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Officials stress deep-rooted China-Saudi Arabia ties at video seminar

Officials and experts have stressed the deep-rooted China-Saudi Arabia ties at a recent video seminar held by the Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Public Library. Held to

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Enabling humanoid robot movement with imitation learning and mimicking of animal behaviors

Over the past two decades, humanoid robots have greatly improved their ability to perform functions like grasping objects and using computer vision to detect things since Honda’s release of the ASIMO

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SoftBank quietly sells $2.2 bn in Alibaba shares as fund losses mount

The SoftBank logo seen in Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2020. /VCG To pay down debt and buy back shares, SoftBank quietly sold an additional 2.2 billion U.S. dollars of its shares in Alibaba Group in

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Uber scoops up Postmates for $2.65 billion in 'everyday' delivery push

Uber Technologies Inc on Monday said it would acquire Postmates Inc for 2.65 billion U.S. dollars to expand its food delivery market share and significantly increase the business of supplying everyda

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FAO launches 5-day event aimed at reforms to increase efficiency and effectiveness

Qu Dongyu, who took office on 1 August 2019 as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has spent his life working on how to make sure the world is fed. (P

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Somalia, China reiterate respect of each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity

Photo shows the Great Hall of the People. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou) Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has held talks with Chinese ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian, focusing on the respect for the sov

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R&D Roundup: Tech giants unveil breakthroughs at computer vision summit

Computer vision summit CVPR has just (virtually) taken place, and like other CV-focused conferences, there are quite a few interesting papers. More than I could possibly write up individually, in fact

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Pakistani PM launches initiative to protect, promote national parks

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday launched an initiative to preserve nature by protecting and promoting 15 national parks in an effort to increase the co

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Huawei, ICESCO agree to boost cooperation in education, artificial intelligence

Chinese technology firm Huawei and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) on Wednesday agreed to boost cooperation in the fields of edu

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Spain, Portugal open border to tourism after 3-month coronavirus closure

Spain and Portugal’s prime ministers on Wednesday officially reopened their joint border to all travelers after a three-month closure to prevent the spread of coronavir

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36th ASEAN summit highlights COVID-19 response, post-pandemic recovery

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday opened its 36th summit, which is chaired by Vietnam via video conference, focusing on COVID-19 response, p

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HKSAR chief executive appoints Andrew Cheung as chief justice of Court of Final Appeal

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam Wednesday signed the instrument of appointment of Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, 58, as

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Lyft is using data from its ride-share drivers to develop self-driving cars

Lyft is using data collected from drivers on its ride-hailing app to accelerate the development of self-driving cars.Lyft’s Level 5 self-driving car program is using the data to build 3D maps,

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Roundup: Experts say U.S. signing of bill on Xinjiang interferes in China's internal affairs

Children have fun in "Dove Lane" in the old town Tuancheng of Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 27, 2020.(Xinhua/Sadat) The signing of a so-called human rights act r

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SoftBank confirms it may sell some of its T-Mobile stake

SoftBank Group confirmed today it is considering selling its T-Mobile U.S. shares.Bloomberg reported last month that SoftBank was nearing an agreement to sell about $20 billion of its T-Mobile U.S. sh

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UN chief asks leading companies to take bold action to address global risks

Video:UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on June 15, 2020,asksthe world's leading companies to take bold action to address environmental,social and governance risks. (Xinhua)"Now more than ever, as

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SoftBank share buybacks near $3 billion despite May slowdown

SoftBank's share buybacks slowed in May, a company filing showed on Friday, although total purchases to support its share price since March reached 312 billion yen (2.9 billion U.S. dollars).The buyb