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What happened to Chang'e-5's ascender, lander and orbiter?

Chang'e-5 lander on the basaltic plains of Oceanus Procellarum captured by NASA's LRO on December 2. /NASA The safe landing of China's Chang'e-5 returner on Earth carrying precious lunar samp

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Trump signs bill to keep government open amid relief talks

President Trump on Friday signed a stopgap funding measure that will keep the government funded for another 48 hours while lawmakers attempt to finalize an agreement on

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Dash Systems raises $8M for precision-airdrops-as-a-service at distant and disaster stricken destinations

Now more than ever both the importance and limitations of the global delivery infrastructure are on full display. But while Amazon and others try to speed up last mile delivery using drones, Dash Syst

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Tai Chi in a whirlwind

00:40 The winter wind this week in the city of Anqing in the Anhui province of China created a whirl, and this boy named Cheng couldn’t resist practicing his tai chi in it.Check out Th

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Uganda to accelerate use of renewable energy

Aerial photo taken on July 11, 2020 shows the Karuma hydropower project under construction along River Nile in the midwestern Ugandan district of Kiryandongo. /Xinhua Chinese and Ugandan engin

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China, S Korea, Japan's carbon neutrality pledge to boost green energy

The pledge by China, South Korea and Japan to become carbon neutral would give a major boost to the renewable energy sector, prompting banks to rethink their plans to finance fossil fuel projects.

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Kenya braces for second wave of desert locusts

VCG Image Kenya is bracing for a possible second swarm of the destructive desert locusts starting next week.According to Agriculture Principal Secretary Hamadi Boga, the locusts have multiplie

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In public and private markets, cloud earnings and valuations heat up

This quarter, strong earnings results from public cloud companies were overshadowed by a seemingly endless IPO cycle. Another moment we somewhat missed over the last few weeks was the stock market pus

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New Silk Road increases cargo turnover

Leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Uzbekistan attend the opening of the first official train service of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project at the Alat Port in Baku, A

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Moscow angry as Russians born in disputed islands considered Japanese

Screenshot from Twitter Moscow called the U.S. a "revisionist power" after a Japanese newspaper reported that U.S. immigration authorities considered Russians born on four disputed Pacific isl

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Helping big banks out-Affirm Affirm and out-Chime Chime, gives Amount a $681 million valuation

Amount, a new service that helps traditional banks compete in a digital world, has raised $81 million from none other than Goldman Sachs as it looks to help legacy fintech players compete with their m

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Angelinos see stay-at-home order as mixed bag amid re-surging COVID-19

Residents wait in line outside a Costco Warehouse in Los Angeles, the United States, on Nov. 20, 2020. /Xinhua "Everybody is struggling," co-owner of Rise-N-Shine Cafe, Melinda Ratz told Xinhu

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Euro zone agrees to fine-tune bailout fund amid COVID worries

Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Monday to move ahead with the stalled changes to their European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund to strengthen the resilience of the common currency area a

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Maze-like red canyon draws adventure seekers in NW China's Xinjiang

01:21 A red-hued canyon in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is gaining popularity among outdoor enthusiasts.Located in Baicheng County, Aksu Prefectur

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It is in space exploration that the future for mankind lies

China launches the Chang'e-5 lunar probe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan. /Xinhua Editor's note: Marsha Freeman is the technology editor of Executiv

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Vettery acquires Hired to create a ‘unified’ job search platform

Two large job search and recruiting platforms are coming together, with Vettery acquiring Hired.The news follows a report last week in The Information claiming that Hired had begun to sell off its ass

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Amazon brings Alexa Routines to Fire TV

Amazon announced today it’s bringing Alexa Routines — the feature that allows users to create their own Alexa shortcuts that combine multiple actions — to its Fire TV platform. Star