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Black adults four times more likely to die from COVID-19 than whites in UK: ONS

Black adults are more than four times as likely to die from a COVID-19 related death than white people in Britain, according to a provisional analysis by the British Office for National Statistics

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UK set to announce roadmap to ease lockdown as another 539 COVID-19 patients die

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a roadmap to ease the current lockdown measures as another 539 COVID-19 patients have died, Foreign Secretary Domini

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This venture firm in India is offering fast funding to early-stage startups in a time of uncertainty

As investors get cautious about dealmaking in India amid the coronavirus outbreak and their appetite to fund early stage startups begins to evaporate, one venture capital fund is stepping up to make t

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Live COVID-19 updates: Serbia lifts state of emergency, Turkey's infections surpass 130,000

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - BELGRADE -- The Serbian National Assembly adopted government proposal to abolish the state of emergency o

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Snow’s avatar app Zepeto registers 150M users, eyes China market

Some of you may recall the South Korean app Zepeto that went viral among Gen Z users a year and a half ago. The app, which renders selfies into animated avatars and lets people adorn their computer-ge

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How Lyft intends to navigate and survive COVID-19

A glimpse at Lyft’s stock price Wednesday, which soared as much as 16.77% after first-quarter earnings were reported, suggested all was well in the ride-hailing company’s world.In this CO

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TiVo enters the streaming market with a $50 Android TV-powered device, TiVo Stream 4K

TiVo today is launching a new device, its would-be Fire TV Stick competitor known as the TiVo Stream 4K. First announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, this $50 Android TV-powered HDMI d

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UK's confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick sai

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IRL, the calendar app for virtual events, launches a web product

IRL, the recently pivoted calendar app that aggregates live virtual events, has today launched a web version of the platform.The company, which has $11 million in funding from Goodwater Capital, Found

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UK overtakes Italy as worst-hit country in Europe by coronavirus

Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released Tuesday. Chairing Tuesday's

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Chinese ambassador says China to open market wider to world

Chinese ambassador to Britain on Tuesday pledged that his country will continue deepening reform and opening its market wider to the world, which will not be held back by COVID-19. Liu Xiaoming sa

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Sinch acquires SAP’s Digital Interconnect messaging business for $250M

MA activity has generally slowed down in the weeks since the novel coronavirus took a grip on the world, but there have been some pockets of activity in the tech industry when the price is right or wh

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Updates: UK COVID-19 deaths top 28,000, France extends state of health emergency

Passengers wearing face masks are seen at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, on May 1, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)-- UK COVID-19 deaths top 28,000;-- Italy sees new COVID-19 cases falling, I

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French soldier killed in anti-insurgent operations in Mali

France’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that a French soldier has been killed in Mali during operations against “armed terrorist groups.”A military tanker belonging to

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Britain's daily testing target may have been met - minister

Britain might have hit its daily target of carrying out 100,000 COVID-19 tests a day, or will come close, putting in place the beginnings of a network to test, track an

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Europe faces deepest recession since World War II as economies shrink amid COVID-19 crisis

European countries are heading into their deepest recessions since 1945 because of COVID-19, a slew of official figures suggest. Eurostat, the statistical office of the

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Europe faces deepest recession since World War II as economies shrink

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought major economies in Europe to a grinding halt. /John Macdougall/AFP European countries are heading into their deepest recessions since 1945 because of COVID-1