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Beijing urges U.S. to protect Chinese national's safety

Mallory Rahman and her daughter Zara Rahman, 4, who live nearby, pause after bringing flowers to the Gold Spa massage parlor in Atlanta, U.S. on March 17, 2021, the day after eight people were ki

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U.S. community wants stronger actions against racism from politicians

02:14 U.S. President JoeBidenhas condemned violence against Asian-Americans describing it as an ongoing crisis.He has travelled to the U.S. city of Atlanta on Friday to meet with commu

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G7 Finance ministers support new IMF aid for COVID-19-hit poor nations

FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak during a past press conference. /Getty Images G7 Finance ministers on Friday agreed to back further financial support for vulnerable countri

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People in southern Argentina attempt to rebuild lives after wildfires

People and authorities in southern Argentina are attempting to clean up in the wake of devastating wildfires that destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people

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Russia sues social media companies over Navalny protests

In what authorities say is a coincidence, at the same time Twitter was throttled the website for the Kremlin went down too.

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People in Paraguay protest government's response to pandemic

The President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benitez, has asked all his cabinet ministers to resign in the wake of protests against the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.Demonstrators clashe

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Unraveling ThredUp’s IPO filing: Slow growth, but a shifting business model

Another day, another venture-backed IPO filing. Today it’s ThredUp, a used-goods marketplace that is approaching the public markets in the wake of Poshmark’s own strong debut.Both companie

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Concerns whether impeachment will become commonplace

01:46 In the wake of the acquittal of former U.S. President DonaldTrump on the charge he incited the storming of the U.S. Capitol, some Republicans have said that Democrats could face

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Black History Month: What is “The Work” that remains to be done?

In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2020, protests and demonstrations broke out across the U.S. and much of the world, focusing on issues that impacted blac

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S. Africa's Blitzboks to miss Madrid 7s due to COVID-19 restrictions

South Africa's rugby sevens team will not take part in the Madrid Sevens tournaments after the Spanish government extended their COVID-19-related travel restrictions on a number of countries, amo

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U.S. Homeland Security Department issues domestic terrorism alert

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a domestic terrorism alert on Wednesday, warning that the country may face heightened threats from domestic violent extremists in the wake of the deadl

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Fast raises $102M as the online checkout wars continue to attract huge investment

This morning Fast, a startup that provides online checkout and identity products, announced that it has closed a $102 million Series B. The new funding event was led by Stripe, a previous investor in

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Twitter pilots 'potentially messy' crowd-sourced fact checking

The move follows months of criticism about how the social media platform responded to misleading messages about the election.

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Desktop Metal buys fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC for $300M

Desktop Metal this morning announced its intention to purchase fellow 3D printing company EnvisionTEC. Founded in Germany in 2002, EnvisionTEC specializes in photopolymer additive manufacturing, putti

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At least 20,000 members of the National Guard arrive in D.C.

(Scroll to the right to see more)In wake of last week's Capitol riot, at least 20,000 members of the National Guard have been deployed to Washington D.C. as of Wednesday

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Square Off introduces a rollable connected chess board

We’ve been covering Square Off for a couple of CESes now – ever since the connected chess startup competed in one of our pitch offs. The Mumbai-based startup has been rapidly iterating on technology

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Rep. Joaquin Castro wants to prevent Federal government from ever naming buildings, property after Trump

Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro announced in a tweet Thursday that he would be introducing legislation that would prevent any federal buildings or property from ev