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Navistar teams up with TuSimple to produce self-driving trucks by 2024

Navistar and TuSimple deepened their two-year relationship on Wednesday, announcing plans to develop and begin producing autonomous semi trucks by 2024.The strategic partnership includes Navistar ta

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UK to have independent inquiry into its handling of COVID-19 pandemic: PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) that there will be an independent inquiry into Britain's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. B

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U.S. Fed official warns of deep uncertainty amid resurgence in COVID-19 cases

Amid a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases, a U.S. Federal Reserve official on Tuesday warned of "a thick fog of uncertainty," noting that the economic recovery is lik

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French President Macron makes masks obligatory in public starting August 1

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the wearing of masks in public will now be compulsory, with the new measures taking effect from August 1.The measure

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How one Spanish city is using wastewater to fight COVID-19

In the ongoing battle against COVID-19, authorities in Spain are going to extreme levels in an effort to find out more about the virus.In Valencia, the study of fecal matter in wastewater samples has

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Blackstone’s growth investors lead a $200 million investment into Oatly, the oat milk juggernaut

Investors’ love affair with new, plant-based alternatives to animal products continues as Blackstone Growth, a (newish) investment vehicle from one of the world’s largest financial service

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France to make mask-wearing compulsory in all enclosed public places, says Macron

The French government will in next weeks make mask-wearing compulsory in all enclosed public places in order to contain the spread of coronavirus, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. "We have

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White House sidelines Fauci even as coronavirus cases soar

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 30, 2020. /AP Photo Despite spearheading the U.S. fight

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Japan reports 375 new cases of COVID-19 as fears of 2nd wave rise

The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 375 to reach 21,959, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities on Sunday, as fe

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Tokyo reports 206 new COVID-19 cases, over 200 for 3rd day

The Japanese capital of Tokyo reported 206 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the third straight day that new cases have topped 200, said the Tokyo metropolitan government. The latest daily figu

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APD | Alibaba outpaces Facebook to become 6th most valuable company in the world

By APD writer AliceThe shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Hong Kong market set a record on July 9 afternoon, raising its market capitalization to US$720 bill

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Facebook code change caused outage for Spotify, Pinterest and Waze apps

If you’re an iPhone user, odds are fairly good you spent a frustrating portion of the morning attempting to reopen apps. I know my morning walk was dampened by the inability to fire up Spotify. Plenty

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U.S. paper warns of problems in U.S.' handling of COVID-19 crisis

A significant number of younger COVID-19 patients in the United States end up with long-term health complications and the exponential spread of the disease will make t

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COVID-19 cases spike in Florida as economy opens up

04:06 Florida was one of the U.S. states that rushed to re-open after COVID-19 hit.Now, it may be paying the price. The state is coping with a dramatic spike in cases, drawing a wave o

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‘No code’ will define the next generation of software

It seems like every software funding and product announcement these days includes some sort of reference to “no code” platforms or functionality. The frequent callbacks to this buzzy term reflect a re

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COVID-19 transmission linked to fecal transmission and shared toilets

There is growing evidence that COVID-19 could be transmitted through faeces in sewage or shared lavatory facilities following studies carried out in China and Singapore. /AP There is growing e

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One in five German companies sees survival threatened by COVID-19: ifo

More than one in five German companies (27 percent) found their survival to be "at risk as a result of the coronavirus crisis," according to a company survey published by the ifo Institute on Monda