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S.Korea unveils 9.8 bln USD extra budget to boost consumption over COVID-19

South Korea unveiled 11.7 trillion won (9.8 billion U.S. dollars) worth of extra budget on Wednesday to boost private consumption over the soaring cases of the COVID-1

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Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg will reassess on Wednesday whether he should stay in the race after getting disappointing results in Super Tuesday prim

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Uber sold its food delivery business in India to Zomato for $206M

Uber sold its food delivery business in India to the local rival Zomato for $206 million, the American ride-hailing company disclosed in a regulatory filing in one of its key overseas markets.In Janu

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NASA moves forward with 17 companies as part of bid to transform urban aerial transportation

NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments through the Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge.If it’s fully imp

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The BMW Concept i4 gets us closer to what’s coming in 2021

BMW unveiled Tuesday a concept version of its upcoming i4, an all-electric four-door Gran Coupe with an estimated EPA range of 270 miles and the ability to produce 530 horsepower, pushing it past its

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Rebranding as Anagram, software for out-of-network billing for healthcare providers raises $9.1 million

As it rebrands from Patch to Anagram, the healthcare billing platform making it easier for providers to accept out-of-network patients, has raised $9.1 million in new financing.The round was led by Ma

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Conspiracy theories still being promoted despite YouTube crackdown - study

The video site changed its recommendations feature after claims it was driving up the popularity of harmful conspiracy theories.

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How the U.S. should leave Afghanistan

Editor's note: Richard N. Haass is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. His next book, "The World: A Brief Introduction," is due out in May. The article reflects the author's opinion

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UEFA seeks to dampen Euro 2020 panic over COVID-19 outbreak

With a European Championship being staged across the continent in three months, UEFA is trying to dampen any panic about the impact of the fast-spreading virus even as uncertainty persists.Just a

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Coronavirus outside China: Panic buying in severely hit countries

Consumers around the world have reported empty supermarket shelves as people stock up on toilet paper, antibacterial handwash and cleaning items in the midst of coronavirus fears. Social media was fl

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Datastax acquires The Last Pickle

Data management company Datastax, one of the largest contributors to the Apache Cassandra project, today announced that it has acquired The Last Pickle (and no, I don’t know what’s up wit

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Honeywell says it will soon launch the world’s most powerful quantum computer

“The best-kept secret in quantum computing.” That’s what Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) CEO Ilyas Khan called Honeywell‘s efforts in building the world’s most powerfu

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Shasta Ventures debuts ‘Ignite,’ a collection of help and services to drive its startups to $10M ARR

Shasta Ventures, a venture capital firm that has raised more than a half-dozen funds in its life, announced a new program this morning designed to help its portfolio companies scale to $10 million of

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Tibet receives considerable donations amid coronavirus prevention

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has received anti-epidemic funds and materials worth over 223 million yuan (32 million U.S. dollars) as of Sunday, the region

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Commentary: Sharpen scientific weapon against coronavirus

Doctors check a patient's CT image at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan) The outbreak of COVID-19 has put China's

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Erdogan-Putin meeting expected to ease spiking tensions in Syria's Idlib: experts

by Burak Akinci After suffering its worst casualties in years, Turkey has launched a new major offensive against the Russia-backed Syrian forces in Idlib, but analysts said the spiking Russian-Turki

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Netanyahu secures solid victory in third Israeli elections in one year: exit polls

by Keren Setton Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a solid victory in the parliamentary elections held on Monday. "Thank you," he tweeted minutes after the exit polls were published.