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COVID surge in the U.S. could ruin Christmas festivities

02:12 Even with coronavirus vaccines starting to reach those who need them most, Christmas in the U.S. is going to look very different this year.In the third part of our series from Te

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Capella Space now offers the highest resolution SAR imagery commercially available

SF-based small satellite startup Capella Space is now exclusively offering the most cutting-edge synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery available on the commercial market. The company has now made ava

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Vista’s $3.5B purchase of Pluralsight signals a maturing edtech market

On Monday, Pluralsight, a Utah-based startup that sells software development courses to enterprises, announced that it has been acquired by Vista for $3.5 billion.The deal, yet to close, is one of the

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U.S. tech giants face 6-10% fines as EU sets rules to curb power

Reuters Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet unit Google may have to change their business practices in Europe or face hefty fines of 6-10 percent under the new draft EU rules to be announced

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Data privacy startup eXate raises £2.3M Seed led by Outward VC

Accessing and sharing data is a complicated issue for large businesses, and doing this in a secure, compliant way is a problem for many. eXate, a London-based data software firm is attacking this prob

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Covid-19: New Zealand and Australia agree on quarantine-free travel bubble

New Zealand has agreed to a quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia "in principle".The country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said trips under the agreement could

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COVID-19: London to move into Tier 3 restrictions on Wednesday

A protective covering is installed around the statue of Winston Churchill in London, Britain on June 12, 2020. /Xinhua London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will move into the highest le

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Iran protests to Turkey over remarks by Erdogan in Azerbaijan

Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador on Friday over remarks by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan, which Tehran said amounted

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UK's Johnson holds no-deal Brexit stocktake meeting, BBC reports

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired a meeting with his Brexit supremo Michael Gove and others on Friday to take stock of the country’s preparedness for leaving

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Egypt receives first batch of Chinese anti-coronavirus vaccine

Staff members transfer the first batch of Chinese anti-coronavirus vaccine in Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on Dec. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo) Egypt received the first batch of Chinese

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Infra.Market raises $20 million for its B2B marketplace in India

A startup that is improving the way construction and real estate companies in India procure materials and handle logistics for their projects has received the backing of three new investors.Mumbai-hea

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Canada approves Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Covid-19 vaccination record card with vials and syringe./Getty Images Canada on Wednesday approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, clearing the way for shots to be delive

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One-armed village secretary丨1.4 Billion

05:51 In 2018, Li Jian was elected the Party branch secretary of Fulou Village by a majority. Located in the southeast of Henan Province, Fulou Village was known to be

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Ambassadors' China Story: Juan Carlos Capunay

03:53 Editor's note: The ambassador to China is an envoy promoting friendly exchanges between two countries, building a bridge between China and the world. The "Ambassa

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Space Perspective raises $7M for its plan to ferry tourists to the edge of space

Space tourism startup Space Perspective has raised a new $7 million in seed funding, from investors including Prime Movers Lab and Base Ventures . The company, founded by Jane Poynter and Taber MacC

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A pandemic Thanksgiving

02:43 Thanksgiving 2020 is proving to be a very busy time for food banks and nonprofits across the U.S.Food insecurity is on the upswing during the current crisis and food providers ar

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Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill

Data platform Splunk continues to make acquisitions as it works to build out its recently launched observability platform. After acquiring Plumbr and Rigor last month, the company today announced that