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After mysterious shutdown, Ford Detrick still shrouded in secrecy

03:44 The U.S. Army base known as Fort Detrick recently came to the spotlight after a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOF) questioned the base's transparency duri

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Gulf War syndrome 'likely caused by nerve gas' not depleted uranium, study finds

Researchers say none of those tested in the study were exposed to any significant amounts of the radioactive substance.

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One-third of U.S. military refusing COVID vaccine: Pentagon

Hickam 15th Medical Group host the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, February 9, 2021. /AP Pentagon officials said Wednesday that about one-third of the U.S. m

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Bitcoin soars to new high above $52,000; sustainability concerns rise

A bitcoin (virtual currency) coin, November 6, 2017. /Reuters Bitcoin surged to yet another record high on Wednesday, a day after the virtual currency vaulted to the $50,000 hurdle, even as an

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China's WTO envoy voices support for Okonjo-Iweala's appointment

00:23 China has again congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as first African and first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).Li Yihong, Minister

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Impeachment's partisan doom

Video evidence is presented on the third day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., February 11, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Eliza

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Egypt: Archaeologists unearth ancient beer factory in Abydos

The remains of a row of vats used for beer fermentation in a complex that may be the world's oldest high-production brewery, uncovered in Egypt's southern Abydos archaeological site. /AFP Amer

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Has the Biden administration turned a blind eye to WHO?

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t

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Ancient shell horn can still play a tune after 18,000 years

Two sides of a conch shell discovered in a French cave with prehistoric wall paintings in 1931. /AP A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known

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Spring Festival Gala hotly anticipated as holiday approaches

The annual Spring Festival Gala will be broadcast live on CCTV at 8 pm on Thursday (Feb 11) to celebrate the Spring Festival, the biggest traditional Chinese holiday. This year is the Year of the Ox,

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Facebook says it will remove more COVID-19 conspiracies that discourage vaccination

Vaccine misinformation has been around since well before the pandemic, but ensuring that anti-scientific conspiracies don’t get boosted online is more crucial than ever as the world races agains

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MIT is building a ‘one-stop shop’ for 3D-printing robots

Additive manufacturing has proven an ideal solution for certain tasks, but the technology still lacks more traditional methods in a number of categories. One of the biggest is the requirement for post

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CHIPS Alliance hires new director to push open-source chips ecosystem into next gear

Over the past two decades, there has been a complete revolution in software engineering driven by the rise of open source. Proprietary tools and libraries have widely given way to open-source librarie

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Bitcoin hits new high as Tesla reveals $1.5bn investment

The car maker's boss Elon Musk said recently that the electronic currency was on the verge of becoming more widely accepted.

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IPR court accepts Douyin's case against Tencent over alleged monopoly

ByteDance said on February 2, 2021 that its Chinese short-video app Douyin has filed a complaint with a court in Beijing to sue Tencent Holdings for monopolistic behavior. /VCG The Beijing Int

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China to introduce new regulations on personal data collection in apps

Mobile internet applications (apps) in China won't be allowed to collect personal data without users' consent or outside the necessary scope, as per new regulations fro

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The SAFE TECH Act proposes Section 230 reform, but law’s defenders warn of major side effects

The first major Section 230 reform proposal of the Biden era is out. In a new bill, Senate Democrats Mark Warner, Mazie Hirono and Amy Klobuchar propose changes to Section 230 of the Communications De