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Maradona still in hospital with post-surgery complications

Gymnasia y Esgrima coach Diego Maradona has a surgery for a blood clot in his brain. /CFP Diego Maradona, widely considered one of the all-time football greats, is suffering from complications

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Uzbek woman grows paulownia trees nationwide to reduce poverty

Sojida Jabborova (L) and her colleague pose for a photo with paulownia trees in a greenhouse in Samarkand region, central Uzbekistan, October 8, 2020. /Xinhua Sojida Jabborova, once a dentist

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No 10 rebuked over data used in lockdown news briefing

The official statistics watchdog has issued a rare rebuke to the government and its scientific advisors, warning that their use of coronavirus data could "confuse the public and undermine confidence

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Study shows cities with ride-hailing services report lower rates of sexual assault

Since Uber’s launch in 2010, ride-hailing has grown to one of the most dominant transportation modes in many cities. Thanks to ride-hailing, travelers no longer need to wave a hand to taxicabs in hop

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WhatsApp receives approval to expand its payments service in India

WhatsApp, which began testing its payments service in India with 1 million users in early 2018, can finally start to expand the feature to more users in the world’s second largest internet mark

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Google and Walmart face growth hurdles as India caps payments transactions

Google and Walmart have a new challenge ahead of them as they race to expand the reach of their payments apps in India: They won’t be permitted to grow beyond a limit.National Payments Corporation of

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CIIE: Exhibitors welcome President Xi's speech

01:17 Exhibitors at the third China International Import Expo (CIIE)in Shanghai have welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech, which he delivered via video link at the event's op

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Reliance Retail raises $1.3 billion from PIF

The Public Investment Fund, which has this year invested $1.5 billion in Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture Jio Platforms and more than half a billion dollars in his fiber-optic business, has retur

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Aramco profits plunge but oil giant still pays dividends

02:59 Profits at the world's biggest oil company, Saudi Aramco, have almost halved as the industry struggles amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The state-owned Saudi Arabian oil giant posted f

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Tencent claims record 100M daily users on mobile game Honor of Kings

At its five-year anniversary gala graced by celebrities, esports stars and orchestras, Tencent’s mobile game Honor of Kings said it has crossed 100 million daily active users. The title has not

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China to pursue more balanced development in the long run

VCG In addition to shifting from the numerical GDP growth target, China vows to pursue "common prosperity" through regional development and urbanization.Achieving more substantial progress in

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WeWork employees used an alarmingly insecure printer password

A shared user account used by WeWork employees to access printer settings and print jobs had an incredibly simple password — so simple that a customer guessed it.Jake Elsley, who works at a WeWork in

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HKSAR launches dispute settlement procedures in accordance with WTO mechanism on U.S. new requirement on origin marking

The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday formally launched procedures in accordance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) D

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U.S. Senate resolution on Uygur 'genocide' is a ruthless provocation

People attend a culture and tourism festival themed on Dolan and Qiuci culture in Awat County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 25, 2019. /Xinhua

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Africa must prepare for second COVID wave, disease control group says

The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Africa weeks after it hit Asia, Europe and North America. /AP COVID-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa and governments should step up preparatio

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Wall Street tumbles 3%, Dow at late July lows as coronavirus surges

Reuters U.S. stocks tumbled Wednesday, with the Dow closing at lows last seen in late July, as coronavirus cases surged globally and investors worried about the possibility of a contested U.S.

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Responding to Pompeo's anti-China message in India, Beijing calls it a lie

Just a week ahead of America's presidential election, senior U.S. officials stepped up their anti-China message – widely pushed by the Trump administration – during a v