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ZTE launches world's first 5G-Ready Smartphone

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ZTE launches world's first 5G-Ready Smartphone

A display of smartphones at last year's Mobile World Congress. Lightening-fast 5G mobile internet is due to be up and running by 20...

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Samsung Display gets licence to invest US$2.5b more in Vietnam: State TV

Samsung Display gets licence to invest US$2.5b more in Vietnam: State TV

Employees walk in the main office building of Samsung Electronics in Seoul, South Korea, in this file photo taken on January 6, 2016. REUT...

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Israel Arabs and Jews protest house demolitions

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Israeli Arabs and Jews marched arm-in-arm through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the government to stop demolishing Arab homes built without permits that it rarely grants.</h2>
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Israel Arabs and Jews protest house demolitions

Israeli Arabs and Jews marched arm-in-arm through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the government to stop demolishing A...

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A mother said she kicked her child for not brushing her teeth. Now the girl is dead

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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 18px;">At first, police say, Iris Hernandez-Rivas couldn’t explain the traumatic injuries that left her 4-year-old daughter, Nohely, barely alive.</span></h2>
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A mother said she kicked her child for not brushing her teeth. Now the girl is dead

At first, police say, Iris Hernandez-Rivas couldn’t explain the traumatic injuries that left her 4-year-old daughter, Nohely, barely al...

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US court rejects immediate overturn of halt of Trump travel ban

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US court rejects immediate overturn of halt of Trump travel ban

WASHINGTON: A US appeal court early on Sunday (Feb 5) denied an emergency appeal from the US Department of Justice to restore an immig...

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German mini-world park builds a wall around US

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">HAMBURG, Germany: A German tourist attraction that features miniature models of various parts of the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump's plan to build a full-sized one on the border with Mexico.</span></h2>
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German mini-world park builds a wall around US

HAMBURG, Germany: A German tourist attraction that features miniature models of various parts of the world has put up a wall around th...

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LabCorp explores acquisition of clinical trials firm

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<span style="color: #333333;">REUTERS: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) is in talks to acquire </span><span style="color: #333333;">contract researcher </span><span style="color: #333333;">Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC </span><span style="color: #333333;">(PPD) for more than </span><span style="color: #333333;">US$8 billion,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.</span></h2>
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LabCorp explores acquisition of clinical trials firm

REUTERS: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) is in talks to acquire contract researcher Pharmaceutical Product De...

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