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Cote d'Ivoire orders demolition of structures near main airport

Photo courtesy: Bakary Keita – Twitter Cote d'Ivoire's government has ordered the demolition of informal settlement structures near the country's main airport in Abidjan.Tens of thousands of p

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Australia confirms first coronavirus case

A man has tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, which is the first case in the country, confirmed local health authorities on Saturday. The man, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corpo

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Chinese Spring Festival comes to Downing Street

02:02 As the clock ticked down to the Year of the Rat, China's Spring Festival descended on Downing Street.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined the new year fun with children from Br

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Russia says Syrian army retreats after Idlib attack

Syrian state media said militants launched a major attack on government forces in Idlib on Thursday that Russia's defense ministry said killed up to 40 Syrian soldiers, though the account wa

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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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Uber’s Shin-pei Tsay is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility

Government and policy experts are among the most important people in the future of transportation. Any company pursuing the shared scooters and bikes business, ride-hailing, on-demand shuttles and eve

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Layoffs hit Q&A startup Quora

Quora, a ten-year-old question-and-answer startup based in Mountain View, is laying off staff in its Bay Area and New York offices, the company’s CEO announced on the site today.Like other start

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Singapore identifies first novel coronavirus case: reports

A Chinese national has tested positive for novel coronavirus in Singapore, local media quoted the Ministry of Health (MOH) as saying Thursday night. MOH said the 66-ye

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Steep losses in China stocks hit Asia as virus fears grow

Asian shares tumbled on Thursday, led by the biggest slide in Chinese stocks in more than eight months, as investors grew more anxious about the spread of novel coronavirus in China just as millions

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Rebels launch counter-offensive in Syria's Idlib

The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front launched a massive offensive on government positions in the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday, according to state news agency

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Wuhan shuts down airports, railways to contain novel coronavirus

Wuhan Tianhe Airport. The authorities of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, are suspending all means of public transport, including the cancellation of outbound trains and flights, startin

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Paraguay's President Abdo contracts dengue fever amid outbreak

A dengue fever outbreak that has affected thousands of Paraguayans in recent weeks has reached as far as the presidential palace, with the country’s leader Mario Abdo c

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Microsoft releases tools to let devs start building for its upcoming dual-screen devices

As we learned back in October, Microsoft has been cracking away at not one, but two dual screen devices: Surface Duo, and Surface Neo. Surface Duo will run Android, while the Surface Neo will run on

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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearings begin

00:34 A spokesperson for Chinese telecom giant Huaweiexpressed confidence in Canada's judicial system as the company's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, attended a

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Long March 5 Y-4: Rocket's 'hearts' complete final test

The engines for China's largest carrier rocket Long March 5 Y-4 completed its final test on Sunday, about three weeks after its predecessor Y-3 launched from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south

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Two killed, 20 wounded in car bomb explosion in Somalia

FILE PHOTO: Damaged vehicle used in an attack is seen at site after a bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on December 28, 2019./Getty Images At least two people were

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Bloomberg gets 45-day extension on financial disclosures from FEC

The Federal Election Commission on Friday granted Mike Bloomberg's campaign an additional 45 days to file his mandatory personal financial disclosure form.That extended