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Biden optimistic on addressing COVID-19, 'tired' of talking Trump

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., February 16, 2021. /Reuters Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and the reaction to Donald Trump's second i

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Pandemic-hit BP sees first loss in a decade

BP's new chief executive Bernard Looney gives a speech in central London, Britain, February 12, 2020. /Reuters BP plunged to a $5.7-billion loss last year, its first in a decade, as the pandem

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Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space for first time

A modified Boeing 747 jetliner taking a Virgin Orbit rocket prior to its takeoff on a key drop test of the company's high-altitude launch system for satellite from Mojave, California, U.S., July

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Trump's China tech war backfires on automakers as chips run short

A 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 24, 2019. /Reuters Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines because of a global shortag

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NYSE reverses plans to delist China’s three big telcos

In an unexpected turn, the New York Stock Exchange said Monday that it no longer intends to delist China’s three major telecoms operators, a decision that was originally announced on December 31

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Germany mulls delaying 2nd COVID vaccine shot, Denmark approves delay

Germany was weighing on Monday whether to allow a delay in administering a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer to make scarce supplies go further, after a similar move by

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New FAA rule requires Remote ID for drones

The FAA today announced that it will be issuing two new rules for drone pilots in the U.S. The first is the implementation of a long-awaited Remote ID. The system effectively works as a kind of digita

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Monkey Mania: Life partners and caring parents among monkeys

Coppery titi, as its name suggests, is a small monkey with a copper-red coat all over its body. Weighing less than one kilogram, this species has a relatively large range in a pristine region of the

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Researchers simulate lunar surface on Earth for Chang'e-5 mission

VCGAs millions of people watched the lander-ascender combination of China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft touched down successfully on the moon surface and unfolded its solar pa

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Tsunami of 1.56 billion masks triggers new wave of marine pollution

More than 1.56 billion discarded face masks used as a preventive measure to contain the novel coronavirus transmission will enter oceans in 2020, aggravating plastic pollution and threatening mari

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Australian museum to attain one of world's most intact dinosaur fossils

Australia's largest museum will soon be home to one of the most intact and finely preserved Triceratops fossils in the world.Museum Victoria announced Wednesday a 67-mi

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Tech stocks sell off sharply as market looks at COVID-19 numbers, whispers ‘oh f***’

The American stock market is struggling today, with tech stocks in particular taking extra stick.After European stocks tanked on the back of COVID-19 concerns, American stocks are following suit. Tech

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Eurozone PMI drops to 4-month low in October due to second wave virus

Reuters Eurozone economy fell back into decline with its PMI indicator dropping to four-month low in October, due to a second wave of coronavirus hit the services sector, a IHS Markit survey s

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UK sees record Q3 retail sales growth in post-lockdown rebound

A sales sign of a retail shop on Oxford Street in London, Britain, January 17, 2020. /CGTN British retail sales beat expectations in September to cap a record quarter of growth that took total

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US approves experimental drug used by Trump to treat COVID-19 patients

President Donald Trump was treated with remdesivir when he recovering from coronavirus.

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S. African song inspires the world to shake off COVID-19 blues

From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people globally, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves dancing to South African house song "Jerusalema

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Amazon removes the $500 Prime Bike, says it has nothing to do with the Peloton knock-off

Yesterday, a fitness equipment maker called Echelon Fitness announced its latest product, the so-called Prime Bike. At $500, it’s nearly a clone of Peloton’s $1,900 product. The company sa