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Myanmar, China ink deals to accelerate Belt and Road as Xi courts an isolated Suu Kyi January 18, 2020
China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation, as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbor increasingly isolated by the West.
China reports new Wuhan virus cases ahead of key holiday January 18, 2020
Chinese health authorities said on Saturday they had discovered four more cases of pneumonia following an outbreak of what is believed to be a new coronavirus strain in the central city of Wuhan, raising concerns that the disease could spread further.
Musk's SpaceX to simulate rocket failure in final astronaut capsule test January 18, 2020
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Saturday to test a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from U.S. soil.
Weinstein jury seated after prosecutors accuse defense of excluding white women January 18, 2020
Lawyers in Harvey Weinstein's New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former Hollywood producer's fate, as prosecutors renewed an accusation that the defense had unfairly tried to block white women from serving on the jury.