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Kenya's COVID-19 infections reach 224,400

Passengers wearing protective face masks wash their hands at hand cleaning stations installed outside the Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Terminus in Nairobi, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Pat

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The Art of the Party: Red Crag

01:49 The southwestern city of Chongqing became the provisional wartime capital of the Republic of China in 1937, following a full-scale invasion by Japan.There, the Communist Party of

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Brazil Supreme Court judge annuls ‘Lula’ conviction

03:10 Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is again in the spotlight of Brazilian politics, following a Supreme Court decision that opens a path for him to run for re-e

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Kenyatta cautions Kenyans against false vaccination information

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta visits Kenya's Central Vaccine Depot in Kitengela, Kajiado County on Thursday 4 March, 2021. /Photo courtesy: Kenyan Presidency Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta

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Misty Mount Tianmu resembles an ink wash painting in E China

Last Sunday, shrouded in mist, Mount Tianmu in east China's Zhejiang Province resembled a beautiful ink wash painting.Mount Tianmu lies in Lin'an County, west of Hangzh

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South African minister urges behavioral change in end-year festivities

File Photo: A waiter sanitizes a chair in a restaurant at the Montecasino complex in Johannesburg, July 3, 2020. /AFP South Africa's Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has urged citizens to be mi

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Kenya records 727 new COVID-19 cases

Kenya's health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 727 new cases of COVID-19 from 4,913 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed positive infections to 78,512. /Getty Image

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Kenya plans mass COVID-19 testing in Nairobi as cases rise

VCG Photo The Kenyan government has announced plans to conduct mass testing across the capital Nairobi, this weekend.The testing drive comes as Kenya has seen a recent spike in new cases, afte

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Formlabs announces a large-format medical and dental 3D printer

Formlabs was one of a few desktop 3D printing companies to weather the massive tech bubble a few years back. The Somerville, Massachusetts-based company set itself apart by bringing advanced industri

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Hungary's daily COVID-19 infections hit record high

People visit the 'Memorial of National Unity' commemorating the Trianon treaty, in Budapest, Hungary, August 20, 2020. /Reuters The number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary rose

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DR Congo schools reopen after a four-month long COVID-19 closure

Learning institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo were ordered shut in March as part of efforts to curb further spread of the virus. /VCG Image Learning institutions in the Democratic

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Interview: China's proposals at China, Central Asia FMs meeting promising -- Kyrgyz expert

China's proposals at the first China + Central Asia (C+C5) foreign ministers' meeting held via video link are extremely important and promising, a renowned Kyrgyz expert said Tuesday. Noting tha

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James Webb Space Telescope launch pushed back to October 2021

NASA on Thursday postponed the launch of its 10 billion U.S. dollars James Webb Space Telescope from March next year to October 31, 2021, blaming the pandemic and other technical challenges.The te

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Beijing issues fresh guidelines on COVID-19 prevention

The Chinese capital has issued fresh guidelines on COVID-19 containment, calling on its residents to continue to wear masks, maintain social distancing and wash hands

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Coronavirus epidemic "under control" in France: gov't advisor

The coronavirus epidemic is now "under control" in France, Jean-Francois Delfraissy, an immunologist and head of the scientific council that advises the French government on COVID-19, said on Frid

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Are contact lens wearers more at risk of catching COVID-19?

Contact lenses cause eye irritation and wearers tend to touch their eyes more often than glasses wearers. This, according to popular belief puts contact lens wearers at a higher risk of catching C

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Answer Bank: Can COVID-19 be spread through coins and banknotes?

Considering that cash is the most preferred mode of transaction among many countries across the globe, fear of the virus spreading through coins and banknotes is on the rise amid the COVID-19 pand