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Ancestry.com rejected a police warrant to access user DNA records on a technicality

DNA profiling company Ancestry.com has narrowly avoided complying with a search warrant in Pennsylvania after a search warrant was rejected on technical grounds, a move that is likely to help law enfo

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China to prepare 3rd import expo via noncontact means

The 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be prepared via noncontact means such as phone calls, video calls and emails in response to the novel coronavirus e

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Positive, confident attitude, best immunity amid epidemic: official

Chinese health authorities stressed the importance of staying calm and optimistic amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying a positive and confident attitude offers

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China's central bank injects more liquidity into market amid epidemic battle

China's central bank pumped 1.2 trillion yuan (about 173.3 billion U.S. dollars) into the financial system via reverse repos on Monday. The People's Bank of China (PBO

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EU's poorer nations warn against aid cut in upcoming budget

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that the EU needs to arrive at a consensus on the next budget quickly (Credit: AFP) The European Union needs to arrive at a swift consensus over it

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London-Paris train delays? Not Brexit, but track problems

Passengers on the first trains between London and Paris after Britain left the European Union faced lengthy delays on Saturday - though overrunning engineering work and

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APD | Budget airline cuts trips to China; reduces flights to Hong Kong and Macau

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Feb. 1 (APD) – With more people getting sick with the feared and rapid spread of coronavirus, Cebu Pacific said they will cancel thei

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Two-year-old Indian edtech startup Doubtnut raises $15M

Doubtnut, a Gurgaon-based startup that operates an app to help students learn and master concepts from math and science using short videos, has raised $15 million in a new financing round as it looks

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Authority provides multilingual coronavirus prevention knowledge to foreigners in China

China's National Immigration Administration has issued a guideline for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) prevention in six languages including English, Russian, French, Ge

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China Railway makes mobile info a must for all ticket purchases

Friday, the seventh day of the Chinese lunar new year, is expected to witness some three million railway passenger trips nationwide, a drop of 76.5 percent compared with the same day of the festiv

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Five killed in gas blast in Russian factory

Five people were killed and three others injured on Friday as a gas-air mixture went off in a factory in eastern Russia, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations said. The explosion, which happ

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U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran nuclear entity, renews waivers

The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it has slapped sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its head while renewing waivers allowing fo

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Chinese railway police crack nearly 1,200 cases of theft, robbery, fraud in campaign

Chinese railway police have cracked nearly 1,200 cases of theft, robbery and fraud in a special campaign since December 2019, according to the Ministry of Public Secur

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China's Hubei launches hotlines for foreigners amid coronavirus outbreak

Hubei, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has launched 24-hour hotlines for foreigners in the central Chinese province on epidemic prevention and control

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Google Nest begins testing HVAC alerts, partners with Handy for booking service calls

Google’s Nest is testing a new feature that will alert you to potential HVAC issues and even help you book an HVAC professional to fix it, thanks to a partnership with Handy. The company says th

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Expert explains use of anti-HIV drugs for treating novel coronavirus

"At this critical moment, we can take special measures to help patients if there are no other treatment methods," Zeng Guang, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Pre

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Bankin’ and Bridge launch payment API using bank transfers

French startup Bankin’ has introduced Bridge Pay this week, an API that lets you initiate payments using bank transfers from your app. Think about it as a sort of Stripe, but for bank transfers. The A