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Is depoliticizing social media an answer to tackling misinformation?

Screenshots of the Parler app from the App Store are seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland, January 10, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-base

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Weights & Biases raises $45M for its machine learning tools

Weights Biases, a startup building tools for machine learning practitioners, is announcing that it’s raised $45 million in Series B funding.The company was founded by Lukas Biewald, Chris Van Pe

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Mistle thrushes enjoy winter berries in NW China's Xinjiang

Yesterday, flocks of birds with chubby appearances were seen in Chinese crabapple trees in Bole City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. These birds, w

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UK confident of COVID vaccinations after securing EU guarantees

Britain’s government is confident its COVID-19 vaccination programme is secure after receiving guarantees from the European Union, trade minister Liz Truss said on Sund

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EU admits blocking COVID-19 vaccine exports to UK a 'blunder'

A "No Hard Border" poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend, Ireland, October 16, 2019. /CFP EU officials confessed o

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U.S. consumer spending decreases further, inflation creeps up

People count money at Macy's Herald Square store during the early opening of the Black Friday sales in the Manhattan borough of New York, November 26, 2015. /Reuters U.S. consumer spending fel

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Huawei’s struggles hurt overall smartphone shipments in China, but rivals like Apple found new opportunities

The impact of United States government sanctions on Huawei is continuing to hurt the company and dampen overall smartphone shipments in China, where it is largest smartphone vendor, according to a new

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UK PM Johnson faces criticism over Scotland trip in lockdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced accusations Thursday that he is not abiding by the country’s lockdown rules as he visited Scotland to laud the rapid rollout

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China's central bank calls for global cooperation on anti-trust

China's financial regulators want to step up exchanges with international counterparts and strengthen cooperation on anti-trust issues, data treatment and consumer protection, Pan Gongsheng, deputy g

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A brief introduction to Longjing Tea, a Hangzhou specialty

Longjing Tea occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. /CFPFew teas occupy such a special place in the collective hearts and minds of Chinese

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UK study shows azithromycin, doxycycline ineffective in early COVID-19

A new study finds the widely-used antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline were generally ineffective against early-stage COVID-19. /CFP A British study found the widely-used antibiotics azith

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Chinese COVID-19 vaccines can be upgraded to deal with new variants

Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine is administered to a person in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, January 5, 2021. /CFPChina's COVID-19 vaccines based on the inactiv

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UK 'long way' off easing, Portugal's record deaths: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- Poland is likely to ease some of its restrictions from February 1 after the number of new daily cases slowed, deputy health ministerWaldemar Kraskasaid.- Sweden plans to bring In a tem

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DHS to pause some deportations during Biden's first 100 days to review policies

The Biden administration late Wednesday ordered a pause on some deportations for 100 days starting no later than Friday as it reviews enforcement policies.Acting Homela

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China's space program opens 2021 with communications satellite launch

00:40 China on Wednesday sent into space another mobile communications satellite aboard a Long March-3B rocket.The rocket, which lifted off from the Xichang Satellite L

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Changbai Mountains Nature Reserve releases wildlife footage

00:40 Changbai Mountains Nature Reserve administration recently released footage of wildlife activities in the region from last year.The camera captured a group of wild

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Resurgence in COVID-19 cases slows oil demand rebound: IEA

IEA lowered its forecast for global oil demand in the first quarter of 2021. /CFP Oil demand recovery will take a hit from a spike in new coronavirus cases before vaccine roll-outs and stimulu