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Bottas beats Hamilton to pole ahead of Portugal GP

VCG Valtteri Bottas beat his Merceded compatriot Lewis Hamilton to take Pole Position ahead of Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix.The Finn set a time of 1:18.348, just 0.007s better than the time

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London Heathrow Airport's COVID losses balloon to $3.4 bln

Heathrow, Britain's biggest airport, said on Thursday a first quarter loss of 329 million pounds ($459 million) took total losses since the start of the pandemic to nea

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'Pink supermoon' to light up UK skies this week - here's the best time to see it (with one catch)

The April full moon is called pink as it is named after the phlox flower, which blooms at this time of year.

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UN-led aid convoy brings 23 tonnes of humanitarian aid in east Ukraine

In Ukraine, residents wait in line at the Novotroitske crossing point. /UN Twenty-three tonnes ofurgently neededaid items have reachedtheeastern Ukrainian province aroundDonetsk,after a humani

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Apple brings Touch ID to the Magic Keyboard

Apple has unveiled a new, colorful iMac today with an Apple-designed M1 chip. But that was just part of the story as the company used that opportunity to release new Mac accessories. In addition to a

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Madagascar to acquire Sinopharm vaccines for mass inoculations

VCG Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on Monday announced that the island nation would seek to acquire the Chinese-manufactured Sinopharm vaccine alongside three other vaccines to be used d

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Portugal lifts travel restrictions on UK, Brazil

FILE PHOTO: Travelers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, England. /VCG Portugal on Friday lifted a ban on flights to and from the UK as it continues an easing of COVID-19 restrictions.Howev

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On-demand pediatrics app Biloba adds prescriptions and raises $1.7 million

French startup Biloba has raised a $1.7 million funding round (€1.4 million) a few months after launching its pediatrics app that lets you chat with a doctor whenever you have a question. In addition

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Annual Spanish Mackerel Festival kicks off in Qingdao

The annual Spanish Mackerel Festival has kicked off at Laoshan District in east China’s Qingdao City, Shandong Province on Tuesday. An 11 kilogram Spanish mackerel was

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UAE Mars mission: Hope probe enters science orbit

People wait for the launch of the Hope probe at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, July 19, 2020. /CFP The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s Hope probe of the nation's first mission to Mars

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Ports experience major congestion as pandemic continues

02:30 The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are experiencing record congestion – with dozens of container ships having to wait for weeks to dock and unload.Port services were reduced

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A look inside a migrant shelter warehouse in Texas

01:26 The Annunciation House in El Paso expanded in recent years to handle the increase in migrant families crossing the border.Today it sees a growing crisis as families wait in Mexic

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Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics

Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months, the IOC and local organizers said Saturday.The decision was announced after

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Berlin’s MorphAIs hopes its AI algorithms will put its early-stage VC fund ahead of the pack

MorphAIs is a new VC out of Berlin, aiming to leverage AI algorithms to boost its investment decisions in early-stage startups. But there’s a catch: it hasn’t raised a fund yet.The firm wa

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine gets nod in South Korea from first of three expert panels

The first of three expert panels in South Korea reviewing a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech gave its recommendation on Tuesday for the government

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Nigerian military aircraft crash kills seven

A Nigerian military plane crashed while approaching Abuja airport runway on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) confirmed."This is to confirm th

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The U.S. President wants Congress to take action on gun reform

President Joe Biden has called on Congress to take action on gun reform on 3rd anniversary of Parkland shooting."This Administration will not wait for the next mass sho