COVID-19 is one of countless emerging infectious diseases that are zoonotic, meaning they originate in animals. About 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, accounting for billions of illnesses and millions of ...
Ecology
Apr 1, 2020
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Recent data have shown a decline of air pollution over northern Italy coinciding with its nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This new map shows the variation of nitrogen dioxide emissions ...
Environment
Mar 20, 2020
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Sydney is currently blanketed by smoke haze from severe bushfires that have burned through New South Wales.
Environment
Nov 22, 2019
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A mysterious rebound in the emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals—despite a global ban stretching back almost a decade—has been traced to eastern China.
Environment
May 23, 2019
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Beijing has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions, an internet censorship research group reported just weeks ahead of China's most politically explosive anniversary.
Internet
May 15, 2019
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The encrypted messaging service WhatsApp suffered intermittent disruptions in China on Tuesday as communist authorities tightened censorship ahead of a major ruling party meeting.
Internet
Sep 26, 2017
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Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation involving the sale of Apple users' personal data.
Business
Jun 8, 2017
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Chinese authorities have punished dozens of companies involved in live online broadcasting and shut down 10 platforms for showing content that was pornographic, related to gambling or involved content considered superstitious ...
Internet
May 24, 2017
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Chinese authorities have said 66 of the country's universities were affected by the global ransomware attack, but have rejected reports of widespread damage in higher-education computer systems as "malicious" hype.
Security
May 16, 2017
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Apple has removed the New York Times from its China app store, the tech giant said, after authorities told the company the app breached regulations.
Business
Jan 5, 2017
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