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Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane

Canada is forming its own forensic examination and assessment team to examine evidence and information after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner i

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Risk aversion sets in globally after Trump tests positive for coronavirus

A wave of risk aversion swept markets on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19 and will isolate, weeks ahead of

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Twitter will make users remove tweets hoping Trump dies of COVID-19

President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 result has made Twitter a busy place in the past 24 hours, including some tweets that have publicly wished — some subtly and others more directly — tha

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Indian Vice President Naidu tests positive for COVID-19

Indian Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has tested positive for COVID-19.Naidu, according to officials on Tuesday, underwent a routine COVID-19 test. /APIndian Vice Pres

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Deep Science: Robot perception, acoustic monitoring, using ML to detect arthritis

Research papers come out far too rapidly for anyone to read them all, especially in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company. Th

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Russia's Navalny thanks 'unknown friends' for saving his life

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Friday he owed his life to the pilots who made an emergency landing when he collapsed on a flight last month, and t

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Queen Elizabeth II to trim costs as COVID-19 hits income

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her family are facing a 35 million pound ($45 million) hit from the coronavirus pandemic, partly due to a shortage of tourists, the mon

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Atlanta gets a billion dollar startup business as Greenlight’s family-focused fintech nabs $215 million

Greenlight Financial Technology, the fintech company that pitches parents on kid-friendly bank accounts, has raised $215 million in a new round of funding.The round gives the Atlanta-based startup a $

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Biden's Supreme challenge

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, about the Supreme Court, September 20, 2020. /AP

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The Oculus Quest’s unofficial app store gets backing from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey

Facebook garnered the ire of some virtual reality developers last year when they announced that they would be more aggressively curating the content that was for sale in the Oculus Store on their the

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California wildfire smoke blankets parts of Canada

The LNU Lightning Complex Fire engulfs a ridge line near Aetna Springs, California, U.S. August 23, 2020. /Reuters Smoke from California and Oregon wildfires has cloaked Canada's third-largest

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U.S. imposes economic sanctions on former Gambian first lady

FILE PHOTO: Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and spouse Zineb Jammeh. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The United States Department of State on Tuesday announced economic sanctions on

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Indian e-commerce deals site CashKaro gets $10 million Series B led by Korea Investment Partners

CashKaro co-founders Rohan and Swati BhargavaCashKaro, one of the leading cashback and coupon sites in India, will expand its range of services for e-commerce after raising $10 million in Series B fun

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Trump, Biden vie to show leadership on 9/11 anniversary

U.S. President Donald Trump struck a somber tone Friday on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks as his Democratic rival Joe Biden comforted relatives of victims in dueling bids to uni

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Mighty mutant mice maintain muscle mass in space

The mice, launched to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket, were experimented on with a new muscle-enhancing drug.

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'The Eight Hundred' claims its glory after hardship

Guan Hu's The Eight Hundred has become a phenomenal war epic and the biggest film of the 2020 summer season, but it is a success that has been hard earned.By Saturday night, the film had grossed 2

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Tumbling remittances hurting developing Asian economies

Bangladesh will be hit hard by falling remittances. Photo/Rian Maelzer In shopping malls and office blocks, housing areas, and apartment buildings, security guards from Nepal keep Malays