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U.S. Postal Service Commemorates Lunar New Year with Year of the Rat Forever Stamp MONTEREY PARK, California, Jan. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service today marked the beginning of the Lunar New Year by issuing a new Forever stamp
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Oversitting and Fall Detection: Beyond Vision Ensures Elderly Safety through the Power of AI
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beyond Vision and other notable homegrown startups led by Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) are now showcasing their innovative solutions at CES 2020. Through cameras installed inside the household, Beyond Vision’s solution CarePLUS can
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Toshiba Smart Microwave With Ability to Pair with Amazon Alexa and Google Home Debuts at CES 2020
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Toshiba has ushered in a new era of smart kitchen technology with its revolutionary smart microwave oven. The microwave oven was unveiled at the Google and Amazon booths during CES 2020 in Las
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Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) Starts New Decade with Record-Breaking Aid and Assistance Event
QUEZON CITY, Phillipines, Jan. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — More than 65,000 attendees flocked to the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan at the start of the new decade last January 5 for the relaunching of “Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko,” a humanitarian activity
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‘Traumatised’ Puerto Ricans rocked by another strong quake
YAUCO: A 5.2 magnitude earthquake cracked walls and brought down power lines in Puerto Rico yesterday as the Caribbean island was recovering from its worst quake in over a century on Tuesday. The latest quake took place at 6:26 p.m.
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Did MACC miss the woods for the trees?
There may be provisions in the laws of the nation to permit certain law enforcement agencies to wiretap conversations between parties or people of interest, but are there laws to allow them to unilaterally and arbitrarily release the recordings for
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Taiwan votes in an election closely watched by China
TAIPEI: Polls opened in Taiwan today in presidential and parliamentary elections that will be closely watched by Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own. China has ramped up efforts to get Taiwan to accept its rule, both through
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Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies
DUBAI: Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said died yesterday evening, state media said early today without mentioning a cause of death, and a three-day period of national mourning was declared. Western-backed Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he
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Iran to probe black boxes after missile blamed for plane crash
DUBAI: Tehran said yesterday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard, amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake. The crash
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Mat Sabu: Nuri replacement being discussed
KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry is in discussion to identify new assets to replace the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Nuri helicopters, which services had been discontinued. Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu said talks were still at the ministry level, and
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