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North Korea says hundreds of families ill with intestinal disease
The unidentified illness is putting a strain on a crumbling healthcare system in the midst of the Covid-19 storm
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It is soon going to be dangerously hot for 100 million Americans
More than 95 million people from Southern California to western Pennsylvania and as far south as Florida are already under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory
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US panel recommends Covid vaccines for children under five
Formal authorizations for Moderna and Pfizer should follow soon, with the first shots in arms expected early next week, just over a year-and-a-half after the first Covid vaccines were greenlighted for the elderly in December 2020
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Tesla Autopilot and other driver-assist systems linked to hundreds of crashes
Nearly 400 crashes in the US in the past 10 months have been linked to cars using advanced driver-assistance technologies, which led to the death of six people and five serious injuries
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A forlorn fight to stop America's gun factories
The American state that produced and shipped out the most firearms since 2015, New Hampshire has funneled millions of weapons into the already-flooded domestic market of a nation beset by a gun death epidemic
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YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with 1.5 billion monthly users
YouTube Shorts went live less than two years ago, adding videos of no longer than 60 seconds to the mix of offerings on the platform
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Child malnutrition soars in Ethiopia as drought worsens
Over one million people need urgent food aid across the region after four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected to fare poorly, causing the worst drought in 40 years and a major hunger crisis spanning Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia
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'The music has stopped': Crypto firms quake as prices fall
A global industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars rose up practically overnight. Now it is crashing down, taking companies and investors with it
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Nigeria sought a $1.7 billion refund from JPMorgan. A London judge said no
The decision is a setback in the Nigerian government's efforts to recover money that it claims former officials, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, who was voted out in 2015, improperly moved out of government coffers
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India all but sinks WTO sustainable fishing deal
Negotiations towards banning subsidies that encourage overfishing and threaten the sustainability of the planet's fish stocks have been going on at the World Trade Organization for more than two decades; India refused to sign up without a 25-year transition exemption
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Quick delivery startups around the world face post-pandemic hangover
From Berlin to New York, millions turned to grocery delivery firms during pandemic lockdowns, and the companies gobbled up billions in venture capital and other investment. But worker discontent, a drop-off in investment and reduced demand all suggest a hard landing from the stellar growth of the pandemic era