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Ukraine to press for plane crash black boxes as Iran minister visits

Ukraine will press Iran to hand over the black boxes from the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane at a meeting with a visiting Iranian delegation on Monday, Foreign Mi

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Norway finance minister quits over IS woman's return from Syria

Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen and her right-wing Progress Party will resign from the government over a cabinet decision to help bring a woman suspected of Islam

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Moscow Warns Iran Against Reckless Steps as Tehran Threatens to Quit Non-Proliferation Treaty

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that Tehran continues to adhere to the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that the European powers' claim

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Top legislator stresses role of deputies to people's congresses

China's top legislator Li Zhanshu on Monday stressed giving better play to the role of deputies to the people's congresses. Li, chairman of the National People's Congr

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Trump's lawyers urge Senate to reject impeachment, acquit him speedily

U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday argued that Trump had done nothing wrong, urging the Senate to reject the impeachment articles approved by Democratic-led House of Representatives las

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Tesla calls claims of unintended acceleration in NHTSA petition “completely false”

Tesla pushed back Monday against claims that its electric vehicles may suddenly accelerate on their own, calling a petition filed with federal safety regulators “completely false.”Tesla al

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Court rules Mike Rothenberg must fork over more than $31 million to settle SEC allegations

Mike Rothenberg, the once high-flying VC bent on bringing the party to Silicon Valley, must now pay a whopping $31.4 million to settle a California federal court ruling in favor of Security and Excha

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Rocket Lab’s first launch of 2020 is a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office

Rocket Lab has announced its first mission for 2020 – a dedicated rocket launch on behalf of client the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) with a launch window that opens on January 31. The El

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Soft Robotics raises $23 million from investors including industrial robot giant FANUC

Robotics startup company Soft Robotics has closed its Series B round of funding, raising $23 million led by Calibrate Ventures and Material Impact, and including participation from exiting investors i

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Three takeaways from the 2019 venture capital market

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re digging into the Q4 venture capital market — specifically unpack

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Fable Studio founder Edward Saatchi on designing virtual beings

In films, TV shows and books — and even in video games where characters are designed to respond to user behavior — we don’t perceive characters as beings with whom we can establish two-way relationshi

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Third person dies in China virus outbreak as new cases rise sharply

Authorities in China warn the coronavirus is spreading to more cities as the country gears up for lunar new year celebrations.

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Xinhua Special: China on home stretch to reach first centenary goal

Xinhua Special: 2020 is a milestone year for China as the country is finally on the home stretch to realize its first centenary goal --- building a moderately prospero

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Russian scientists to have SNAP test for novel coronavirus within month: media

Russian scientists will have a SNAP test within a month to quickly detect the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that caused cases of pneumonia, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported Monday. "We started wor

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The importance of dispute resolution in China-U.S. phase one deal

02:33 Do you remember how long it took for China and the U.S. to reach their phase-one deal? Thirteen rounds of negotiations over 23 months.So, apparently, no one wants to go through t

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China's 'Queen of Trash' revitalizes northeastern U.S. city

A Chinese paper company invested 46 million U.S. dollars, created 130 new jobs and revitalized the economy of the city of Old Town, Maine, in the northeastern United States. A New York Times article

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China's Zhang Shuai defeats former U.S. Open champion Stephens

Zhang Shuai from China celebrates after defeating Sloane Stephens from the U.S. in a first-round match of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, January 20, 2020. Zhang