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Fire Tragedy: 15 dead in Ukraine nursing home

Firefighters work at the site of a fire in a nursing home in Kharkiv on January 21, 2021. /AFP At least 15 people were killed Thursday after a blaze tore through a residential home for the eld

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Women's Six Nations Rugby postponed due to COVID-19

VCG Women's Six Nations Championship and the men's U20 2021 championship have been postponed until "later this spring or early summer" due to the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to impact spo

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Healthvana’s digital COVID-19 vaccination records are about communication, not passports for the immune

As the vaccination campaign to counter COVID-19 gets underway (albeit with a rocky start), a number of companies are attempting to support its rollout in a variety of ways. Healthvana, a health tech s

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World Bank chief 'deeply appalled' by storming of U.S. Capitol

World Bank President David Malpass responds to a question from a reporter during an opening press conference at the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers and bank go

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The storming of Capitol Hill is a reaction to an irrational system

Police seen around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. /VCG Editor's note:Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford graduat

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What happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

01:17 SupportersofPresident Donald Trumpstormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.The protesters gathered in Washington, DC in support of Trump and his fraudulent claims of voting

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Social media allowed a shocked nation to watch a coup attempt in real time

Today’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social media. Once again Twitter, streaming sites, and

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Riot declared in U.S. city of Portland

A riot was declared in the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon on New Year's Eve. Demonstrators reportedly set fires, broke windows, and shot off fireworks at the federal courthouse and s

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SolarWinds hackers access Microsoft source code, the company says

A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 7, 2017. /Reuters The hacking group behind U.S. software company SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft and

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Nashville explosion investigation prompts FBI to search home

Federal agents converged Saturday on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips

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Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral rings in Christmas

The Notre Dame Cathedral choir, wearing hard hats and protective suits, recording a Christmas concert. /AP Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral

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China's drive to educate the elderly on digital technology

02:31 At Beilin Community in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, an education drive is taking place to teach seniors how to use smartphones.Seventy-year-old Zhan

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

Businesses today feel, more than ever before, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be. That market driver has now

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Nokia launches a laptop in India

Nokia, the 155-year-old iconic firm that has manufactured a range of items from rubber to cables to phones and telecommunications equipment, is ready to expand to a new category.The Finnish firm on M

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Xbox cloud gaming coming to iOS and PC in Spring 2021

Microsoft has shared some details about the roadmap for its cloud gaming service. In addition to Android devices, the company confirms that it plans to add support for more platforms. In Spring 2021,

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Protesters march against the 'Global Security Bill' in Paris

Thousands in Paris, France, marched against the “Global Security Bill,” over the weekend. Parts of the mostly peaceful march turned violent when some smashed shop window

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Hooded demonstrators torch cars, smash shop windows in Paris protest

FILE PHOTO: Dozens of hooded protesters launched projectiles at riot police, smashed up shop windows, torched cars and burned barricades during a demonstration in the French capital on Saturday a