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China-led study shows world's oceans hottest on record in 2019

The world's oceans in 2019 were the warmest in recorded human history, according to a study conducted by an international team of 14 scientists from 11 institutes worldwide. The study also found that

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ITF, Grand Slams pledge additional $400,000 to bushfire relief efforts

Logos relating to Australian bushfire relief efforts are shown during the inaugural 24-nation tennis event ATP Cup in Sydney, Australia, January 11, 2020. The International Tennis Federation (

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Disney+ was the most downloaded app in the U.S. in Q4 2019

U.S. consumers have shown strong interest in Disney’s new family-friendly streaming service, Disney+, according to new data from Sensor Tower, which focused app trends in the final quarter of 20

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Tsai Ing-wen's victory does not spell end of reunification talks

Editor's note: Lionel Vairon is the president of CEC Consulting company and senior researcher at the Charhar Institute of international relations and public diplomacy in Beijing. He is a former jo

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Travel aggregator Omio hops over the pond to launch in North America

Travel aggregator platform Omio, which operates a multimodal transport planning and booking platform for intercity and long distance tips, has hopped over the pond to launch in North America — i

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Why does Geely want to sit in the driver's seat of 007 car?

Editor's Note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at ICBC in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The article reflects the author'

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Self-made 5,999-yuan sat phones hit Chinese market

After the country's first mobile communication satellite started offering services to domestic users on Saturday, the self-made satellite phones have also become available on the market.The price

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Tesla to open its first european factory in Germany

02:01 Electric car maker Tesla has been given the green light for a 300 hectare area in Germany for its first European factory, located just outside of Berlin. Elon Musk's US company a

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China Roundup: WeChat’s new focus on monetization

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. At the beginning of each year,

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Younger buyers and more women help boost Rolls-Royce

03:17 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars achieved a sales record in 2019, delivering more than 5,100 cars to customers around the world – a 25 percent increase on the previous year and the highest

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Scientists use rubber hands in OCD therapy

A new type of therapy using feces and fake rubber hands may be able to help patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) overcome their fears of touching contaminated surfaces, according to n

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Congratulations 23andMe users, your genes are finally helping the company make drugs

All of that genetic material that 23andMe has been collecting is finally being used for commercial drug development — specifically dermatological drugs.The company inked an agreement with Spanis

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Commentary: Xi's Myanmar visit to consolidate "Paukphaw" friendship

In 1950, Myanmar established diplomatic ties with China. Now, 70 years later, bilateral ties are embracing a new opportunity for development as Chinese President Xi Ji

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China-made HPV vaccine comes to the rescue

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide and the sixth most common in China. And there's a way to prevent it: HPV vaccination. What is HPV?Did you know that human papill

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Beijing accuses Washington of limiting AI software exports

The trade deal between China and the U.S. is moving closer to completion. China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed on Thursday that Vice-Premier Liu He will travel to Washington on Monday to sign the p

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Plant-based pork launched at CES 2020

In the fashionable Kumi Japanese restaurant, over 100 hungry attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) clustered around food prep counters sizzling with woks to gorge themselves on a popular

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Geely, Mercedes-Benz launch $780 mln joint venture in E China

China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Germany's Mercedes-Benz announced on Wednesday the establishment of a China-based joint venture (JV) under the Smart brand.The two carmakers jointly invest