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Global emissions cut during COVID lockdown may not last long, warn scienti
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 20 (ANI): The momentous decline in global greenhouse gas emissions, fuelled by the wave of shutdowns and shuttered economies caused by the coronavirus pandemic, is unlikely to last long, said a group of scientists, who fear that the drivers of global warming could qu
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Fraud-riddled markets disrupt supply chain of face masks in US
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 20 (ANI): The desperate need of protective equipment to keep away from coronavirus, especially medical masks, has disrupted the supply chain, from factories to hospitals and riddled international markets with fraud and chaos, with opportunists benefitting from the ra
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Adobe to update Photoshop for iPad
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Adobe will be updating Photoshop for iPad and the users will now be introduced to two key features.
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Trump threatens to cut off permanent funding for WHO, reconsider US member
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and to reconsider the membership of the United States in the global health body.
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Despite pressure to reopen offices, US big techies in no rush to bring wor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Despite pressure from the government to begin to reopen society to revive a moribund economy, tech giants in the United States -- Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter -- seem to be in no hurry to bring their employees back to offices, rather tell
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Exoplanet climate 'Decoder' aids search for life
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Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell University astronomers have developed a practical model -- an environmental colour "decoder" -- to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies far aw
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet may be the result of mud volcanoes.
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Apple set to reopen more stores, face masks mandatory
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): Apple is all set to open 25 more of its stores in the US and 12 in Canada, but people who will be visiting the stores will be required to wear a face mask.
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Pompeo congratulates Afghan President Ghani, Abdullah for power-sharing de
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Sunday (local time) called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah to congratulate the two leaders for signing a power-sharing agreement and ending a bitter months-long feud that plunged the Asia
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US economy seems to recover as people head back to shops, restaurants
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): The US economy, which hit the bottom due to the damage wrought by the coronavirus, showed the first stirrings of recovery as Americans headed back to shops and restaurants over the weekend, trying to recapture routines, the outbreak had forced them to aband
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Coronavirus cases strongly trending downward throughout US: Trump
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Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) said that there is a significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases across the United States.
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US could reassess Hong Kong's status: Pompeo warns China
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo warned China on Sunday that the United States could review Hong Kong's status in view of alleged interference by the Beijing with the work of American journalists in Chinese autonomous region.
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