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AfCFTA boss urges Africa to end 'colonial' economic model

FILE PHOTO: A session of the Executive Committee of the meeting of the African Union at the Palais des Congres in Niamey during the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). /AF

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Money "should not be difference between life and death" WHO chief says

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Friday called upon governments t

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Find out how startups like Skyroot and Bluefield are building new industries at TC Sessions: Space 2020

At our fast-approaching first TC Sessions: Space event, which is happening December 16-17, we’re going to be highlighting some of the most exciting startups and founders tackling big problems wi

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AWS announces high resource Lambda functions, container image support & millisecond billing

AWS announced some big updates to its Lambda serverless function service today. For starters, starting today it will be able to deliver functions with up to 10MB of memory and 6 vCPUs (virtual CPUs).

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Hungarian and Polish PMs to meet on Thursday to discuss EU budget veto

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban in Budapest on Thursday to discuss their veto of the European Union’s budget and r

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Ramaphosa says pandemic hindered global efforts to eradicate poverty

VCG Image The COVID-19 pandemic has set back global efforts to eradicate poverty and narrow inequality, according to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.Ramaphosa made the remarks on Sunda

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Turkish, Saudi leaders speak by phone ahead of G20 summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman by phone ahead of the G-20 virtual summit hosted by the kingdom, the president’s office sai

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Ramaphosa urges G20 to help Africa confront aftermath of COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. /VCG Image South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday appealed to the Group of Twenty (G20) to help Africa confront the financial

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Houseparty adds ‘Fortnite Mode,’ bringing video chat to the popular game

Epic acquired Houseparty way back in June of last year, following an absolutely massive $1.25 billion raise. It was clear why the Fortnite publisher would be interested in the social video app. After

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Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures

Giraffe360 has a robotic camera, combined with a subscription service, which enables real estate agents and brokers to generate high-resolution photos of properties, floor plans and virtual tours easi

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Shenzhen to hold online International Cultural Industries Fair

00:55 The 16th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF) is set to open on Monday in south China's Shenzhen City and will take place online for the

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China to regulate livestreaming sector from falsifying figures

China plans to issue a new law to regulate marketing and advertisement of its booming livestreaming e-commerce, theOfficeof Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission said on Thursday.Livestreaming e-c

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mmhmm videochat software is now available to all for Mac

mmhmm, the presentation software developed by Evernote founder Phil Libin, is today coming out of beta. The mmhmm app is now officially available for Mac.The software allows folks to spice up their v

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Seedcamp raises £78M for its fifth fund

European pre-seed and seed-stage VC Seedcamp has reached £78M in the first and final close of its fifth fund, ‘Seedcamp V’, its largest to date.The round was backed by investors including British Pati

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Live from Apple’s 2020 Mac event featuring the first ever Apple Silicon Macs

Apple’s had a packed fall, and today is the day of its third big product reveal event this season. This one is going to be squarely focused on the first Macs with Apple Silicon, the companyR

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Taiwan-related proposal to WHA doom to fail: Foreign Ministry

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday that a Taiwan-related proposal made to the World Health Assembly was doomed to fail."It showed that the on

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The robots that let you tour a London gallery from home

00:54 On Thursday, art galleries will close their doors as the UK enters its second national lockdown but innovative technology could offer them a lifeline.The Lobsteropolis exhibition