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Putin orders troops into pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine in what the Kremlin called a "peacekeeping" mission, just hours after

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Crypto tax software provider TaxBit raises $130M at a $1.33B valuation

Just five months after raising a $100 million Series A, TaxBit announced today it has raised $130 million in a Series B round of funding.The latest financing officially makes the Salt Lake City, Utah-

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Footballers' position and length of career increase their risk of dementia, says study

According to a new landmark study from the University of Glasgow, goalkeepers only suffer the neurodegenerative disease as much as the public in general - but defenders are five times more likely to be diagnosed.

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Google Pay launches international money transfers with Wise and Western Union

Alphabet Inc's Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co for users of its U.S. payments app, the co

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Entertainment payroll startup Wrapbook raises $27M round led by A16Z

Wrapbook, a startup that simplifies the payroll process for TV, film and commercial productions, has raised $27 million in Series A funding from noteworthy names from both the tech and entertainment w

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New public report to blame Saudi crown prince for 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi

The Biden administration will release an intelligence report Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist

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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

In a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that early-stage startups on the African continent are continuing to see some notable growth, both in terms of their business and from investors

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Hacking firm claims it can decrypt Signal app's on-device encryption

The decryption ability can only be used with physical access to a target device, and doesn't allow messages to be intercepted.

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Carl Bernstein says 21 GOP senators contemptuous of Trump

Former Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein took to Twitter to list the names of 21 Republican senators who he says have “repeatedly expressed contempt” for Donald Trump and

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Google Pay gets a major redesign with a new emphasis on personal finance

Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless payment services, Google Pay — or Android Pay as it was known the

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'UK could be at leading edge of 6G' as university launches innovation centre

The technology could allow surgeons to use a robot to perform a life-saving operation in real-time from across the globe.

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President Trump’s Twitter accessed by security expert who guessed password “maga2020!”

A Dutch security researcher says he accessed President Trump’s @realDonaldTrump Twitter account last week by guessing his password: “maga2020!”.Victor Gevers, a security researcher a

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Is U.S. Xinjiang narrative reliable?

Editor's note: Joel Wendland-Liu is an associate professor of the Integrative, Religious and Intercultural Studies Department of Grand Valley State University in the U.S. The article reflects the

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Democrat Biden to outline how he would oversee coronavirus vaccine

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will lay out on Wednesday how he plans if elected to develop and distribute a safe coronavirus vaccine, seeking to draw a co

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As Trump plays down virus, health experts' alarm grows

President Donald Trump (C) points as he prepares to answer questions after speaking about the coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington, DC, February 29, 2020. /AP

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Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks

Donald Trump barely mentioned Tim Kaine when he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2016. But four years later, the president has plenty to say about Kamala

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Washington's so-called "Clean Network" program to split global internet: media

Washington's so-called "Clean Network" program will "bolster a worrying movement" toward the split of the global internet, said a recent BBC article. "The U.S. governm