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My battle with coronavirus: 74 days of volunteering in Wuhan

Wearing a mask and a protective gown donated by a netizen, Lou drives his car to send immune globulin to Xiu Xiu's mother, a hospitalized COVID-19 patient, on Feb. 13,

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China's April air passenger numbers down 68.5% yoy

March 16, 2020 picture of people wearing face masks walk at Beijing Capital International Airport as the country tries to contain imported cases of coronavirus. /Reuters China's passenger numb

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UK femtech startup Astinno, which is working on a wearable to combat hot flushes, picks up grant worth $450k

London-based femtech hardware startup Astinno has picked up an Innovate UK grant worth £360k ($450k) to fund further testing of a wearable it’s developing for women experiencing a perimenopause

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Spotify Kids app rolls out blocking, listening history features for parents

Spotify is expanding the capabilities of its parental controls on its Spotify Kids app, aimed at children ages 3 and up on a parent’s Spotify Premium Family plan. Before, parents could only sele

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Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu wins F2 virtual Grand Prix

Zhou Guanyu wins the third place at FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 5 Race 1 in Norisring, Germany, July 1, 2017. /VCG Chinese racing driver Zhou Guanyu has won another victory follo

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College education changes destiny of Xinjiang herders

The parents of Gypar Sattwaldi, 24, and Qirhal Sattwaldi, 21, are the envy of their herding community; The two beautiful girls are college students. Gypar and Qirhal w

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COVID-19 delays Olympics, but can't break China's aquatic squad

Ye Shiwen of China finishes the women's 100-meter breaststroke competition in FINA Champions Swim Series in Guangzhou, April 27, 2019. /VCG Last week, the International Swimming Federation (FI

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Leaders balance optimism with threat of second virus wave

Olbia Ferrer looks at her family as they wave to her from their vehicle during a Mother's Day drive-by caravan to honor the mothers living at The Palace Renaissance & Royale, an assisted living f

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HKSAR gov't officials urge society, particularly youngsters, to deter violence

Photo taken on May 4, 2020 shows the Central district of Hong Kong, south China. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)Chief Secretary for Administration of China's HKSAR government Matt

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China Focus: Insomnia steals wealth from wakeful young Chinese

People visit a smart bedroom of Panasonic, which monitors its occupant's heart rate, breaths and sleep, at the Sci-tech Life exhibition area during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) i

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What recruiters are saying about the tech job market right now

Given the endless drumbeat of layoff announcements — with deep cuts by Airbnb and Uber garnering much of the industry’s attention this week — it’s reasonable to wonder: what ha

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Trump says killing of unarmed black jogger "very disturbing situation"

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man from the state of Georgia who was shot dead while jogging unarmed, was "a very disturbing situation." Trump

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UK Queen crowns day of events to mark 75th anniversary of VE Day

Britain, locked down by COVID-19 restrictions, celebrated on Friday the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), a landmark anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. Massive celeb

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Austria celebrates 75th anniversary of World War II's end online

With big-scale events still banned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Austria is celebrating the landmark 75th anniversary of the end of World War II online. For the first time since 2013, the Festiv

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Schools to reopen to over 84,000 junior three students in Beijing

Over 84,200 students in their final year of junior high school in Beijing will resume class starting from Monday, May 11 as the COVID-19 epidemic is under control, the

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Rare golden monkeys born in China's Shaanxi

Two healthy golden snub-nosed monkeys, one of the most endangered species in the world, were born in a wildlife breeding center in northwest China's Shaanxi Province,

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How did VE Day shape modern Europe?

On 8 May 1945, World War II officially ended in Europe, where it had begun precisely 1,953 days earlier. Hitler, surrounded by Allied troops, had killed himself in his underground bunker in Berlin on