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Donald Trump moves to block Congress from getting his taxes

FILE PIC: Former U.S. President Donald Trump. /Getty Images Former U.S. President Donald Trump moved Wednesday to block the Treasury from handing over years of his tax records to a congression

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BizBeat Ep.189: Beijing is building a digitalized "benchmark city"

02:08 With a solid foundation of digitalized facilities, Beijing's central business district is now becoming one of the central brains behind the growth of China and ma

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The U.S. sees highest number of hospitalizations since Feb.

According to federal data, nearly 56,000 patients are now hospitalized with COVID-19 across the U.S., marking the highest number of patients receiving care since February. /Xinhua According to

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UK records another 138 deaths, the highest daily total since 17 March

FILE PIC: Britain has recorded another 138 coronavirus related deaths - the highest daily total since 17 March. /Xinhua Britain has recorded another 138 coronavirus related deaths - the highes

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Olympics: China's Xie Siyi takes gold in the men's 3m springboard

Xie Siyi of China poses with his gold medal after winning the men's 3m springboard final in the Tokyo Olympics at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2021. /CFP Chinese diver Xie

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NYC Mayor de Blasio says no to a mask mandate for vaccinated people

FILE PIC: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio waits in line to vote at an early voting site in Brooklyn of New York, the United States, Oct. 27, 2020. /Xinhua New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

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DPRK wants sanctions eased to restart talks with U.S: reports

A man looks at a packet of "Taeha" brand snacks produced by the Unha Taesong Foodstuff Factory at a shop in Pyongyang, DPRK, April 6, 2021. /CFP The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK

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U.S. manufacturing growth cooling, bottlenecks starting to abate

U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in July for the second straight month as raw material shortages persisted, though there are signs of some easing in su

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The tale of two edtech IPOs

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Last week, Natasha and Alex jumped on Twitter Spaces to discuss the tal

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Henan floods: How's life at the resettlement site?

01:23 The city of Weihui is still suffering from severe urban water-logging due to the unprecedented rainfall that hit central China's Henan Province last week. In resp

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Political Calendar: Iran's Raisi inauguration and vaccine cooperation

In the upcoming week, changes may come for the nuclear deadlock as Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi's administration begins, and the international community will make bigger efforts to promote g

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New Zealand starts mass vaccination in Auckland to raise current low jab rate

New Zealand has started mass vaccination in Manukau, south of Auckland, with the aim of jabbing more than 5,000 people each day.The government launched the first and la

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Two firefighters among six dead in Turkey wildfires

Click arrows to view gallery Two firefighters are among the six people killed in dozens of fires that erupted earlier this week on Turkey's southern coast.The blazes hav

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5 lessons from Duolingo’s bellwether edtech IPO of the year

Duolingo landed onto the public markets this week, rallying excitement and attention for the edtech sector and its founder cohort. The language learning business’ stock price soared when it began to t

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First lady leaves Walter Reed after foot procedure

First lady Jill Biden left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday evening after undergoing a procedure on her foot to remove an object she stepped on

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Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California

Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to give people free rides in its self-driving vehicles on the st

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Government watchdog rejects Blue Origin’s protest over lunar lander contract

Blue Origin’s protest to a governmental watchdog over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX a multi-billion dollar contract to develop a lunar lander was rejected.The Government Accountability Office