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Inadequate federal privacy regulations leave US startups lagging behind Europe

“A new law to follow” seems unlikely to have featured on many business wishlists this holiday season, particularly if that law concerned data privacy. Digital privacy management is an area that takes

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The Observer editorial on China is full of fallacies

Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and currently serves as assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) i

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The Spotlight: 5 leaders fighting political and COVID battles in 2020

While 2020 has been a uniquely challenging year for all global leaders, with many seeing their personal ratings soar and then slump as the COVID-19 pandemic surged around the world, a handful have

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Americans to lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bed sheet, demanding cancellation of rents as they have lost jobs amid the pandemic, Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug

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Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill

Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending

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U.S. stocks close mixed as traders assess new coronavirus variant

CFP Wall Street's major averages finished mixed on Monday as concerns over a new and more transmissible strain of COVID-19 detected in Britain overshadowed developments on U.S. fiscal stimulus

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EU, UK agree to continue post-Brexit deal talks beyond Sunday deadline

The European Union and Britain said on Sunday they will "go the extra mile" to clinch a post-Brexit trade agreement that would avert New Year's chaos and cost for cross-border commerce. /Getty Im

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Multiple claimants battle for a share of Maradona's fortune

A balloon with a banner showing Maradona's figure and words "Goodbye Prince of Football" is seen during the Kolkata Fanush Festival, in Kolkata, India, December 6, 2020. /CFP Lawyers are geari

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Biden adjusting agenda to reflect narrow divide in Congress

President-elect Joe Biden is adjusting the scope of his agenda to meet the challenges of governing with a narrowly divided Congress and the complications of legislating

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AWS launches SageMaker Data Wrangler, a new data preparation service for machine learning

AWS launched a new service today, Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler, that makes it easier for data scientists to prepare their data for machine learning training. In addition, the company is also launchi

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Apple on the hook for €10M in Italy, accused of misleading users about iPhone water resistance

Apple’s marketing of iPhones as ‘water resistant’ without clarifying the limits of the feature and also having a warranty that excludes cover for damage by liquids has got the compa

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China's vice minister hails RCEP signing as milestone for Asia-Pacific

The long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the most consequential achievement in facilitating East Asian economic integration in the past 20 years, Vice Minister of Commer

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London transport system secures £1.8 billion government bailout

VCG London's transport system said on Sunday it has secured a bailout from the government worth nearly £2 billion ($2.6 billion), following weeks of politically-charged wrangling as the corona

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Barrett confirmation rises as issue in Kentucky Senate race

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap Wednesday for shepherding Amy Coney Barrett onto the U.S. Supreme Court, while his Democratic challenger quest

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Lebanon's Hariri vows quick gov't to halt economic crash

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri pledged Thursday to quickly form a new government that would halt the country's economic collapse, calling it a “last opp

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Madrid returns to lockdown

Members of the Spanish Military Emergency Unit sterilize at the interim COVID-19 testing station in Madrid, Spain on October 1, 2020. /VCG Some 4.8 million Madrid residents will be barred from

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Wall Street closes sharply lower as Trump tests positive for COVID-19

A trader scans financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London on February 6, 2018. /Reuters U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday as news that U.S. President Do