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No time for conviviality: France imposes curfews to beat back coronavirus

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered a third of France’s population be put under nightly curfew on Wednesday to tackle a surging second wave of the coronavirus, say

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Circuit breaker lockdown: What is the science behind it and has it worked elsewhere?

Pressure is growing on the government to impose a short-term "circuit breaker" lockdown in England in a bid to get rising coronavirus cases under control.Some scientists have warned the newly announc

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PopSockets is working on MagSafe-compatible iPhone accessories

PopSockets will support Apple’s MagSafe technology, TechCrunch has confirmed — meaning you’ll soon be able to pop on and off these ubiquitous iPhone accessories without worrying abou

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China's online education industry witnessing "golden age"

02:46 Chinese children have quickly adapted to alternative ways of learning as the COVID-19 epidemic shuttered schools for months. Online education has therefore obtain

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Trump said to be improving but next 48 hours ‘critical’

President Donald Trump went through a “very concerning” period Friday and faces a “critical” next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital, his chi

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Trump’s diagnosis shows US vulnerability to the coronavirus

President Donald Trump’s startling COVID-19 diagnosis serves as a cruel reminder of the pervasive spread of the coronavirus and shows how tenuous of a grip the nation h

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How does the coronavirus make people ill? The WHO's Mike Ryan explains

07:52 It is more than eight months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency, but the number of questions on the nature of the virus, its effects

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Working for social justice isn’t a ‘distraction’ for mission-focused companies

In case you missed it: On Monday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote a company blog post titled “Coinbase is a mission focused company” which drew both praise and critique that has continu

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Barrett high-court vote against Obamacare not as certain as Democrats claim

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s comments suggesting she backed challenges to the Obamacare healthcare law do not ensure she would vote to invalidate it i

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The TikTok case tests U.S. professed values

A logo of the video-sharing social networking company TikTok's Los Angeles Office, Culver City, Los Angeles County, U.S., August 21, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Yuan Sha is an assistant resea

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: More Asian countries see cases decline

Editor's note:This is the 100th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone. As more Asian countries see decreasing COVID-19 case numbers, the tight lockdowns and restrictio

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Madrid resists government pressure to extend soft lockdown

Authorities in Madrid are expanding restrictions on movement to another eight areas of the Spanish capital, which is leading the country’s coronavirus contagion curve,

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Test and Trace is not going to reach everyone

We don't know much about how the second spike of COVID-19 cases is developing, but what we do know isn't encouraging.

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Trump again minimizes the coronavirus pandemic as officials warn of a fall surge

A new clash between Donald Trump's political goals and his duties to public health threatens to deprive America of presidential leadership in the critical weeks that wi

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'Everyone for himself' during COVID-19 will not work

Members of the public are seen by public information messages after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out new restrictions to last "perhaps six months" to slow the renewed spread of corona

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Microsoft brings data services to its Arc multi-cloud management service

Microsoft today launched a major update to its Arc multi-cloud service that allows Azure customers to run and manage workloads across clouds — including those of Microsoft’s competitors &

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Anti-restriction protests in London, Madrid: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES·The UK government will fine people who refuse an order to self-isolate up to $13,000 as the country suffers a sharp surge in coronavirus infections.·Dozens were arrested in the UK's cap