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Brazil works to find fossils and crackdown on smuggling

03:22 Brazil’s Cariri region is among the world​'s top spots for fossil research where well-preserved fossils are found in many places. But officials are also dealing with illegal traff

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Nigeria perennial kidnappings is a symptom of Africa's bane

Getty Editor's note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, scholar and lecturer at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columni

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Zhou Qi criticizes Xinjiang Flying Tigers on social media

Zhou Qi of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers looks on in the CBA playoff game against the Shandong Heroes in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 18, 2021. /CFP Chinese center Zhou Qi of both

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See how the SpaceX splashdown unfolded

03:31 After a six-and-a-half-hour trip from the International Space Station​, four astronauts on board the SpaceX​ Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday mornin

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Volunteers fight against COVID-19 in Brazil

02:28 The pandemic has created tremendous challenges for Brazil’s health care system. So the state of Sao Paulo created a ‘VolunteersRegistry’​early on -to find people willing to helpf

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'Hi, Mom' film makes Jia Ling world's highest-grossing female director

China's Spring Festival blockbuster "Hi, Mom" beat the 2017 American superhero film "Wonder Woman" at 5.39 billion yuan ($823 million) on Tuesday and made Chinese film director Jia Ling overtake P

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Gender-based violence has increased around the world during COVID-19

02:27 The United Nations says there’s ample evidence from around the world thatgender-basedviolencehas increased amid the pressures of theCOVID-19 pandemic.It’s even described the spik

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"Finding Yingying": New documentary honors Chinese scholar's life

03:43 The disappearance of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017 made international headlines.The search for Zhang and her family's fight for justice ended in a court decision not to

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Turing nabs $32M more for an AI-based platform to source and manage engineers remotely

As remote work continues to solidify its place as a critical aspect of how businesses exist these days, a startup that has built a platform to help companies source and bring on one specific category

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Argentina seeks wealth tax to help families impacted by COVID-19

02:23 Argentina​’s Senate is debating a one-off wealth tax that affects roughly 10,000 of the country’s richest citizens.It is aimed at raising over $3 billion for social spending to h

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Language learning app Duolingo confirms it has raised $35M on a $2.4B valuation

Last week, we reported that popular language learning app Duolingo, with 500 million total app downloads​, was raising $35 million on a valuation of at least $2.21 billion — the latest chapter i

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Deep Vision announces its low-latency AI processor for the edge

Deep Vision, a new AI startup that is building an AI inferencing chip for edge computing solutions, is coming out of stealth today. The six-year-old company’s new ARA-1 processors promise to str

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Google removes 3 Android apps for children, with 20M+ downloads between them, over data collection violations

When it comes to apps, Android leads the pack with nearly 3 million apps in its official Google Play store. The sheer volume also means that sometimes iffy apps slip through the cracks.Researchers at

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Extend banks $40M to bring a new approach to the old game of extended warranties

Extended warranties — those offers to add an extra year or two to an existing product warranty to give you a little more peace of mind in case something goes wrong with something you’ve pu

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Narrator raises $6.2M for a new approach to data modelling that replaces star schema

Snowflake went public this week, and in a mark of the wider ecosystem that is evolving around data warehousing, a startup that has built a completely new concept for modelling warehoused data is annou

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China stocks rise as economic rebound hopes stay intact

China stocks rose marginally on Wednesday as investor confidence in the country's economic upswing stayed intact, though a drop in financials tamed the broader market's strength.At the midday brea

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Walmart’s Flipkart rolls out voice assistant to make shopping easier

Flipkart is rolling out a voice assistant feature to its platform to make it easier for consumers to shop as the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant looks to expand its reach in the nation.The AI-powered