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12 killed, 5 missing in fire in western India

At least 12 people were killed, and five went missing as a massive fire broke out at a company in Ghotawade Phata in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Monday evening, local media reported.Tw

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Eight people injured in Somali capital blast

At least eight people were injured after a landmine placed along the road went off in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police and witnesses said Saturday.A police officer who did not want to be ident

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Fruit flies get 'hangry' without food, study shows

Researchers from the UEA and Oxford observed male fruit flies get more aggressive the longer they went without food.

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Nigeria suspends Twitter operations, says platform ‘undermines its corporate existence’

The Nigerian government via its Ministry of Information and Culture today announced its decision to suspend the activities of social media platform Twitter in the country.The statement which was made

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Rocket Lab cleared by the FAA to resume launches after mission failure last month

Rocket Lab has already received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume its launch activities, following a failure during the second stage burn of its 20th Electron rocket mi

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Peru's presidential candidates debate ahead of vote

02:24 In the last week before the presidential elections in Peru, candidates Keiko Fujimori on the right and leftist Pedro Castillo went head to head in a final debate before the vote.C

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Nikki Haley called VP Kamala Harris 'unprofessional and unfit' for telling people to 'enjoy the long weekend'

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley had a go at Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday over well wishes she sent out for the holiday weekend.Harris shared a twee

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Rep. Jason Crow stresses risk of not investigating Capitol attack: 'We have a domestic terror movement in America'

Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat and veteran who helped comfort other lawmakers during the US Capitol insurrection, said Wednesday evening there's a "domestic terro

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Databricks introduces Delta Sharing, an open source tool for sharing data

Databricks launched its fifth open source project today, a new tool called Delta Sharing designed to be a vendor neutral way to share data with any cloud infrastructure or SaaS product, so long as you

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Treet, with $2.8 million in seed funding, gets brands involved in the resale market

Treet, a company rethinking the resale retail market, announced the close of a $2.8 million seed round today. The financing comes from Bling Capital, Matchstick Ventures, Techstars, BAM Ventures, BBG

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Insurtech startup Obie raises $10.7M Series A led by Battery Ventures

Obie, which has developed an insurtech platform for landlords, has raised $10.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures.Thomvest Ventures, Funders Club, MetaProp and Second Century

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Gunshots heard near George Floyd Square one year after his murder

00:30 Reporter Philip Crowther was interrupted by what are believed to be gunshots, as he was reporting on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis for CGTN. He tweeted t

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India’s capital Delhi to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases drop

India’s capital New Delhi will start relaxing its strict coronavirus lockdown next week if new cases continue to drop in the city, its chief minister said on Sunday.The

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Nigeria buries army chief after air crash

Nigeria's top-ranking army commander General Ibrahim Attahiru was killed on on May 21, 2021 when his plane crashed in the country's north, an air force spokesman said. /AFP Nigeria's top-ranki

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Atletico Madrid win La Liga title in tense final day drama

Atletico Madrid players celebrate at the end of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Valladolid at the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid, Spain. /VCG Atletico Madrid

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Beijing used 1.2 bln cubic meters of recycled water in 2020: authority

Beijing used 1.2 billion cubic meters of recycled water in 2020, accounting for about 30 percent of its total annual water allocation, authorities said Wednesday.In rec

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Da Vinci's "Head of a Bear" drawing on display in New York

"Head of a Bear," drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, went on display at Christie's in New York on May 15. /CFP The square drawing, measuring seven centimetres on each side, is a silverpoint dr