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Cancun, Mexico: Tourism, COVID-19 impacts vacation destination

05:13 Tourism in Cancun, Mexico has made a comeback after the pandemic stalled travel from around the world. But are tourists making the safest choices when they come to the popular spo

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Car-sharing startup Turo has filed confidentially for an IPO

Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing startup, has initiated the confidential process of filing for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.The number of shares to be offe

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Founders must learn how to build and maintain circles of trust with investors

Many VCs tout their mentorship and hands-on approach to founders, especially those who run early-stage startups. But in the recent era of lightning-fast rounds closing at sky-high valuations, the cap

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Will emperor penguins soon be a threatened species?

01:09 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal on Tuesday to list the emperor penguin as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.What is putting this flightless bird

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Brazil court to probe president for attacks on voting system

Brazil's highest electoral body decided on Monday it will investigate far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for his constant and baseless attacks on the country's electronic voting system.The Supreme El

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Italy reports record number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations

FILE PHOTO: Elderly people receiving the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, in Pisa, Italy. /VCG Italy on Friday administered a new record number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations, according to

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The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is now inoculated

The Duchess of Cambridge said she had received first COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine dose on Friday, Kensington Palace. /AP Kate Middleton revealed on Saturday that she has received her first dos

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Orbiit raises Seed funding to automate the interactions within an online community

Orbiit, a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 million round led by Bread and Butter Ventures with participation from new investors High Alpha Capital,

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Two COVID-19 shots effective against India variant

A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine concentrate is diluted with 1.8ml sodium chloride ready for use at Guy's Hospital. /Reuters A double dose of COVID-19 vaccines is almost as effec

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Boris warns Indian COVID-19 variant may cause 'serious disruption'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his 10 Downing Street apartment home to deliver a statement to parliament on the government's defense review, in London, UK. /AFP The U.K. Prime Minister

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Jet pack army?

02:24 The U.K. Royal Navy and the Marines are testing out jet packs designed by developer Gravity Industries in the U.K.They performed a boarding operation on a moving ship. A marine in

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Kenya mulls strategy to drive post-COVID-19 tourism recovery

FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient isolation center in Machakos town in eastern Kenya, August 3, 2020. /VCG Kenya plans to launch a strategy to drive the post-COVID-19 tourism recovery, a governme

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FBI launches operation to remotely remove Microsoft Exchange server backdoors

A Texas court has authorized an FBI operation to “copy and remove” backdoors from hundreds of Microsoft Exchange email servers in the United States, months after hackers used four previous

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Lack of medications for Venezuelans with Parkinson's cause hardship

01:47 The coronavirus pandemic has put vulnerable people at higher risk all around the world- including patients with Parkinson's disease. In Venezuela, the prolonged shortage of medic

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Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box raises $10.6M Series A led by Paladin Capital

Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box, which emerged originally from Greece, has raised a Series A investment round of $10.6 million, led by Paladin Capital Group and joined by Osage University

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NGO offers free COVID-19 tests in Brazil

02:23 With Brazil now accountingfor more than one-quarter of the world’s daily COVID-19 deaths,the government has actually scaled back testing.OneNGO in Rio de Janeirohas stepped in to

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UN adopts China's human rights resolution, looking to vaccine equality

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a China-sponsored resolution calling on states and other stakeholders to undertake constructive and genuine dialogue and cooperation in the field o