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China reports 20,000 daily Covid-19 cases, most since start of pandemic
Shanghai is at the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown
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Twitter to test edit button for subscribed users
Word that the company would start testing an edit feature on Twitter Blue came after newly-named board member Elon Musk conducted an online poll but Twitter says it's been working on it for the past year
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US to announce new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine killings
The sanctions come after an outcry over the discovery of dozens of bodies in civilian clothing in areas from which Russian troops have withdrawn around Ukraine's capital, including the town of Bucha
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Book banning surged in 2021. These titles were targeted the most
Attempts to ban books in the US surged in 2021 to the highest level since the American Library Association began tracking book challenges 20 years ago. Most were by or about Black and LGBTQ people
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In the ocean, it's now snowing microplastics
Although the term may suggest wintry whites, marine snow is mostly brownish or grayish, comprising mostly dead things. Increasingly, though, marine snowfall contains microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate
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Starbucks interim CEO Schultz to suspend share buyback program
Howard Schultz announced Monday he will suspend a share repurchase program as the chain navigates a challenging landscape amid a growing unionization push
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Elon Musk, now the largest shareholder of Twitter
Tesla CEO became its largest shareholder following the purchase of 73.5 million shares or 9.2 percent of common stock, according to a securities filing worth $2.9 billion
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'Super Earths' and 'Hot Jupiters': Imagine another world. Now imagine 5,000 more
In January 1992, a pair of astronomers found planets outside our solar system. Now, 30 years later, the list of known exoplanets has just topped 5,000, according to NASA
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They just got their driver's licenses. Now they are going off-road
Rally Jameel (means beautiful in Arabic) ushered in the era of women's motorsports in the Saudi kingdom
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Carrie Lam, racked by Covid-19 failures, will not seek new term in Hong Kong
Lam has been criticized by Hong Kong residents and pro-Beijing lawmakers for mixed messaging and mishandling the city's fifth outbreak, its biggest and most devastating since the beginning of the pandemic
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UN to release handbook of 'definitive' climate change solutions
The UN handbook will lay out how societies and economies must transform to ensure a "liveable" future