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Facebook trains AI on 'hateful memes'

VCG Facebook unveiled an initiative Tuesday to take on "hateful memes" by using artificial intelligence (AI), backed by crowd sourcing, to identify maliciously motivated posts.The leading soci

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Roundup: UK coronavirus deaths top 31,000 as another 626 patients die

Another 626 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 31,241, Environment Secretary George Eustice sa

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Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson match to donate to COVID-19 relief efforts

Tiger Woods in action during the third round of The Genesis Genesis Invitational golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, U.S., February 15, 2020. /VCG The next golf m

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Countering debt as a weapon

The Treasury Building in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2011. /AP Editor's note: Daryl Guppy is an international financial technical analysis expert. He has provided weekly Shanghai Index analysi

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Singapore to gradually ease coronavirus curbs as spread slows

Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the next few weeks, authorities said on Saturday, as the city-state ta

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U.S. oil giants cut output as Exxon Mobil reports 1st loss in decades

U.S. oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron said Friday they were curtailing some production as they slash capital spending in response to an acute industry downturn in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

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Rome set to host Formula E until 2025 as marble racing thrills

Electric racing cars at the Formula E race in Rome, Italy, April 14, 2019. /VCG Rome has signed an extended agreement to host a Formula Electric (Formula E) race until at least 2025, the all-e

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Religion and culture plague Africa's fight against COVID-19

A reflection of a street scene of Soweto, South Africa, April 23, 2020. /AP Editor's Note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communications consultant and international affairs columnist. The

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Spotlight: U.S. states struggle to reopen businesses despite COVID-19 concerns

People wait in a line to pick up food at a food bank distribution site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on April 24, 2020. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua)

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U.S. states struggle to reopen businesses despite COVID-19 concerns

The U.S. state of Georgia, which on Friday reopened some non-essential businesses, is among the boldest states in the country to do so, and a number of other states are expected to follow suit des

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Will U.S. politicians continue their blame game or conquer the virus?

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, kindergartner Eli Schweig, 6, helps his grandfather David unload outdoor products as they prepare their family owned retail store Sunnyland Outdoor Living

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Why China remains a hot destination for US investment amid a pandemic

Undated file photo shows the Huizhou Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park in south China's Guangdong Province. Multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil broke ground on the chemical compl

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Global COVID-19 deaths top 170,000 -- Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 death toll topped 170,000 on Monday evening, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A total of

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Merkel warns of false sense of security as Germany lifts first coronavirus measures

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday called for a "gradual" and "cautious" exit strategy from COVD-19 measures, saying "Despite everything, we are still at the very

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Roundup: COVID-19 treatment evaluation speeds up as countries in Europe relax lockdown rules

As countries in Europe started to relax their confinement measures with caution, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that more than 100 countries have joined the efforts

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Governor Cuomo orders use of face masks in New York public

New York City Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at a COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday, 15 April 2020. New York City Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered residents of the state to wear facemasks w

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Feature: Turks help stray animals during COVID-19 outbreak

In Turkey, with so few people on the streets due to the tight anti-coronavirus restrictions, the authorities and individuals are trying to make sure stray cats and dogs can live through the difficult