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Vibrant raises $7.5M for a drug-free mechanical pill to treat constipation

Vibrant, a medical technology company that’s developed a disposable vibrating pill to treat chronic constipation, today announced its Series E for $7.5 million. The company is based in Tel Aviv and is

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State TV: Explosion kills 1, wounds 3 in southeastern Iran

An explosion Sunday killed one person and wounded three others in the restive southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan, state TV reported, as details abo

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France's third wave, Lithuania halts Astra jab: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- France has entered a third wave of the pandemic following a surge in new infections , according to Prime Minister Jean Castex, who added that the varian

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Sri Lanka to take time to consider proposed ban on burqa

Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious ext

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Swiss vote on proposal to ban face coverings in public

Swiss voters decide Sunday on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas use

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Champions League: Real Madrid barely scrape past 10-man Atalanta

L-R: Lucas Vazquez, Ferland Mendy and Nacho of Real Madrid celebrate after scoring a goal in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first-leg game against Atalanta at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, It

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South Korea’s prime minister has joined Clubhouse

After garnering an estimated 8 million downloads since its launch, Clubhouse’s popularity continues across the world and even outside of its original tech-focused seed community.The latest news comes

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The COVID-19 revolution

A nurse shows a vial of a COVID-19 vaccine at a health center in Ankara, Turkey, February 8, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada from 2000-17, is a member

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How a children's toy could revolutionize health monitoring

11:10 Inside a small laboratory at the University of California, scientists have developed monitoring technology that could identify ill health before people fall sick and end the use

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Golden Globe noms set tone for Hollywood's pandemic awards season

The statues of the Golden Globes Awards /AFP The unveiling of the Golden Globes nominations on Wednesday will jumpstart a Hollywood awards season like no other, with pandemic-related theater c

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Kindred Ventures just closed its second fund with $100 million in capital commitments

Two years after launching its $56 million debut fund, Kindred Ventures, a San Francisco-based pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund founded by Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela, has closed its second fund

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What does World Hijab Day look like in Ukraine?

It’s World Hijab Day, an annual celebration of the headscarf traditionally worn by Muslim women. A group of activists from the Ukrainian Association of Muslim Women used the occasion to bring awarene

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CDC orders sweeping U.S. transportation mask mandate as COVID-19 rages

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday requiring the use of face masks on nearly all forms of public transportati

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The GOP's fake budget hawks

Editor's note: Jeffrey Frankel is Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.High among U.S.

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Biden signs burst of virus orders, vows ‘Help is on the way’

With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that America’s war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising an anxious nation progress t

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In 2020, VCs invested $428M into US-based startups every day

Despite a pandemic that sparked a global recession, 2020 was still a record year for venture capital investments into American startups.According to data shared by PitchBook and the National Venture C

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From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks

A macaque monkey attempts to eat a face mask, used as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19, left behind by a passerby in Genting Sempah in Malaysia’s Pahang state on October 30