeding 10,000 dollars last year, China has marked a new economic milestone that also bears great signif

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Senior political advisors study Xi's speech at top disciplinary body session

The leading Party members group of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee held a meeting Friday to study a speech made by Xi

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EU considers ban on facial recognition technology

The technology could be prohibited in public for up to five years as regulators figure out how to ensure EU citizens' privacy.

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A decade of benefits from supercomputer Tianhe-1

China has seen great benefits from its first petaflop supercomputer the Tianhe-1, which debuted a decade ago.The computer has served nearly 6,000 customers in the past 10 years, bringing about 10