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Microsoft backs India’s Oyo at $9.6 billion valuation

Microsoft has invested $5 million in Indian budget hotel chain Oyo, according to a regulatory filing this week. The investment confirms a TechCrunch scoop from last month.The new investment values Oyo

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OnlyFans bans 'sexually explicit' images and videos - but nude content still allowed

OnlyFans, a London-based social media platform, is popular with amateur pornographic models and has become more widely used during the coronavirus pandemic. But it says any posts featuring nudity will now need to be consistent with its updated policies.

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47 migrants found dead on Mauritanian coast

Forty-seven migrants were found dead on August 16 off the coast of Nouadhibou, northwest Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) a

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Diamond Age raises $8M to speed up home construction with 3D printing and robot arms

Bay Area-based Diamond Age this week announced that it has raised $8 million. The seed round is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC and features a slew of additional firms, including Dolby Family Ve

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Over 1.4m sign Global Times petition for release of Huawei's Meng

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returns to a court hearing following a lunch break in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 18, 2021. /Reuters An online petition

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Huawei CFO's extradition hearing closes in Canada

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing in Canada closed on Wednesday. The judge will set a date to announce the decision in Octo

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The hottest fintech market you aren’t paying attention to

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For our Wednesday show this week, Natasha and Alex and Danny had collea

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Global new cases of COVID-19 keep rising in last two months: WHO

FILE PHOTO: A health work educates a man on the process of vaccination at the Ridge Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 2, 2021. (Nipah Dennis via CFP) The global number of new COVID-19 cases h

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Chinese president sends condolences over Algeria wildfires

Chinese President Xi Jinpingon Tuesday sent a message of condolence to his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebbouneover the deadly wildfires that erupted in the countr

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Botswana to resume COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday

CFP Image Botswana's government announced the resumption of its mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign from Wednesday, August 18, as it seeks to inoculate more of its 2.3 million people.The Southe

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President el-Sisi awards Egypt's Olympic medalists

Egypt’s Feryal Ashraf Abdelaziz, poses with her gold medal after winning the women's +61 kg karate competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. /CFP Image Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Si

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Bezos might scupper NASA's 2024 moon landing - if spacesuit delays don't do it first

Problems are mounting for NASA's ambitious target of landing the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024, and additional delays driven by a litigious billionaire could end up scuppering the target landing date.

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Texas school officials stick with mask mandate, despite court setback

Cheerleaders at Louise High School perform in the auditorium as other students watch during a pep rally, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Louise, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2020. /Reuters

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S&P 500, Dow hit record highs as defensive shares shine

The benchmark S&P 500 and the Dow industrials hit record highs on Monday as investors moved into defensive sectors and stocks recovered from losses earlier in the sessi

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International community calls for 'safe and orderly departure' of foreign nationals and Afghans

More than 60 members of the international community called for the "safe and orderly departure" from Afghanistan of foreign nationals and Afghans on Sunday, hours after

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Turkey floods death toll at 77, dozens still missing

Seventy-seven people died and another 47 people are still unaccounted for in Turkey after flash floods swept through several towns in the Black Sea regions last week, officials said on Monday.More th

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Cuomo says NYC healthcare workers must be vaccinated against COVID

The New York State Department of Health issued an order Monday requiring all healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 27. /Getty Images The New York State Department of H