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A 555.55-carat black diamond believed to come from space is going on sale

A 555.55-carat black diamond that is truly from out of this world has been unveiled by auction house Sotheby's Dubai.The rare gem, which Sotheby's has dubbed "The Enigm

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CGTN releases multilingual song dedicated to Beijing 2022

05:06 CGTN has released a multilingual version of the Beijing Winter Olympics campaign song titled "Together for a Shared Future" on Monday. The song features CGTN reporters, hosts, Oly

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Carta says it just used its own product to establish a new — and far higher — valuation for itself

Carta, the nine-year-old, San Francisco-based cap table management and valuation software company, just raised $500 million in its eighth round of funding, at a $7.4 billion valuation. That’s mo

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Alphabet crushes Q2 earnings estimates as Google Cloud cuts losses, grows 54%

Today after the bell amidst a deluge of major technology company earnings reports, Alphabet reported its own second-quarter performance. The search-and-services company posted revenues of $61.9 billio

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MWC 2021 day one wrap-up

“It is great that MWC is back,” Samsung UK’s James Kitto said, opening up this year’s presser. “And behalf of everyone at Samsung, it’s great to be back at MWC.”What, precisely, it means to be “back”

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Euro 2020 Round of 16: Italy 2 – 1 Austria (a.e.t.)

Federico Chiesa of Italy celebrates after scoring a goal in the UEFA European Championship Round of 16 game against Austria at Wembley Stadium in London, England, June 26, 2021. /CFP Knockout

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'They can't hide these secrets anymore': Anticipation is high for impending release of Pentagon's 'UFO report'

Researchers and enthusiasts gathered at a UFO Mega Conference to dissect the latest mysterious goings-on in the skies above.

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Nintendo teases 2022 release for Breath of the Wild sequel and releases Zelda Game & Watch to tide us over

Nintendo defied expectations today with an E3-timed Direct showing off not the hoped-for new Switch hardware but a dozen or so new games — as well as a general release window for the much-anticipated

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Pandemic, poverty loom over Mexican elections

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed thousands of lives in his impoverished district of Mexico City, but Edgar Alonso is still determined to go out and vote in Sunday's

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Palos Verdes blue: One of the world's rarest butterflies

The Palos Verdes blue butterfly is among the world's rarest. It's native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, the United States. Due to habitat destruction, the

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Apple Watch gets a motion-controlled cursor with ‘Assistive Touch’

Tapping the tiny screen of the Apple Watch with precision has certain level of fundamental difficulty, but for some people with disabilities it’s genuinely impossible. Apple has remedied this wi

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: Ivory

The Sanxingdui archaeological site located in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province,is believed to be a remnant of the Shu Kingdom dating back 4,800 years.

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Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls achieve herd immunity

Zimbabwe said its prime tourist destination, Victoria Falls, has become the first city to achieve herd immunity in the country after administering COVID-19 vaccines to more than three-quarters of the

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: Potteries

A new round of archaeological excavations has begun in the Sanxingdui Ruins, and various exquisite cultural relics are being unearthed from the ancient Shu civilization

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: Gold ornaments

The much anticipated archaeological excavation of Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province is underway and multiple gold leaves have been extracted from t

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: Gold masks

As Chinese archaeologists unveiled some of the newly excavated artifacts from the Sanxingdui Ruins site on Saturday, a fragment of a gold mask has caught most of the attention from experts and the pub

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The many wonders of Yan'an

Travelling provides a chance for people to break away from the shackles of their old lives and learn more about themselves during the journey. Starting from March 10, C