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Tier Mobility acquires Coup’s electric moped scooters

Tier Mobility operates a scooter service, the kick-scooter-with-a-motor kind. And it has acquired assets from Coup, a now defunct scooter service, the moped kind. Coup shut down late last year, and T

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UEFA monitors coronavirus, not yet clear if Euro 2020 impacted

Jorginho of Italy scores a goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match between Italy and Greece in Rome, October 12, 2019. /VCG It is not yet clear whether Euro 2020 will be affected by th

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U.S. current monetary policy appropriate despite COVID-19 threat: Fed official

While the COVID-19 outbreak poses a threat to the U.S. economic growth, the current stance of monetary policy likely will remain appropriate, U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said Tue

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Malawi to hold repeat presidential poll on May 19

Malasi’s President Peter Mutharika speaks during a past United Nations General Assembly in New York. A court overturned the result of last year’s vote, citing widespread irregularities. /Reuters

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Italy's government looking into price gouging for items connected to coronavirus

Italy's Ministry of Economy said Tuesday it was looking into cases of possible price gouging on items being used to protect citizens against the spread of the novel coronavirus. In recent days there

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WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Hrafnsson Briefly Banned From Assange Hearings With No Explanation

The week-long hearing, which started on 24 February, will determine whether the WikiLeaks' founder will be extradited to the US at Washington's request. The US is seeki

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NASA unveils InSight lander's findings on Mars

NASA has published a set of six papers this week describing its InSight lander's findings above and below the surface of Mars. These findings reveal a planet alive with quakes, dust devils and stran

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Disney blocks John Oliver’s new episode critical of India’s PM Modi

Disney-owned Hotstar, India’s largest on-demand video streaming service with more than 300 million users, has blocked the newest episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” that was critica

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Molekule hopes to clear the air with $58 million in Series C funding and Berkeley Lab’s seal of approval

Silicon Valley air purifier startup Molekule was born out of an idea Dr. Yogi Goswami had back in the ’90s using photo-voltaic technology to kill air pollutants. His son, a young boy at the tim

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Italian stocks suffer major losses amid coronavirus fears

Italian stocks on Monday suffered their biggest two-day drop in nearly a year and a half, as investors were worried about the impact of COVID-19 on the country's economy. The blue-chip index on the

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Answer Bank: Can COVID-19 recur after recovery?

Li Yueyun/CGTN A cured patient of the COVID-19 in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, tested positive for the disease again on February 19 – 10 days after being discharged

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Hearing over WikiLeaks founder's extradition to U.S. begins in London

A court in London started Monday a legal hearing to decide whether the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States. Facing up to 18 char

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Iran rejects reported Qom death toll of 50 from new virus

A staggering 50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus this month, a lawmaker was quoted as saying on Monday, even as the Health Ministry

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Former WHO regional director Omi says "too early" to think about Tokyo Olympics

Omi Shigeru, former Regional Director of World Health Organization (WHO) West Pacific, said it is "too early" to think about the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 71-year-old t

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'Namaste Trump' will be an event of pledges and reassurances

Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions a

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Answer Bank: Can COVID-19 spread via clothes, hair or skin?

"The chance of the virus infecting people via contaminated clothes is extremely low," said Feng Zhaolu, a researcher with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at a press br

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China table tennis team in limbo amid coronavirus outbreak

Chinese Table Tennis Association president Liu Guoliang during an event in Chengdu, October 19, 2019. /VCG Chinese Table Tennis Association president Liu Guoliang said on Friday that they have