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Is the world ready for the spread of COVID-19?

02:13 Millions around the world are worried about the spread of COVID-19 and the real risk it brings. Countries like Mexico are preparing for an outbreak, but worried about whether the

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Trump taps loyalist Grenell as nation’s top intel official

President Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, a move that puts a staunch

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Quibi’s streaming service app launches in app stores for pre-order

Quibi, the mobile-only streaming service from Jeffrey Katzenberg, is now open for pre-orders. The company declined to fully show off its app only a month ago during demos of its “TurnStyle”

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Daily Crunch: Twitter threads are getting easier

Twitter is rolling out a “continue thread” button, ViacomCBS has big plans for its streaming service and Morgan Stanley acquires E-Trade. Here’s your Daily Crunch for February 20, 2

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EgyptAir to resume weekly flights to China from Feb. 27

EgyptAir, the flagship carrier of Egypt, announced on Thursday that it will resume flights to and from China starting from Feb. 27. In a statement, EgyptAir said the national airline has decided to

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U.S. researchers map 3D structure of novel coronavirus' key protein

U.S. researchers mapped the first 3D atomic-scale structure of a key 2019 novel coronavirus protein, making a breakthrough toward developing vaccines, therapeutic antibodies and diagnostics, accordin

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China acts as lockdown disrupts medicine supply to HIV patients

As China experiments with lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic, nearly a third of people living with HIV are facing the risk of running out of essential drugs.Because of the travel

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Putin discloses details of Russian cabinet reshuffle

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unveiled details of the January government reshuffle, the TASS news agency reported Thursday. Putin had discussed the resignation

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Remain calm about COVID-19 disease control agency tells Europeans

The risk of coronavirus infection remains low in Europe, despite the number of cases continuing to climb outside the Chinese mainland, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Cont

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Retail optimization startup Teikametrics raises $15M as it expands beyond Amazon and beyond ads

Teikametrics, a startup that helps retailers optimize their online ad spending, has raised $15 million in additional funding.The company launched with the goal of helping Amazon sellers advertise more

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Over 100 Chinese cities adopt QR codes for coronavirus control, work resumption

Over 100 cities in China have adopted QR codes to facilitate the control of the novel coronavirus and work resumption, fintech firm Ant Financial said Wednesday. Accor

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Gmail finally makes it easier to search your email

Gmail’s search is getting a significant update that will allow users to more easily narrow results to help them find a specific email. Before today, users could type in search filters by hand (e

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VCs to antitrust officials: We’d rather take our chances than see tech regulated

Last week at Stanford, antitrust officials from the U.S. Department of Justice organized a day-long conference that engaged numerous venture capitalists in conversations about big tech. The DOJ wanted

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Discovery suggests Neanderthals carried out funerals with flowers

The find, named Shanidar Z, were found in sediment containing ancient pollen and other mineralised plant remains.

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Google profiting from illegal weapon sales

The web giant is making money by redirecting consumers to sites selling illegal weapons including stun guns and pepper spray.

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1st group of passengers start disembarking virus-hit cruise ship in Japan

Passengers on the novel coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess docked in Yokohama, near Tokyo, began disembarking Wednesday after a two-week quarantine period en

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Suicide of 'Love Island' host sparks demands for tougher UK media rules

The death of one of Britain's most famous TV stars, "Love Island" host Caroline Flack, has sparked a debate over the behavior of the tabloid press and whether social me