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Chinese consul general in Houston hosts concert at residence to celebrate Lunar New Year

Chinese Consul General in Houston Cai Wei hosted a concert Wednesday night at his residence to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. Named "Greetings of Spring," presented by the Chinese Co

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Extradition hearing for WikiLeaks' Assange to be split in two parts

The London hearing to decide whether WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges including spying will be split in two, wit

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First phase of Meng Wanzhou extradition hearing ends

01:42 The first phase of the Meng Wanzhou extradition hearing comes to a close. The final day saw the defense reply to arguments presented by Canadian prosecutors.This

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Aki acquires Eyeview’s ad personalization tech

Video advertising company Eyeview shut down in December, but its technology will live on thanks to an acquisition by Aki Technologies.Aki CEO Scott Swanson told me that he’s anticipating serious

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'Plague' game downloads soar in China amid coronavirus outbreak

The game allows players to design and evolve a pathogen with the aim of wiping out the entire planet's population.

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Davos 2020: How to best tackle poverty?

Leaders and pioneers gathered in the sidelines of Davos on Wednesday to share their experiences over poverty alleviation to uncover how to best tackle the worldwide issue. They had an in-depth con

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More U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq over potential injuries

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Iran's recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious, as the American milit

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Fear really can turn your hair white, new research suggests

The study paves the way for understanding how stress affects other tissues and organs in the body.

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WHO extends emergency talks over coronavirus outbreak, commending China's efforts

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of Internatio

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This ultrasonic gripper could let robots hold things without touching them

If robots are to help out in places like hospitals and phone repair shops, they’re going to need a light touch. And what’s lighter than not touching at all? Researchers have created a grip

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Putin: Russia not ready for parliamentary system

Russia with its vast territory, huge population, multiple religions and a large number of ethnic groups needs a strong president, and is not ready to switch to a parliamentary system, Russian Presid

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Google’s Collections feature now pushes people to save recipes & products, using A.I.

Google is giving an A.I. upgrade to its Collections feature — basically Google’s own take on Pinterest, but built into Google Search. Originally a name given to organizing images, the Coll

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Industrial technologies get a big backer with Anzu Partners’ new $190 million fund

Advances in biology, biochemistry, sensors and automation have the potential to reshape the ways manufacturing in America is done and a relatively new firm called Anzu Partners has just raised $190 mi

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Taiwan's role in international bodies must be under one-China principle: spokesperson

The entrance to the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing (Xinhua/Li He) Taiwan's participation in international organizations must be under the one-China principle, said

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World's oldest asteroid crater 'could have thawed Ice Age'

Scientists claim the strike in Yarrabubba, in the Outback, happened 2.2 billion years ago and is now the oldest known crater.

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Israel's Netanyahu calls for global opposition to ICC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged on Tuesday a global "sanction" against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the wake of a possible war-crime inves

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Netanyahu tries to rally global opposition to ICC case

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, January 19, 2020. /AP Photo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu