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VIDEO: On Inauguration Day, Joy Erupted In A Deserted ‘Black Lives Matter’ Plaza

WASHINGTON — Two hours after President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration, a couple hugged and kissed beneath sunlit campaign flags blowing in the January wind a few blocks from the White House. A militarized security buildup kept them a two-mile walk from the U.S. Capitol, where Lady Gaga sang and Biden swore his oath. Anastasia […]

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Satellite Communication To Revolutionize India’s Broadband Space: Credit Rating Agency

NEW DELHI — Indian investment information and credit rating agency ICRA said that satellite communication would play a prominent role in the country’s broadband inclusion. ICRA, originally named Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited, measures debt instruments issued by corporate entities, commercial banks, non-banking finance companies, financial institutions, and the public sector. “Satellite […]

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Actress Who Filed Case Against 5G Roll-Out In India Criticizes Trolls 

MUMBAI, India — A virtual hearing against the rollout of 5G wireless network technology at a court in India’s capital Delhi in June was repeatedly interrupted by fans of plaintiff and Indian actor-turned-environmentalist Juhi Chawla. Chawla, a top Bollywood star in the 1990s, had filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court with two others—Veeresh Malik and Teena […]

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 To See Two Foldable Phones, A Galaxy Watch

SEOUL, South Korea — Speculations are rising regarding Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event, which might see the firm launch two foldable phones and a Galaxy Watch. The invite for the event revealed the shapes of the new phones resembled the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3.  Following the invite, Samsung president and […]

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Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Part Of Xbox App On Windows

WASHINGTON — American software giant Microsoft announced on Aug. 9 that it was bringing xCloud to Windows PCs with the Xbox app. “Xbox Cloud Gaming with the Xbox App provides the same great Xbox experience you’re used to,” said Microsoft in a press release.  “Play over 100 high-quality Xbox console games with your friends; pick up from a saved […]

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Great Haul Of China: Beijing Stole Enough Data To Open Dossiers On Every US Citizen, Senate Told

WASHINGTON — A United States panel was informed that the Chinese government had amassed enough stolen data from the United States to effectively create dossiers on every American citizen. Mathew Pottinger, a deputy national security adviser during the Donald Trump administration, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Aug. 4. “Assembling dossiers on people […]

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New Gravity Watering System Saves Resources And Raises Crop Yields

Wine grapes, tree nuts and avocados are some of the crops grown more efficiently today thanks to drip-irrigation methods pioneered in Israel in the 1960s. But a new development may help many farmers who can’t afford drip irrigation systems. As opposed to flood irrigation, drip irrigation uniformly delivers drops of water and fertilizer to each […]

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School Fees Pain For Kenyan Parents As Covid-19 Pandemic Bites

NAIROBI, Kenya — Dorcas Wanjiru Kiarie pushes a bag of vegetables aside and opens the door to her grocery shop in Kawangware, an informal settlement in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Her three-year-old son cries for attention, but a sweet or biscuit will calm him. Her bigger cause of worry, however, is her firstborn daughter Susan Kiarie, 14, […]

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Online Grocery Shopping Gets An In-Store Feel

Supermarkets sometimes have packers at checkout lines to help bag groceries. Today, markets more urgently need pickers — people who comb the aisles for items ordered online. Every step in the food e-commerce process is complex, from building and managing a user-friendly website that reflects constantly changing prices and inventory, to personalizing special offers, fulfilling […]

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Brazil’s Chinese Embassy Dismisses United States’ Concerns Over Huawei Tech

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — China has expressed strong opposition over the remarks made by the United States Embassy that raised concerns about the Chinese tech firm Huawei’s role in the communications infrastructure around the world. “We express strong discontent and vehement objection to such behaviors of publicly coercing and intervening in other countries’ 5G construction and sabotaging […]

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Microsoft Teams’ Introduces New Feature To Aid In Search Functions

WASHINGTON — Multinational tech corporation Microsoft has recently announced a new feature for its business communication platform Teams to improve its search functionality. Called ‘Top Hits’, this feature will automatically generate the most relevant search results for the user. Microsoft has said that the ‘Top Hits’ section will auto-suggest the most relevant results across chats, files, people, and […]

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Texas Democrats Tell Congress Democracy Is Under Attack In The Lone Star State

WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats told Congress on Thursday that state Republicans were carrying out an attack on the voting rights of minorities to stop the onetime GOP stranglehold from trending any further purple — or even one day falling to the Democrats in an election. Amid shifting demographics in Texas, which has not voted for […]

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Medical Marijuana Entrepreneur Sees Racial Reckoning In Connecticut’s Legalization Of Cannabis 

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Focusing on social equity, a black woman whose business certifies residents for Connecticut’s medical marijuana card is taking advantage of measures in a new state law that target the issue most important to her. Kebra Smith-Bolden, a nurse and founder of CannaHealth, aims to provide security for people in her community who […]

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VIDEO: Former Olympic Gymnast Dominique Dawes Says Simone Biles Should ‘Be Able To Say No’

Clarksburg, Md. — Three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes is among a handful of Americans who might know what it’s like to be Simone Biles, bowing out of the games in Japan when the world expected her to keep winning gold medals. Dawes, now the mother of four young children and owner of a gymnastics academy, says […]

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Middle School Teen Overcomes Tremendous Losses On Path To Valedictorian Honor

NEWARK, N.J. — Rashanna James-Frison was 4 when her mother was killed; her father was shot and left paralyzed before she was born; and she was shuttled through the foster-care system. Luckily for the young teen, a tribe of loved ones helped lift her up along her painful journey, and this year she rose to be valedictorian […]