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Benfica president arrested for tax fraud and money laundering

Luis Filipe Vieira, president of Benfica of Portuguese top football league Primeira Liga. /CFP Luis Filipe Vieira, president of Benfica of Portuguese top football league Primeira Liga, was arr

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Police arrest eight men on suspicion of sending fake Royal Mail texts

The men were arrested in relation to scam Royal Mail texts during dawn raids in London, Coventry, Birmingham and Colchester.

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Turkey detains 10 retired admirals over open letter

Turkey on Monday detained 10 retired admirals after a letter signed by more than 100 of them warned against a possible threat to a treaty governing the use of Turkey's key waterways.The Ankara chief

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Capdesk raises £5m Series A extension led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures

Capdesk, an equity management platform, has raised a £5m Series A extension led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures and MiddleGame Ventures. This followed a first raise of £3 million in 2020,

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New mutation in coronavirus variant in US may reduce vaccine efficacy

A patient arrives outside Maimonides Medical Center, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. /Reuters A new mutation found in a coro

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Reddit’s transparency report shows a big spam problem and relatively few government requests

Reddit has published its transparency report for 2020, showing various numbers relating to removed content, government requests, and other administrative actions. The largest problem by far — in terms

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Group Nine’s SPAC goes public

Group Nine Media revealed last month that it was forming a SPAC (short for special purpose acquisition corporation) in order to raise money for acquisitions.The company has now moved forward with thos

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U.S. lawmakers back $15 billion in airline payroll assistance

A bipartisan legislative deal unveiled by U.S. lawmakers on Sunday will grant U.S. airlines $15 billion in new payroll assistance that will allow them to return more than 32,000 furloughed workers to

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El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala stage mass raids on gangs

SAN SALVADOR, El Savador (AP) — The Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have rounded up hundreds of suspected street gang members as part

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Mexican President Obrador urges review of U.S. drug cooperation

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, March 17, 2020. /Reuters Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sai

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Palantir’s reference price values it at roughly $16 billion

Palantir is preparing for its public debut tomorrow morning on the NYSE after 17 years, and now we are getting some data on how the company’s shares are being valued by investors.NYSE announced that t

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IS hacker charged with selling fake PPE online

A criminal complaint has been filed against the hacker as the US announced a large seizure of cryptocurrency used by terrorists.

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Iran issues arrest warrants for Trump over killing of Soleimani

Iran on Monday issued arrest warrants for 36 people, including the U.S. President Donald Trump, for the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani and asked Interpol for help."36 individuals who have bee

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Brazil police searches Rio de Janeiro governor's residence

Brazil's Federal Police raided the official residence of Rio de Janeiro Gov. Wilson Witzel on Tuesday to carry out searches, part of an investigation into the embezzlem

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US Marshals says prisoners’ personal information taken in data breach

A data breach at the U.S. Marshals Service exposed the personal information of current and former prisoners, TechCrunch has learned.A letter, sent to those affected and obtained by TechCrunch, said th

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United Airlines sells $1 bln of stock to weather pandemic

United Airlines Holdings Inc on Tuesday announced a public offering to raise more than one billion U.S. dollars, the first major airline to sell equity to help it survive a sharp travel downturn in t

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Canada announces fund package against COVID-19 outbreak

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced a package of one billion Canadian dollars (about 724 million U.S. dollars) to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Trudeau told a news con