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Grass tree: An iconic unique plant in Australia

The 2019–20 fire season in Australia has been catastrophic.More than 11 million hectares of forest and bush have been burned. Thousands of houses have been destroyed and residents forced to seek shel

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Travel restrictions against China break international law

Editor's note: This article is an edited version of "Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak," which was first published on the Lancet on February 13, 2020

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Suppression of Huawei reflects gloomy psychology: Chinese FM

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday rebuffed groundless accusations against Chinese telecom gear giant Huawei, saying that the U.S. suppression of a private company like Hu

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U.S. private sector donates 2 mln masks to China to fight coronavirus

The U.S. private sector has donated a batch of medical supplies, including 2 million masks, and has organized a shipment to China in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the U.S.-China Busi

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Italy PM unveils 10-year investment plan for country's South

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday unveiled a multi-billion-euro 10-year investment plan aimed at stimulating the economy and creating jobs in the country's chronically impoverished sou

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Iran starts parliamentary elections

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's parliamentary election campaign officially started across the country on Thursday. According to Iran's Guardians Council of Constitution, the main entity in charge

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Flip raises $4M to pounce on the growing sector of employee messaging

By now we’re all familiar with text messaging groups for multi-person co-ordination. I’ve lost count of how many WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook messenger groups I’m on! Other apps like Threema have

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Swiftmile is bringing advertising to micromobility

Swiftmile, the startup that wants to become the gas station for micromobility vehicles, is getting into advertising. Swiftmile already supplies cities and private operators with docks equipped to par

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Anniversary Sale: Get 1 year of Extra Crunch for $99

Last February we launched Extra Crunch, and today we’re celebrating its one-year anniversary. As a token of appreciation to our readers, we’re offering a limited-time deal for annual Extra Crunch memb

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A detailed discussion of China's latest inflation data

Editor's note: Jiahe Chen, chief investment officer at Novem Arcae Technologies. The article reflects the author's views, and not necessarily those of CGTN.On Monday, China published its latest da

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Novel coronavirus vaccine: Animal tests started

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, scientists from various pharmaceutical companies and other institutions have tried to create a vaccine to stop its spread. Recently, a Shanghai c

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Realism and clear-headed thinking a must in the coronavirus crisis

03:29 Editor's note: With the coronavirus casting a shadow over China, people are much concerned about the development of the coronavirus crisis. What kind of attitude should we hold i

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Global warming to blame for hottest day in Argentine Antarctica

Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday.Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit)

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‘A city where you can pilot almost anything and figure out if it’s going to work’

As founding executive director of Tech:NYC, Julie Samuels is one of the state’s most prominent advocates for the tech sector, both in Albany and at City Hall.Samuels, a lawyer by training, came

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WHO urges "no stigma" to be associated with new coronavirus

Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, urged here Friday that no stigma should be associated with the new coronavirus. "It is the respo

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Los Angeles-based SureSale is developing an independent certification service for used cars

Donny Hall, the chief executive and co-founder of the used car certification service, SureSale, knows used cars. The serial entrepreneur built and sold a previous business, CarSure, which was an insur

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Anger at Trump plan could mobilize Arab voters in Israel

It might have seemed to be one of the more innocuous elements in President Donald Trump’s deeply divisive Middle East peace initiative: the suggestion that a densely po