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South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing
The new robot barista at a cafe in Daejeon, South Korea, is courteous and swift as it seamlessly makes its way towards customers.
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How to travel in Europe in the era of coronavirus
The European Commission unveiled a series of measures aimed at ensuring people can start travelling safely across the continent again as governments try to revive tourism and airline indu...
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UK researchers try to crack genetic riddle of COVID-19
British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel coronavirus: why does it kill some people but ...
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Twitter says some employees can work from home permanently
Twitter Inc has become the first major tech company to allow employees who can work remotely to do so indefinitely, as the coronavirus outbreak forces unprecedented changes in work cultur...
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Why it's vital indigenous communities protect their elders from coronavirus
Indigenous peoples across Latin America are cutting off their communities from the outside world, worried that the coronavirus could pose a grave threat to their culture by putting at ris...
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Despite fears of a second wave, lockdowns are lifting – here’s what it looks like
Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany, relatively successful in slowing the outbreak, reported that infections had accelerated...
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Researchers have doubled the U.S. COVID-19 death forecast, citing eased restrictions
A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for...
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Retesting in France reveals its first COVID-19 case was in December
A French hospital which has retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered that it treated a man who had COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before the French government...
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New Zealand records no new cases of COVID-19 after easing lockdown
On May 4th, New Zealand recorded no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time since March 16 and less than a week after the Pacific nation ended a strict lockdown that appears to ha...
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IMF leader says pandemic stimulus must focus on battling climate crisis
Massive fiscal stimulus measures adopted by governments around the world to combat the coronavirus pandemic must be tailored to tackle climate change at the same time, International Monet...
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Spain begins a ‘new normal’ as children are allowed to play outside for the first time in six weeks
On foot and with bicycles, skateboards and scooters, Spanish children went outside at last on Sunday, emerging from their homes for the first time after six weeks of living under one of E...
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India, Pakistan ease restrictions for some small businesses amid lockdown
The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighborhoods and residential areas from Saturday, more than a month after the nation went into a lockdown to curb the spread...
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Here's what lockdown looks like around the world
Various countries around the world are wondering when and how to ease coronavirus lockdowns, though the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that should be done slowly and only when...
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West Africans are switching from cash to mobile money because of COVID-19
Penda Kande usually pays for taxis in cash, but since coronavirus hit Senegal, the 30-year-old nurse has switched to mobile money to avoid contamination.
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5 charts that show the global economic impact of coronavirus
1. Take no quarter