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Books experience comeback under COVID-19 lockdowns

A woman looks through the shop window of British book retail shop Waterstones in Crewe, Cheshire, UK, November 18, 2020. /Getty For years, experts predicted the death of the book, as people tu

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COVID-19: Chinese vaccine could be a way out of a world crisis

03:30 The COVID-19 vaccine has topped Science magazine's list of 10 scientific breakthroughs for 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives, all eyes are on the creatio

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Live updates: Global COVID-19 cases top 90 million

Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have topped 90 million, with nearly two million fatalities and more than 50 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).Her

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Trump's NJ, Scottish golf courses stripped off 2022 tours

South Korean golfer Lee Jeong-eun (second left) hits a shot on the first hole during the U.S. Women's Open Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, U.S., July 16, 2017. /CFP Two

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Man City boss Guardiola confused by football's coronavirus rules

Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, gestures on the touchline during their FA Cup match with Birmingham City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, January 10, 2021. /CFP Manches

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India readies colossal coronavirus vaccine rollout

India aims to begin vaccinating its 1.3 billion people against coronavirus from Saturday, a colossal and complex task compounded by safety worries, shaky infrastructure

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Following riots, alternative social apps and private messengers top the app stores

Alternative social media apps including MeWe, CloutHub and other privacy-focused rivals to big tech, are topping the app stores following Trump’s ban from mainstream social platforms like Facebo

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Tech firms ban Parler from platforms as Trump seeks new online megaphone

The two-year-old magnet for the far right claims it has more than 12 million users, many of whom use hate speech.

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Belgium's COVID-19 death toll tops 20,000

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk on a street in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 15, 2020. /Xinhua Belgium has recorded a total of 20,038 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic,

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China remains Mercedes-Benz's main sales driver in 2020

A Mercedes-Benz car displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Beijing, China, September 26. /CFP Daimler's Mercedes-Benz achieved double-digit growth of 11.7 percent in its

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Indonesian plane crash: Suspected debris found in the sea

00:29 A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was

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2020: Louvre visitor numbers drop by 70% due to COVID-19 restrictions

00:53 The Louvre Museum, the world's biggest art museum, suffered a plunge of 72 percent in visitor numbers last year as a series of COVID-19 restrictions kept art lovers away, it said

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Impact of China's ban on all imports of solid waste

29:33 China has instituted a sweeping ban on all imports of solid waste starting the first day of this year. Formerly the world's largest recipient of overseas waste, how will China’s

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BioNTech: Current vaccine effective on new COVID-19 variants

04:39 Germany's BioNTech said its vaccine has continued to be effective, after the World Health Organization warned that more countries have found new variants of the COVID-19 virus, s

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Natural disasters cost $210bn in 2020, the world's joint-hottest year

Damage from global natural disasters brought on by climate change cost hundreds of billions of dollars last year. /Denis Lovrovic/AFP Financial losses caused by natural disasters worldwide las

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China will continue to boost consumption, opening-up

People are seen shopping on the Nanjing Road in Shanghai, China. /VCG China will further unleash its consumption potential to foster a strong domestic market, while taking opening-up to a high

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First detector array built at China's advanced cosmic ray observatory

The three ponds of the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA). /IHEPThe first detector array at the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), sitting 4,410 me