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Coronavirus outbreak set to hit iPhone production

Apple had ordered 15 million units of a new cut-price iPhone which it expected to unveil in March, but there may be delay.

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With $5 million from international backers, Mexico’s Moons brings its Invisalign killer to YC

Moons, a Mexico City-based startup that’s angling to be the Invisalign for the Latin American market, has joined the ranks of Y Combinator as part of the accelerator’s latest cohort.The co

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'Blob' heatwave caused record whale entanglements

Environmental changes were behind a 550% increase in whales becoming entangled with commercial crab fishing equipment.

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Coronavirus vs. SARS: How similar are they? Data tells

Originating from what experts believe was a seafood market in Wuhan, China and spreading across the globe, the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak looks a bit like SARS in 2003. Many people have descr

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NBA highlights on Jan. 25: Unhappy career milestone for LeBron James

Los Angeles Lakers 91-108 Philadelphia 76ers LeBron James, #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Ben Simmons, #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers, in the game at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pe

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Germany's Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the “environment of chaos” in Libya threatens to affect the whole Mediterranean basin and urged international pr

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German football league Bundesliga teams with AWS to improve fan experience

Germany’s top soccer (football) league, Bundesliga, announced today it is partnering with AWS to use artificial intelligence to enhance the fan experience during games.Andreas Heyden, executive

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Interview: UNGA president says education key to 2030 agenda, praises China's education success

UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Thursday said that education is a key element to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while giving a thumbs-up to China's succe

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Interview: UNGA president says education key to 2030 agenda, praises China's education success

UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Thursday said that education is a key element to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while giving a thumbs-up to China's succe

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Relativity Space could change the economics of private space launches

The private launch market is an area of a lot of focus in the emerging space startup industry, not least because it unlocks the true potential of most of the rest of the market. But so far, we can cou

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‘True Path to Saving Two-State Solution’: Abbas Urges Macron to Recognise Palestinian Statehood

Despite several EU countries recognising Palestine as a state, the majority of the bloc’s members, including France, the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy, along with the US

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Aki acquires Eyeview’s ad personalization tech

Video advertising company Eyeview shut down in December, but its technology will live on thanks to an acquisition by Aki Technologies.Aki CEO Scott Swanson told me that he’s anticipating serious

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Brooke Hammerling launches The New New Thing, a strategic communications advisory

Brooke Hammerling, the strategic communications veteran that brought us BrewPR, announced her new project today.Dubbed The New New Thing, Hammerling’s new communications advisory wants to help s

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UN's highest court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya population

Gambia's justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou (front row, red tie) at the ICJ (Credit: AP Photo/Peter Dejong) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to take urgent measure

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Wuhan shuts down airports, railways to contain new coronavirus strain

The authorities of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, have suspended all forms public transport, including outbound trains and flights, as of 10:00 a.m. on Thursday

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China Focus: Study reveals how novel coronavirus infects humans

Chinese researchers have identified a key protein essential for the novel coronavirus to infect humans, providing valuable information to help evaluate the public heal

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UK warns against all but "essential" travel to Wuhan

Airports around the world are implementing measures against the virus that originally emerged from Wuhan, China, a city in central China (Credit: Reuters) The United Kingdom has advised again