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COVID-19 after effects: Long-lasting loss of smell, taste in 5% of Covid cases: study
The study found that six months after contracting the virus, four percent of patients had not recovered their sense of smell, while two percent had not recovered their sense of taste
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Facebook parent Meta posts first-ever revenue drop
Meta had long delivered seemingly endless upward growth but after this income miss — and reporting earlier this year its first decline in global daily users — the company sounded a more modest tone
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Russia says it will quit International Space Station after 2024
"The decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made," said Yuri Borisov, who was appointed this month to run Roscosmos, a state-controlled corporation in charge of the country's space program
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Alphabet's quarterly profit falls 14%, on higher revenue
Google's search engine business is demonstrating resilience in the face of a slowing economy and rising inflation, but its other businesses have not been able to escape a downturn in online advertising
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World heading towards another recession: IMF cuts global growth outlook
Global growth outlook was cut for this year and the next, while giving an even starker assessment of what may lie ahead
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Twitter shareholders to vote on Musk buy in September
The firm is locked in a legal battle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to walk away from the agreement, and a judge has called for a trial to begin in October
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Bitter harvest: Malaysian palm oil farmers face migrant labour crunch
First, border control for Covid-19, and now bureaucratic hurdles and a ban by Indonesia on sending new workers have dramatically worsened conditions for the sector, which is shunned by most affluent Malaysians due to back-breaking plantation work
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Kyiv's nightlife is back after a prolonged silence
This is a city full of young people who have been cooped up for two years, first because of Covid and then the war with Russia. They yearn for contact
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Russia cuts gas flow to Europe, intensifying fears it is weaponising fuel
Russia's state-owned gas monopoly said Monday that it would slash gas deliveries to Germany, as Russian President Vladimir Putin once again showed his unpredictability and his power to inflict pain on the bloc for backing Ukraine
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Alibaba seeks dual-primary listing in Hong Kong
While Alibaba has a secondary listing in Hong Kong, that does not allow it to join a popular Stock Connect programme that links to bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen
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Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka's hospitals empty
An unprecedented economic crisis has dealt a body blow to a free and universal healthcare system that just months earlier was the envy of the country's South Asian neighbours