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China sets economic growth target of 'over 6%' this year
China's growth target comes as the virus has been all but halted within its borders, and as the number of cases has fallen steeply in recent weeks in countries like the United States and India
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One and done: Why people are eager for Johnson & Johnson's vaccine
Apart from the vaccine offering the convenience of a single shot, it will also allow governments to slash costs for staffing and operations related to the second doses
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'She is a hero': In Myanmar's protests, women are on the front lines
Despite the risks, women have stood at the forefront of Myanmar's protest movement, sending a powerful rebuke to the generals who ousted a female civilian leader and reimposed a patriarchal order that has suppressed women for half a century
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Brazil's Covid-19 crisis is a warning to the whole world, scientists say
No other nation that experienced such a major outbreak is still grappling with record-setting death tolls and a health care system on the brink of collapse
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Plan to ditch the mask after vaccination? Not so fast
While all of the Covid-19 vaccines are spectacularly good at shielding people from severe illness and death, scientists do not know whether vaccinated people spread the virus to those who are unvaccinated
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Amazon quietly tweaks logo some say resembled Hitler's moustache
The much-mocked app icon, with a smile-shaped arrow beneath what looked like a toothbrush-style moustache, was unveiled in January
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Vaccine passports, Covid-19's next political flashpoint
While such passports are still hypothetical in most places, Israel became the first to roll out its own last week, capitalising on its high vaccination rate
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China charges ahead with a national digital currency
The effort is one of several by central banks around the world to try new forms of digital money that can move faster and give even the most disadvantaged people access to online financial tools
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Anime is booming. So why are animators living in poverty?
Business has never been better for Japanese anime. And that is exactly why Tetsuya Akutsu is thinking about calling it quits.
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Myanmar's military deploys digital arsenal of repression in crackdown
With Israeli-made surveillance drones, European iPhone cracking devices and U.S. software that can hack into computers and vacuum up their contents, Myanmar's Military is busy targeting opponents of the recent coup
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The city where cars are not welcome
Heidelberg, a city of 160,000 people on the Neckar River, which was threatening to overflow its banks recently after unusually heavy rains, provides a glimpse of how an automobile-light city of the future may look