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Na and Bocelli perform closing song of upcoming war epic 'The Eight Hundred'

The Eight Hundred, an epic Chinese war movie directed by award-winning filmmaker Guan Hu, is slated for release on Aug 21, 2020.Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Chinese pop singer Na Ying perform the

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Oscar-winning war epic '1917' tops China's box office

Sam Mendes' highly-anticipated film, 1917, debuted at the top of China's box office last weekend.The war epic, which won three awards for best sound mixing, best cinematography and best visual

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Urgent: Global COVID-19 cases surpass 20 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 20 million on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 20,001,019, with a

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Google Maps comes to Apple’s watchOS and CarPlay dashboard

Google Maps is now also available on the Apple Watch so you can get your walking, biking and driving directions right on your wrist.Don’t expect to get a full-blown Maps app on your wrist, thoug

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Amazon relaunches Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming

Amazon Prime is highlighting its offerings for gamers today with the launch of a service called Prime Gaming.This is a new version of Twitch Prime, a service that Amazon launched four years ago tied

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Chinese market exception in Marriott's bigger-than-expected loss

Logo of Marriott hotel is seen in Russia. /VCG U.S. hotel operator Marriott International posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday, as the coronavirus crisis curbed global travel

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VPN booms as countries around the world mull TikTok bans

As countries around the world ban or threaten to restrict TikTok, interest in virtual private networks has spiked.The use of VPNs can let users access an online service from an encrypted tunnel and t

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Scientists try to create first rhino test tube baby to save near-extinct species

Experts hope a southern white rhino called Karen can save the northern white rhino from extinction after decades of poaching.

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Five global oil giants cut assets by $50 billion in Q2

The world's five largest oil companies collectively cut the value of their assets by nearly 50 billion U.S. dollars in the second quarter, and slashed production rates as the coronavirus pandemic

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Christopher Nolan season helps revive Chinese film market

A Chinese poster of Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" [Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.] Warner Bros. announced on Thursday that Christopher Nolan's long-awaited spy sci-fi blockbuster "Tenet" would hi

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news ( Aug. 01 - Aug. 07 )

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Trump signs order ba

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Beirut blast a wake-up call on dangers of ammonium nitrate: experts

Bags containing ammonium nitrate fertilizer are dispalyed in an agricultural trader in Vieillevigne, France, October 7, 2016. /Reuters The devastating explosion in Beirut should be a wake-up c

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Hear how working from home is changing startups and investing at Disrupt 2020

Let’s just say it has been a year. While a few ambitious startups like InVision and GitLab built their corporate cultures and talent hiring with a remote-first mentality, the reality is that the vast

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U.S. political suppression of non-American firms doomed to boomerang: China

Saying that reckless political manipulation and suppression of certain non-American firms by the United States is doomed to "boomerang," China on Friday urged Washingt

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Are media choosing sides in Trump's TikTok drama?

16:31 TikTok, arguably the hottest social media app out there at this moment, has captured the imagination of millions of users worldwide – over 100 million in the U.S.

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Spotlight: Multilateral cooperation in urgent need as global COVID-19 cases exceed 19 mln

The dire situation that global COVID-19 cases have topped 19 million has sounded a fresh alarm that the ravaging pandemic is far from withering away, and that the worl

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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 19 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 19 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the global