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APD | South Koreans keen on online shopping amid coronavirus epidemic

By APD writer AliceSouth Koreans are increasingly keen on shopping online for daily necessities as they fear the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by a new

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China's policy bank lends more with special reloans for epidemic control

China's rural policy bank has offered loans worth 805 million yuan (about 115.23 million U.S. dollars) using special re-lending funds for national efforts to contain a

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Solar Orbiter launched to take first pictures of Sun's poles

United Launch Alliance (ULA), a U.S. launch service provider, on Sunday sent the Solar Orbiter spacecraft on a journey to snap the first pictures of the Sun's north and south poles. A ULA Atlas V

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French soldiers kill more than 30 Islamist militants in Mali

FILE PHOTO: French soldiers of the “Belleface” Desert Tactical Group (GTD) set up camp for the night in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 27, 2019. /Reuters

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Iran aborts "powerful" cyber attack on telecom network

A senior Iranian telecommunication official said that a "powerful" distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that targeted Iran's telecom services on Saturday mornin

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IRGC Commander Promises to Reveal New Information About Missile Strikes on US Targets in Iraq Soon

The first week of January saw a drastic spike in tensions between the US and Iran after the assassination of Iran’s elite Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani; Iran ret

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Commissioner's office of Chinese foreign ministry in HKSAR refutes Patten's remarks on HK

The spokesperson of the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday refuted wrong rema

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What to know about World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is Tuesday, February 4. People are using the occasion to share facts about the second leading cause of death in the world, as well as helping families, survivors and current patients

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Ethiopian PM inaugurates Chinese-built 254 MW hydro dam

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday inaugurated the Chinese built 254 Mega Watts (MW) Genale Dawa III hydro dam project. The Ethiopia Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Selesh

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China encourages life insurance companies to cover coronavirus in plans

China's top banking and insurance regulator will enhance supervision on insurance services amid the coronavirus outbreak, encouraging life insurance companies to inclu

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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ provides a gripping, painful look at competitive cheerleading

“Cheer,” a new documentary series on Netflix, may be singlehandedly changing the way many people think about cheerleading.The show follows the competitive cheerleading team at Navarro Col

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Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm

NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using a custom robotic platform in space.The space infrastructure

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Britain confirms 2 cases of novel coronavirus

Two patients have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Britain, the Department of Health and Social Care announced on Friday, the first such cases in Britain. The two patients are members of the

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Medloop secures €6M from Kamet Ventures and AXA for self-service patient app

Medloop, which allows patients to manage healthcare needs and providers, has secured €6 million from Kamet Ventures and AXA.The cash will be used to enhance its product offering and continue expansion

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Expert explains use of anti-HIV drugs for treating novel coronavirus

"At this critical moment, we can take special measures to help patients if there are no other treatment methods," Zeng Guang, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Pre

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New species of 'walking' shark discovered in Australia

00:39 Recently, scientists have discovered four new species of sharks that can "walk" in coastal waters around northern Australia and the island of New Guinea. These sharks, also calle

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Google’s Dataset Search comes out of beta

Google today announced that Dataset Search, a service that lets you search for close to 25 million different publicly available datasets, is now out of beta. Dataset Search first launched in September