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TikTok is reportedly planning to challenge the Trump Administration ban

TikTok, the video-sharing app that’s moved to the center of the economic conflict between the US and China, is planning to challenge the executive order issued by President Donald Trump that wou

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Survivors of Air India plane crash to be tested for COVID-19

All the survivors of Air India Express plane that crashed in the southern India state of Kerala, killing at least 18 people, will be tested for the COVID-19 infection,

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Roundup: Rescuers search for 47 missing in India landslide as death toll rises to 19

Search for the 47 people missing in India's southern state of Kerala after a massive landslide buried them has entered into the second straight day, local officials said Saturday. Rescuers have so fa

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France's university plan, Swiss vaccine deal: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- Switzerland has signed an agreement with US biotechcompany Moderna for early access to the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing. The deal entitles Switzerland, which has a population of 8

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Judge says Uber, Lyft preliminary injunction ruling to come in ‘a matter of days’

California Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman heard arguments from Uber and Lyft, as well as lawyers representing the people of California regarding the request for a preliminary injunction that s

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Go public now while software valuations make no sense

Software valuations are bonkers, which means it’s a great time to go public. Asana, Monday.com, Wrike and every other gosh darn software company that is putting it off, pay attention. Heck, even

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Rolling updates on Beirut, a city and a tech community devastated

It was only relatively recently, in October 2018, that TechCrunch held Startup Battlefield MENA to unpack startups in the Middle East and North Africa. When TechCrunch went looking for a city in the r

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As e-commerce accelerates, fintech startups raised record $100M rounds in Q2

Reading headlines here and there, one might assume that venture capital interest in fintech startups is setting records every quarter.After all: didn’t Robinhood raise $280 million and $320 mill

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China stocks rise as economic rebound hopes stay intact

China stocks rose marginally on Wednesday as investor confidence in the country's economic upswing stayed intact, though a drop in financials tamed the broader market's strength.At the midday brea

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‘Mulan’ is coming to Disney+ on September 4, for an additional price of $29.99

Those wondering whether The Walt Disney Company would eventually give up on a traditional theatrical release for “Mulan” now have their answer.While the coronavirus pandemic prompted Disn

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Disney+ grows to more than 60.5M subscribers

Disney+ had more than 60.5 million paying subscribers as of yesterday, according to The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Chapek.Chapek shared the number during a call to discuss the company’s

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Software stocks set new records despite earnings, pandemic

You might have missed it, but amidst the current political-MA-pandemic-election-disinformation news cycle we find ourselves in this week, SaaS and cloud companies reached new public market records.Yes

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Grab launches new consumer financial services, including micro-investments and loans

Grab announced today that its financial unit, which previously focused mainly on services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, is launching a slew of consumer products, including micro-investments

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Indonesian people increasingly worry about COVID-19: president

Indonesian President Joko Widodo observed that people in the country have been increasingly worrying about the COVID-19 spread since the past few weeks. "The atmospher

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Israel’s Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday railed at swelling protests against his rule, saying they were egged on by a biased media that distorts facts and ch

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A nuclear future after the pandemic?

French President Emmanuel Macron, on screen, delivers a speech virtually to representatives and journalists in the assembly hall of the ITER (the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)

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Triller sues TikTok over patent infringement

Social video platform Triller has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against its biggest rival TikTok and parent company ByteDance. The suit, which was filed in the U.S District Court for the Western