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Ethiopian PM urges adherence to COVID-19 precautionary measures

A worker wearing a face mask went about her work in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on Sept. 2, 2020. /Xinhua The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday emphasized the need to implem

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Shenzhen offers free vaccinations for students, workers going abroad

02:41 The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has started rolling out free coronavirus vaccines for workers and students looking to travel overseas.Five community health

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The Chat Room: Let's have a virtual year-end party

Holiday season in 2020 comes with many questions and awkwardness attached, since most people around the world are limited by the realities of COVID-19.During the pandemic, many kinds of traditional g

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CEBR expects China to overtake U.S. as world's No.1 economy by 2028

A worker on an assembly line in central China's Wuhan, Hubei Province, May 21, 2020. /CFP China is set to overtake the U.S. as the world's largest economy in dollar terms in 2028, half a decad

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 2.57 mln mark: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker attends to a patient in Gauteng Province, South Africa, July 10, 2020. /VCG The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,570,88

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Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media

An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump s campaign two of its lawyers and some cons

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Africa's COVID-19 deaths surpass 60,000 mark: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker attends to a patient in Gauteng Province, South Africa, July 10, 2020. /VCG The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa surpassed the 60,000 mark on Wednesd

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Africa's COVID-19 caseload hits 2,511,368: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker attends to a patient in Gauteng Province, South Africa, July 10, 2020. /VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa have reached 2,511,368 with a death toll

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Boeing hires pilots for airlines to help relaunch 737 MAX

Boeing Co is hiring up to 160 pilots to be embedded at airlines in its latest bid to ensure its 737 MAX has a smooth comeback after a 20-month safety ban, according to a recruitment document seen by

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U.S. vaccination updates

Catalina Gonzalez-Marques, an emergency medical physician, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, December 16, 2020. /AP As COVID-19 vaccin

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U.S. states administer first rounds of COVID-19 vaccines

States in the U.S. have started to administer Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to frontline medical workers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.9 million vaccin

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Biden to get COVID-19 vaccine next week, Pence to receive it Friday

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stands by in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 16, 2020. /Reuters U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will get the COV

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Euro zone economy performed better than expected in Dec. : PMI

A steel worker of Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG stands a mid of emitting sparks of raw iron from a blast furnace at Germany's largest steel factory in Duisburg, Germany. /Reut

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'Democracy prevailed,' Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after winning the state-by-s

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An even bigger battle for gig worker rights is on the horizon

When California voters passed Proposition 22 with 58.6% of the vote, they agreed with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates that gig workers should not be employees who are entitled to myriad

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Give the gift of Extra Crunch for 25% off

This holiday season, TechCrunch readers can send an Extra Crunch annual membership as a gift to a friend, family member or co-worker for 25% off. The gifting feature can be found here.Extra Crunch is

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Shanghai community incorporates smart tech into elderly care

A community in Shanghai has won overwhelming praise on social media for introducing smart technologies to improve elderly-care services. Smart water meters, which will