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In February, an Iraqi militia commander trained by Iran took over the empty office of his slain superior, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, killed weeks before alongside Iranian m
The main Polish opposition candidate running for presidency called on Sunday for a boycott of the country's May election due to the coronavirus and completely suspended
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Blockbuster martial arts film Ip Man 4 will see a month-long extension for its box run on the Chinese mainland as movie theaters are gradually reopening in some cities following an improvement in loca
Espressive, a four-year-old startup from former ServiceNow employees, is working to build a better chatbot to reduce calls to company help desks. Today, the company announced a $30 million Series B in
SpaceX has thus far managed to avoid much in the way of impact to its upcoming launch schedule, despite the widespread global coronavirus pandemic. The company successfully launched 60 more of its St
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appeared to be losing the battle of public opinion in his clash with state governors taking a much tougher line on fighting the coron
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a unilateral ceasefire with leftist guerrillas amid the COVID-19 threat in the whole country, his spokesperson said o
Deepgram, a startup focused on high-quality, real-time speech recognition, announced a $12 million Series A this morning.The startup, founded a half decade ago, according to Crunchbase data, with just