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YouTube acquires Indian social commerce startup Simsim

YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. Neither of the firms disclosed the terms of the deal, but two people with knowledge of the matter told TechC

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The head of Citi Ventures on how, and why, to leverage corporate venture arms like his

At our recent Early Stage event, we had the opportunity to talk at length with Arvind Purushotham, the managing director and global head of Citi Ventures, about how startups should think about corpora

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More looting in South Africa

Many shops have been picked clean or destroyed following five days of riots and looting in the South African city of Durban.What began as protests against the prison sen

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Private bus service in Venezuela offers more reliability

02:54 The wheels are turning for Venezuelans tired of the long wait for a public bus. One group of entrepreneurs has put a private bus service on the road, with plans for a fleet of bus

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74th Cannes Film Festival opens on July 6, after 2020 cancellation

People pass by the Palais des Festivals ahead of the film festival in Cannes, southern France, July 5, 2021. /Xinhua The 74th edition ofthe Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday in France with 2

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Situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region fluid, unclear: UN

Children, who fled the violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, wait in line for breakfast in Mekelle, the regional capital, Ethiopia, June 23, 2021. /CFP Preparing to step up relief efforts in E

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This is what it's like to get the COVID jab in Brazil

03:07 As vaccines roll out in Brazil it was time for our correspondent Paulo Cabral to get his shot. See what it was like.Vaccinations are still slow in coming in Brazil but in recent w

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Update on the rescue efforts at the Miami condo collapse

01:48 These are some of the dogs helping in Miami, Florida. Oreo is a search and rescue dog, trained in Mexico.Because of her size, Oreo can fit in places larger dogs can’t.Other canin

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Mexico to vaccinate migrants in Baja California under new border initiative

Authorities in the Mexican border state of Baja California say they will include migrants in the new COVID-19 vaccination plan for border cities, which is aimed at acce

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U.S. reunites only 7 immigrant children with parents since February

Asylum-seeking children wait to be transported to a U.S. border patrol processing facility in Texas, U.S., May 6, 2021. /Reuters An effort by U.S. President Joe Biden to reunite migrant famili

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Apple announces iCloud+ with privacy-focused features

Apple is rolling out some updates to iCloud under the name iCloud+. The company is announcing those features at its developer conference. Existing paid iCloud users are going to get those iCloud+ feat

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See how COVID-19 has impacted organ transplantation in Venezuela

03:20 Venezuela’s organ transplant crisis has been deepening for years.Even before thecoronaviruspandemic, the wait list for transplant patients meant an agonizing daily reality for tho

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UK records three coronavirus-related deaths and 2,439 infections

The UK has recorded another three coronavirus-related deaths and a further 2,439 cases, the latest government figures show. It comes after five deaths were recorded on Sunday, along with a furthe

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India's COVID-19 caseload surpasses 24 million

People wearing masks wait to receive their second dose of COVISHIELD, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, in Kolkata, India, May 12, 2021. /Reuters India on Friday rep

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Electric vehicles cheaper than combustion ones in Europe by 2027

An electric vehicle charging station in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, March 31, 2021. /CFP Electric cars will be cheaper to build than fossil fuel vehicles across Europe within six ye

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India reports over 4,000 new COVID-19 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Medical staff in personal protective equipment wait to conduct novel coronavirus tests for people at Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, in Mumbai, India, April 18, 2020. /Xinhua India r

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Nurses, midwives in Uganda go on strike over payment

Nurses and midwives in Uganda on Thursday started their sit-down strike after they failed to reach a consensus with government over payment of their lunch allowance. /Xinhua Nurses and midwive