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Plant-based milk substitute market gets frothy with $225 million for Califia Farms

The market for companies developing dairy substitutes is really getting frothy.In December, the startup Perfect Day Foods announced it had raised $110 million in financing for its dairy replacement an

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Chinese vice premier meets with IMF chief, U.S. business leaders

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, m

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Bezos announces $1 bln investment in India as local traders cry foul

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, attends a company event in New Delhi, India, January 15, 2020. /Reuters Photo Angry local Indian traders vowed Wednesday to stage protests against the world's ri

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Trump's former national security adviser Flynn seeks to drop guilty plea

Michael Flynn, U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is asking a federal court to let him withdraw his guilty plea on charges of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigatio

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Mexico's Tequila production breaks records

01:56 Tequila, one of Mexico's most iconic products, is going through a global image change.No longer seen in the context of shots accompanied by painful lime-biting, Mexico's traditio

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Democrats add last-minute evidence to Trump impeachment case before Senate trial

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump

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Japan's Abe among visitors to Oman to meet new sultan

Dignitaries and leaders from around the world traveled to Oman on Tuesday for the third straight day to pay respects and shake hands with the country's new ruler, after

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U.S. city bans big companies' "political influence" in local elections

The city of Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington on Monday passed a bill to ban big companies such as Amazon from influencing local elections by making huge "political donations." Seattle City Cou

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Giant Panda "Yi Yi" celebrates second birthday in Malaysia

Fans and tourists from Malaysia and abroad on Tuesday celebrated the second birthday of Yi Yi, the second giant panda that was born in Malaysia. Fans from Malaysia, Ch

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Comcast launches SportsTech startup accelerator with NASCAR and others

Comcast NBCUniversal believes its can access startup innovation while supporting future Olympic gold-medalists.The American mass media company launched its new SportsTech accelerator today, based in

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Meet one of 73 British MEPs losing their jobs to Brexit

02:04 Last week, British lawmakers passed a bill that will allow Britain to leave the European Union with an exit deal on January 31.But what will happen to the 73 British Members of t

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Salesforce announces new tools to boost developer experience on Commerce Cloud

Salesforce announced some new developer tools today, designed to make it easier for programmers to build applications on top of Commerce Cloud in what is known in industry parlance as a “headles

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'Tongues Smeared with Threatening': Iran Rebukes Trump's Farsi Tweet Supporting Protests in Tehran

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that he and his administration were monitoring Saturday's protests in Iran and expressed support for participants in rallies spark

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Traditional FM's visit strengthens friendship between China and Africa

Editor's note: Dr. Efem N. Ubi is a senior research fellow and head of the division of International Economic Relations at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Nigeria. The article r

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Lawmaker, son of ex-president, to be Malta's next premier

A first-term lawmaker whose father was Malta's president has been chosen to be the country's prime minister. The count on Sunday showed Robert Abela received nearly 58%

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Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Iran signalled Sunday it favours a de-escalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidenta

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UK seeks extradition of US woman over teen's death in crash

Britain has sparked a diplomatic standoff with Washington by requesting the extradition of a U.S. woman charged over a road crash that killed a U.K. teenager.The Britis