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'Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho to head Venice Film Festival jury

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, whose 2019 feature "Parasite" swept four Oscars including the Academy Award for Best Picture last year, has been selected as jury president of the 78th Internat

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Prince William worried about strain on UK emergency workers

Prince William says he is concerned about the mental health of U.K. ambulance drivers, police officers and other first responders who are being exposed to extraordinary levels of trauma and death

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COVID-19 infections top 2 million in Germany

More than two million COVID-19 infections have already been officially registered in Germany since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announc

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Global COVID-19 deaths pass 2m mark: Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19-related deaths passed the two million mark while the caseload worldwide has surpassed 93 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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WhatsApp delays enforcement of privacy terms by 3 months, following backlash

WhatsApp said on Friday that it won’t enforce its new data-sharing policy until May 15, weeks after news about the new terms created confusion among its users, exposed the Facebook-app to a pote

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Original Tintin painting fetches $3.9 million at French auction

The painting features Tintin and his dog Snowy emerging from a porcelain jar in front of a depiction of a Chinese dragon. /APAn original painting by Tintin creator, Her

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COVID-19 infections top 2 million in Germany

People wearing face masks queue to enter a shop in Munich, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. /Xinhua More than two million COVID-19 infections have already been officially registered in Germany since th

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China's cross-border e-commerce plays vital role in global trade

China's cross-border e-commerce is becoming the latest driving engine for the country's foreign trade, which gained great momentum last year in a time of COVID-19 reces

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VW, Audi cut German output on semiconductor shortage

German car giant Volkswagen and its subsidiary Audi said Thursday they would temporarily cut production and furlough workers as the auto industry suffers from a shortage of vital computer chips.Volks

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Proud Boys, the Western chauvinist men's club on 'stand by'

A flag of the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist organization, is seen as Donald Trump supporters gather for a Donald Trump Cruise Rally at Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, U.S., Septembe

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China's digital currency now in pilot test in Shanghai

02:38 The digital renminbi (RMB) or the yuan, a virtual currency administered by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, has arrived in full in Shanghai.After te

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Netflix releases latest diversity numbers

Netflix has released its first-ever diversity and inclusion report. Though, it’s not the first time Netflix has shared this type of data. Netflix has shared representation numbers since 2013, bu

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Amazon launches mobile-only Prime Video subscription in India

Amazon is doubling down on one of the biggest strengths of Prime Video streaming service: Aggressive pricing.The e-commerce giant on Wednesday launched Prime Video Mobile Edition, an even more afforda

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From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks

A macaque monkey attempts to eat a face mask, used as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19, left behind by a passerby in Genting Sempah in Malaysia’s Pahang state on October 30

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App stores saw record 218 billion downloads in 2020, consumer spend of $143 billion

Mobile adoption continued to grow in 2020, in part due to the market forces of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to App Annie’s annual “State of Mobile” industry report, mobile app do

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Signal’s Brian Acton talks about exploding growth, monetization and WhatsApp data-sharing outrage

Brian Acton is crossing paths again with Facebook. Over more than a decade of building and operating WhatsApp, the company’s co-founder first competed against and then sold his instant messaging

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Twitter, sanity checks and women's rights

People attend a culture and tourism festival themed on Dolan and Qiuci culture in Awat County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 25, 2019. /Xinhua