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Bears are waking early - Russia's recording breaking warm winter

02:25 It's been a record breaking mild winter in Moscow, which had its warmest December in more than 130 years.The New Year was snowless in the Russian capital, and, in an effort to cr

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China's Yan Bingtao storms into Welsh Snooker Open semifinal

Yan Bingtao of China (L) during the quarterfinals of Welsh Open against John Higgins, Cardiff, UK, February 14, 2020. /VCG Photo Even though his fancied compatriot Ding Junhui failed to make i

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HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through

HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed.HQ Trivia had a deal

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LinkedIn will sunset Sales Navigator for Gmail, formerly known as Rapportive, on March 20

It’s par for the course that major tech platforms will launch a lot of services, then sunset those that are less popular. But this week comes one that especially smarts (for me and some of my Te

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UN Security Council calls for 'lasting ceasefire' in Libya

The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for a "lasting ceasefire" in war-torn Libya, where a fragile truce has been in place since January.The text, drafted by Britain, was

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Here's how Democrats are doing Trump's electioneering for him

File photo shows Donald Trump speaking during a campaign event in New York, the United States, July 16, 2016. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London Sc

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Artillery shells hit Tripoli center amid intra-Libyan talks

Artillery shells on Tuesday hit the center of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which eastern forces have been trying to take in a near year-long war, residents said.The Libyan National army (LNA) faction

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NCP outbreak: A major test of China's system & capacity for governance

05:14 I'm Robert Lawrence Kuhn and what I'm watching is what the whole world is watching: How China is handling the novel coronavirus epidemic, which the Politburo Standing Committee,

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Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts

President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in

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Oscars put on diversity show after #OscarsSoWhite

Janelle Monae and Billy Porter perform onstage at the 92nd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, February 9, 2020. /AP Photo Slammed for failing to nominate female directors and

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After $479M round on $12.4B valuation, Snowflake CEO says IPO is next step

Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse company, doesn’t tend to do small rounds. On Friday night word leaked out about its latest mega round. This one was for $479 million on a $12.4 billion

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The classification of viruses: What's in a name?

The history of human diseases is replete with instances of fractious debates over the identification of emerging pathogens (Credit: AFP) The recent global outbreak of the novel coronavirus has

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Snafu Records is a music label using algorithms to find its next big artist

Snafu Records is bringing a new approach to finding musical talent — founder and CEO Ankit Desai described the Los Angeles-headquartered startup as “the first full-service, AI-enabled record lab

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What does the State of the Union address tell us?

Editor's note:Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at the University of Kent, Canterbury, specializing in Russian history and international po

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Pelosi shreds Trump’s speech. Right there on the podium.

And then she tore up the speech.No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was pri

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Trump's State of Union speech exposes bitter US divides

President Donald Trump's State of the Union address became a shocking display of US divisions Tuesday with Democrats protesting the Republican's boasts before their lea

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Word "impeachment" not in Trump's State of the Union address, WH spokesperson says

The word "impeachment" is not in U.S. President Donald Trump's third State of the Union address, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Tuesday. "I've read through the speech and I've