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Annual book fest in Hong Kong opens after one-year delay

The 31st Hong Kong Book Fair, which was postponed for a year due to COVID-19, opened here Wednesday when more than 700 exhibitors showcased a wide range of books and literary products.Organized by the

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Easy Eat AI raises $5M to help Southeast Asian restaurants digitize their operations

Easy Eat AI, a Singapore-based startup that wants to “transform restaurants into technology companies,” announced today it has raised $5 million in funding. Easy Eat AI offers an operating system for

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Airbnb listings lead to increased neighbourhood violence, study finds

"Airbnb removes social capital from the neighbourhood in the form of stable households, weakening the associated community dynamics," say the researchers.

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Semiconductor wafer producer SK Siltron CSS to invest $300M in US to boost EV supply chain

The United States has fallen behind China and Europe in the production and adoption of electric vehicles, especially from 2017 to 2020, according to a study by the International Council on Clean Trans

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Crypto startup Phantom banks funding from Andreessen Horowitz to scale its multichain wallet

While retail investors grew more comfortable buying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2021, the decentralized application world still has a lot of work to do when it comes to onboarding a

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At least 92 killed in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq

The death toll in Iraq’s coronavirus hospital fire has risen to 92 after some wounded people died from severe burns, state news agency INA and health officials said on Tuesday.More

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What is driving the rise in prices in the U.S.

There are several categories that are contributing to the rise in price in the U.S. Cars:The average cost of a new car is up 12%from last year in the U.S. Low stock and high demand

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The Art of the Party: Turning to Fight in Northern Shaanxi

02:03 The traditional Chinese ink and color painting "Turning to Fight in Northern Shaanxi" was created by artist Shi Lu in 1959.Shi depicted Chairman Mao Zedong standi

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Airbnb listings lead to increased neighbourhood violence, study finds

"Airbnb removes social capital from the neighbourhood in the form of stable households, weakening the associated community dynamics," say the researchers.

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Wang Yi notes SCO's role in facilitating peace process in Afghanistan

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should help push the situation in Afghanistan into a direction that serves the common interests of Afghanistan and other cou

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An Echo Dot designed by Diane von Furstenberg? Yeah, sure, why not

Earlier this year, Amazon launched Build It, a fun little program that lets customers preorder concept devices. Think about it like Indiegogo or Kickstarter, where the company will only actually make

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Australian PM says expert panel responsible for slow vaccine rollout as Sydney extends lockdown

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison blamed the expert panel on immunizations for the country's slow coronavirus vaccine rollout on Wednesday when the state of New

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Walmart will be bringing Symbotic robots to 25 distribution centers

Ask anyone who runs a fulfillment/warehouse robotics company what companies’ top motivation is for embracing automation and they’ll probably cite labor shortages or shipping speeds. The looming truth

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Russian insurtech and telemedicine startup BestDoctor raises $26M B from Winter Capital Partners

Last year we covered BestDoctor’s series A round when the Russian insurtech startup raised $4.5 million for its online medical insurance platform for corporates, which also offers telemedicine service

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Watch as a plane dumps thousands of fish into a lake

00:52 Thousands of fish were dropped from a plane into lakes in the U.S. state Utah, last Tuesday (July 6), to repopulate them with marine life.As the lakes are located in remote areas

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Google faces antitrust lawsuits in the U.S.

02:19 Tech giant Google, is facing a mountain of antitrust lawsuits in the U.S. brought on mainly by a coalition of individual states. They all center on Google's dominant role in the U

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UK's 5G rollout held up by sports clubs and churches who won't agree to rent cuts

Fox Lane Sports and Social Club in Lancashire won't accept a rent cut in exchange for use of a phone mast on its land.