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Air quality to be monitored in Kenya ahead of World U20 Championships

FILE PHOTO: A general view during the final of the men's 2000m steeplechase on day five of the IAAF U18 World Championships at The Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. (

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WHO chief: we must be guided by solidarity not stigma

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on the world to come together amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and be guided by solidarity and not

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Vice premier urges patient admission improvement amid epidemic

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Saturday required local hospitals to increase efficiency in treating patients amid the novel coronavirus outbreak during her inspect

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Central bank allocates 4 billion yuan in new banknotes to Wuhan

China's central bank has allocated 4 billion yuan in new banknotes to central China's Wuhan, said Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), on Saturday. The move aims to increa

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Egypt confirms first novel coronavirus case

The first case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Egypt, the health ministry announced on Friday. "A foreign person has tested positive for the coronavirus ... The case is stable and did

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'There will be dad and mum': Putin rules out Russia legalizing gay marriage

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin.He made clear he would not allow the traditional notio

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Syrian military helicopter shot down near Aleppo, crew killed – state media

A Syrian Army helicopter was destroyed by a missile during an operation against anti-government forces near Aleppo, and its crew was killed, Syrian state-run media repo

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is now in Florida to prep for its first flight with astronauts onboard

SpaceX has moved its Crew Dragon commercial astronaut spacecraft to Florida, the site from which it’ll launch in likely just two to three months’ time if all goes to plan. The Crew Dragon

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This co-op wants to put money back into patients’ hands

Too often, people are asked to give away their insights and time for free. Jen Horonjeff, founder and CEO of healthcare startup Savvy, knows this first hand and is trying to change that by applying a

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Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries.Last November, we surveyed 13 of

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Better know a CSO: Dropbox head of security Justin Berman

Justin Berman has one of the most important jobs at Dropbox.As head of security, he oversees the company’s cybersecurity strategy, its defenses and works daily to keep its more than 600 million

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Virgin Galactic relocates SpaceShipTwo ‘VSS Unity’ to its spaceport for preparations ahead of commercial flights

Virgin Galactic is one crucial step closer to actually flying paying customers to space: The space tourism company just relocated its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the VSS Unity, from its Mojave, California

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Big meditation money, new VC funds, and how do you value Airbnb?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.After having a good time with NEA’s Rick Yang last week, we thoug

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Tradeshift cuts headcount by three figures in effort to turn towards profitability

Last month, Tradeshift, a platform for supply chain payments that has achieved unicorn status in recent years, had some good news and some bad news. It announced a Series F funding round of $240 mill

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Will the China-U.S. trade deal be spoiled by a virus outbreak?

03:22 This Friday or February 14 is Valentine's Day, a celebration of romance around the world. It's also a day when Beijing and Washington show each other a little bit of love with th

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Death sentence upheld for high-profile doctor-killing case

The Higher People's Court of Beijing Municipality on Friday upheld the death sentence for Sun Wenbin, who was convicted of killing a doctor in a Beijing hospital where

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Shooting near Chinatown in Washington, D.C.

One person was pronounced dead after a shooting near the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday afternoon in Northwest, Washington, D.C., Police Department Chief Peter N