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Amazon’s new smart shopping cart lets you check out without a cashier 

Photo: Amazon Amazon is expanding its real-world footprint with another unconventional physical product: a shopping cart. While it certainly looks like an aesthetic upgrade to your standard grocery store cart, the Dash Cart, as it’s called, is in fact a smart version of the tried-and-true food transport vehicle. It’s equipped with a touchscreen and other var […]

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South China Sea dispute: China’s pursuit of resources ‘unlawful’, says US 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is treating the disputed waters as its “maritime empire”.

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Here’s why the Trump administration’s threat to hurt Hong Kong’s dollar peg won’t work 

Advisors to President Donald Trump were reportedly considering proposals to strike against the Hong Kong dollar peg, in response to China implementing a national security law on the city.

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China’s Stock Boom Is Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare 

The Nasdaq Composite Index may be at record highs, but Shanghai’s bull market is the one garnering the global headlines. China’s Xi Jinping is getting the real payoff from Trump’s handiwork.

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$5 trillion economy dream still on: Piyush Goyal says India may have lost time, but not spirit 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream to make India a $5 trillion economy is still possible even while coronavirus has thrown progress off track, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, said.

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Singaporean influencer Xiaxue under fire for accusing politician of stirring up ‘racist sentiments’ and for her own offensive tweets – but refuses to back down 

Singaporean blogger and social media influencer Wendy Cheng – better known by her online handle Xiaxue – is no stranger to controversy thanks to her political incorrectness and unpopular opinions on social issues and race. But the 36-year-old is now under intense fire for accusing female Singaporean politician Raeesah Khan in an Instagram story of stirring u […]

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Yes, COVID-19 Deaths Are Down. But There Are Worrying Signs of a Major Spike Ahead 

Hospitalization rates, which have been a predictor of deaths to come, are spiking

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Motorola announces €349 5G phone for Europe, promises a sub-$500 model for US this year 

Last year Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 765, promising to usher in an era of low-cost 5G devices. Motorola, naturally, was more than happy to take advantage of the technology. While the company has been flirting with premium devices (with mixed results), budget devices will almost certainly be the company’s bread and butter for the foreseeable […]

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Markets slide as EC predicts deeper eurozone recession – business live 

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the EC warns that the eurozone will shrink by 8.7% this yearLatest: EC slashes GDP forecasts after lockdownUK house prices drop for fourth month runningIntroduction: China stock market hits five-year highMarkets heading back to 2015 levels…but is it a bubble?European markets are down 1% 3.46pm […]

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Deutsche Bank penalized $150M for Jeffrey Epstein relationship 

The bank, which is said to have had a major role in Epstein’s financial affairs, previously said it regretted its ties to the deceased, accused sex-trafficker.

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Airlines blame covid-19 for rowing back climate commitments 

The industry defangs an already mostly toothless carbon-offsetting scheme

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China says G4 swine flu virus not new; does not infect humans easily 

China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Saturday that the so-called “G4” strain of swine flu virus is not new and does not infect or sicken humans and animals easily, rebuffing a study published earlier this week.

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Key Words: Fauci says Americans must do 3 things to win the battle against COVID-19 

‘Now we’re seeing the consequence of community spread,’ said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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K-State players end threat of boycott over Floyd tweet 

Kansas State football players have called off a threatened boycott in response to an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd

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Firms are waking up to race issues, but critics say hashtags aren’t enough 

Corporate Britain is under pressure to be seen to engage with social justice enough to push through real changeThree years ago, Pepsi’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement was an ad in which white reality-TV millionaire Kendall Jenner dressed up as a protester and offers a can of cola to a police officer.As glaringly crass as that seemed at the time […]

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