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Stotles secures funding for platform which brings transparency to government tenders, contracts

The public sector usually publishes its business opportunities in the form of ‘tenders,’ to increase transparency to the public. However, this data is scattered, and larger businesses have access to m

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Catholics in Portugal pray for an end of the COVID-19 pandemic

Thousands of Catholics gathered at the Fatima Sanctuary in Portugal, to pray for those impacted by COVID-19 and an end to the pandemic. As part of an annual pilgrimage that

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Google Meet and other Google services go down (Updated)

Google’s engineers aren’t having a good day today. This afternoon, a number of Google services went offline or are barely reachable. These services include Google Meet, Drive, Docs, Anal

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Beijing film festival opens, boosting confidence in recovery

Director Zhang Yimou delivers a speech at the launch ceremony of the 10th Beijing International Film Festival on Saturday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] More than a month after China re

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Peru to test China Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 3 trial

VCG Peru's Health authorities have approved a Phase 3 clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company announced on Chinese social m

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Germany's employment falls in Q2 due to COVID-19 crisis

The number of people in employment with place of work in Germany decreased seasonally-adjusted by 1.4 percent compared to the previous quarter to around 44.7 million in the second quarter (Q2) of

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Fauci: Herd immunity could lead to enormous death tolls in the U.S.

Enormous death tolls could occur if the U.S. allowed the coronavirus to spread unchecked in an attempt to try to achieve so-called herd immunity, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease

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Bomb explosion rocks Iraqi border crossing with Kuwait

A bomb was detonated near an Iraqi border crossing with neighboring Kuwait in southern Iraq, with casualties unclear yet, an Iraqi security source said on Monday. The

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Clock on China's BeiDou-3 lose only a second every 300 million years

00:41 The rubidium atomic clock is the "heart" of the BeiDou-3 satellites. It determines the craft's position accuracy, speed and time functions. Earlier, it usually to

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Nepal opens Mt. Qomolangma after nearly 5 months of shutdown

Nepal has opened Mt. Qomolangma and other Himalayan peaks from Thursday after a shutdown that had lasted for four and a half months, according to a Tourism Department

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Nolan's 'Tenet' to debut internationally ahead of US release

Warner Bros. announced Monday that Christopher Nolan's film Tenet will hit the big screen in over 70 countries worldwide starting on August 26 ahead of US release in select cities on September 3.T

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New Zealand cuts research to keep Antarctica virus free

Antarctica New Zealand says it was developing a managed isolation plan with multiple government agencies to ensure COVID-19 does not reach the continent. /AFP New Zealand said Tuesday it would

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Portugal stops waste imports to protect landfill space amid COVID-19

Portugal attracts huge quantities of foreign rubbish due to its low waste management fees. /VCG Photo Portugal has halted the importing of foreign trash until the end of the year to protect do

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Anxiety and Trauma on the rise in lockdown - Razor

07:03 From reports of post-traumatic stress in health workers to trauma and anxiety felt by children. Why is this pandemic proving to be as much a battle of the mind as it is of the bo

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Beijing experiences hot weather in holiday

Beijing experienced unusual hot weather into the May Day holiday, with temperatures in parts of the city reaching over 37 degrees Celsius on Friday. Half of the 20 nat

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Tunisia football team complex turned into COVID-19 patient center

The Tunisia Football Federation has committed the national team’s modern center to hosting hundreds of COVID-19 patients./Reuters The Tunisia Football Federation has committed the national tea

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Namibia postpones major tourism festival to 2021 due to COVID-19

Namibia has postponed one of the country's major tourism and investment festivals to 2021 due to COVID-19 outbreak, officials said Tuesday. The annual Luderitz Crayfish Festival is one of the