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Russia to deliver S-400 missile to India by end of next year

The Russian S-400 missile air defense systems in Tverskaya Street before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in central Moscow, Russia April 29, 2019. /Reuters Photo Russia will begin deliv

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Trump State of Union address focuses on economy, Neo-Monroe politics

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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Mo Farah withdraws from Big Half race in London

British runner Mo Farah wins the men's elite race during the Simplyhealth Great North Run in Newcastle, UK, September 8, 2019. /VCG Photo Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah of Britain has wit

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Ancestry lays off 6% of staff as consumer genetic testing market continues to decline

Excitement in the consumer genetic testing market continues to show signs of slowing down.In the past two weeks layoffs have hit two of the biggest consumer genetic testing services — 23andme an

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U.S. Senate acquits Trump on both articles of impeachment

U.S. President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday afternoon by the Senate after the chamber voted down both articles of impeachment against him that the House approved late last year. Senators

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Chinese vice premier stresses epidemic control in rural areas

Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has called for greater efforts to ensure supply of agricultural products and strengthen epidemic prevention and control of the novel coronaviru

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Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured

A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in bad weather in Istanbul Wednesday, killing three people and injuring doze

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Pelosi shreds Trump’s speech. Right there on the podium.

And then she tore up the speech.No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was pri

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Sudan's PM rattled by meeting of country's leader, Netanyahu

Sudan’s prime minister appeared rattled Wednesday by the meeting this week between the head of his country's transitional council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and Israeli

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Former British PM Cameron’s bodyguard forgets loaded gun in plane toilet

A passenger found a loaded pistol and David Cameron’s passport in an airplane toilet after the former British prime minister’s bodyguard forgot them there, the British

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EU sets out new criteria on enlargement post-Brexit

Down one country with the departure of Britain, the European Union set out new criteria for adding new countries in a move made all the more urgent by the recent French

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Whatnot wants to be the GOAT of collectible toys, starting with Funko Pops

Funko Pops. You’ve probably noticed them at your local GameStop, Hot Topic, or spread out all over your coworker’s desk. These lil’ vinyl figurines and their big ol’ heads hav

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Google Cloud makes strides but still has a long way to go

In earnings reported this week, Alphabet announced that Google Cloud generated a robust $2.61 billion for the quarter, a number that includes revenue from both Google Cloud Platform and G Suite.That

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Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 1 of 2)

The once-polarizing world of open-source software has recently become one of the hotter destinations for VCs.As the popularity of open source increases among organizations and developers, startups in

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Hospitals told to create 'emergency pods' for coronavirus patients

Those suspected of having the virus will be isolated from other patients at A&E, so an assessment can be made about their health.

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Building a search tool for state court data and analytics, Trellis adds Alon Shwartz as co-founder

Trellis Research, the Los Angeles based startup building out a search and analytics tool for state court data, hasn raised $4.4 million in a new round of funding, and added Alon Shwartz as a technical

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How Microsoft runs its $40M ‘AI for Health’ initiative

Last week, Microsoft announced the latest news in its ongoing “AI for Good” program: a $40M effort to apply data science and AI to difficult and comparatively under-studied conditions like