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Scores injured in Nairobi after COVID-19 food donation turns chaotic

Kibera is home to thousands of poor people who depend on manual jobs for a living. Scores of people were injured in Kenya's Kibera informal settlement area on Friday after a stampede erupted a

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IMF says global growth will turn "sharply negative" in 2020

The International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Thursday said the global growth will turn sharply negative in 2020, noting that "we anticipate the worst economic fallout since

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NW China province donates medical supplies to foreign cities

A batch of medical supplies donated by Yongchang County in northwest China's Gansu Province is on its way to aid the city of Bra in Italy to fight the novel coronaviru

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Moroccan king orders use of military medical facilities to fight COVID-19 outbreak

Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Sunday ordered the military to turn over all its medical facilities and staff, as part of the government's response to the COVID-19 outbre

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Netflix will reduce streaming quality in Europe for 30 days

Earlier today, we learned that EU Commissioner Thierry Breton had called for Netflix to reduce streaming quality in Europe — a move to limit its overall bandwidth usage as more users turn to streaming

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Slovakia faces climate change, water shortage and deforestation

02:23 Recent reports claim that due to climate change, Slovakia might be depleted of half of its water resources in the next decades.Slovakia has one of the most abundant freshwater su

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New James Bond film 'No Time To Die' postponed by seven months due to COVID-19

The release date for the new James Bond film, 'No Time To Die' has been postponed by seven months due to COVID-19.The film, which will feature Daniel Craig for the fina

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New James Bond film 'No Time To Die' postponed due to COVID-19

Stars had been expected to turn out for the premier of the film in London on 31 March. /Photo Courtesy: James Bond - Twitter The release date for the new James Bond film, 'No Time To Die' has

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Mars aims to ensure supplies for pets affected by COVID-19

02:05 A century-old global food manufacturer aims to ensure needed supplies of pet food and access to veterinary services for the millions of pets affected by the coronavirus outbreak

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Disasters at the turn of the year

A number of disasters have hit the world at the turn of the year, including the bushfires in Australia, the locust invasion, a severe flu season, and the COVID-19 epidemic. Only with concerted effort

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Iran's Khamenei says enemies' plots against nation are doomed to fail

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic should become strong enough to confront enemies' plots, state TV reported on Saturday."We should beco

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IndieBio helps entrepreneurs build ground-breaking biotech

02:01 Twice a year, 15 early stage biology companies move to downtown San Francisco to take part in an intense four-month program that moves beyond their PhD's and post-doctoral traini

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Recommendations for fintech startups navigating the procurement process

The expanding scope of fintech has been well documented in these digital pages. Payments, investing, financial planning and lending often spring to mind as “classic” fintech startups, but other busine

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China steps up public transport coronavirus quarantine

China has ramped up quarantine measures on public transport by demanding the immediate isolation and transfer to the nearest observation stations of coronavirus infect

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IBM snaps out of revenue doldrums, breaking a five-quarter losing streak in Q4

International Business Machines is living a case study of a large, established company vying to transform. Over the last decade, the technology elder has struggled to move into areas like cloud and AI

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U.S. stocks open mixed amid earnings

U.S. stocks opened mixed on Wednesday amid a slew of mixed corporate earnings reports. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 35.29 points, or 0.12 percent, to 28,904.

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Party school holds graduation ceremony

The Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Wednesday held a graduation ceremony for the 2019 autumn class. Chen Xi, a member of the Po