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19 dead in southwest China forest fire

Nineteen people died while battling a forest fire in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Tuesday. The victims include 18 firefighters and a loca

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U.S. researchers say COVID-19 death rates can be deceiving

Death rates from COVID-19 should allow for how many people are tested, the age of an infected population as well as such factors as whether the health care system is o

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Answer Bank: Is 'disinfection card' effective to kill coronavirus?

With the COVID-19 outbreak, disinfectants and relative products have become shopping-rush goods, among which is a card-shaped product with chlorine dioxide as its main component.Such disinfection

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America's long history of undermining German innovation

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, and

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From grassland to desert: Exploring the headwater of Yellow River

Maduo is the first county in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. In Tibetan language, "maduo" means "headwater of the Yellow River." In the 1980s, the county was dotted with 4,070 lakes, each span

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In retrospect, Disney’s CEO switch was a decisive act of crisis management

Disney surprised the media industry on February 25 when it announced that longtime CEO Bob Iger had replaced himself with executive Bob Chapek. The abruptness of the news and the choice of successor,

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China's power generation decreases in first two months

China's power generation decreased in the first two months of this year, down 8.2 percent year on year, official data showed Monday. Electricity output hit about 1.03

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F1 drivers turn to virtual racing after Australian GP called off

Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (2nd R) speaks during previews prior to the cancellation of Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, March 12, 2020. /VCG Formula One driver

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How China becomes the last lifeline for America's economy

Hawaii state Department of Health microbiologist Mark Nagata demonstrates the process for testing a sample for COVID-19 at the department's laboratory in Pearl City, Hawaii, U.S., March 3, 2020.

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes testing ahead of Artemis 1 Moon mission

NASA has completed the testing process meant to simulate performance in in-space conditions for its Orion crew spacecraft, developed by Lockheed Martin and designed to carry crew on the agency’

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China, France energy giants team up for offshore wind power project

The China Energy Investment Corporation (China Energy) said it has inked a deal with the French energy giant EDF Group to jointly develop an offshore wind power project in eastern China's Jiangsu

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U.S. sanctions Russian entity to pressure Venezuela

The U.S. Department of Treasury said Thursday that it has imposed sanctions against TNK Trading International S.A. (TTI), a subsidiary of Russian oil producer Rosneft, as the latest move to pressure

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Trump wants payroll tax relief to calm virus-spooked markets

00:40 U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief and other quick measures as a public health and economic maelstrom brought

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Uptrust raises new money to fight mass incarceration with technology

While most technology companies are building up a surveillance state to serve political powers and private profiteering, Uptrust is using some of those same tools to make it easier to move people out

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At least 24 dead after tornadoes rip through central Tennessee

01:04 In the U.S. state of Tennessee, they're taking stock after one of the worst storms in recent history.Tornadoes with wind speeds of up to 265 kilometers per hour killed at least 2

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General Catalyst’s Quentin Clark gets specific on SaaS, cloud maturity and startup valuations

General Catalyst, a well-known venture capital firm with at least $1.4 billion in funds raised over time, has backed Hubspot, Jet, Ping Identity, and Kayak over the years.And General Catalyst isn̵

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What is a moral foreign policy?

Editor's note: Joseph S. Nye is a professor at Harvard, and author of the forthcoming book "Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump". The article reflects the author's op