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Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps $500M in Better.com at $6B valuation

Digital mortgage lender Better.com has raised a $500 million round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the company at $6 billion.The financing is notable for a few reasons. For

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Why is the U.S. seeing a ketchup shortage?

00:56 The U.S. is facing the shortage of individual ketchup packets, according to the Wall Street Journal.Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, restaurants across the count

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Patreon triples valuation to $4 billion in new raise

Patreon has tripled its valuation to $4 billion in a $155 million funding round led by Tiger Global, the company confirmed to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The creator economy platform, which al

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A look into 2022 Winter Olympics main venues: Wukesong Sports Center

The Wukesong Sports Center, also known as Cadillac Center for sponsorship purposes, is the venue for ice hockey test events in Beijing, China. /CFP The construction of rink for ice hock

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A wall of hearts in memory of COVID-19 deaths

(Scroll right to see more)Volunteers painted hearts along a wall near St. Thomas' hospital in London as a memorial to all those who have died from COVID-19 in the country.C

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Apricot blossoms showcase spring at the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing

As spring bursts into life, tourists and flower enthusiasts flood the Great Wall's Badaling section to enjoy a vast sea of apricot flowers. /CFPLocated in Yanqing Distr

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Migrants cross the U.S.-Mexico border

01:00 When President Biden took office, he halted construction on former president Trump’s border wall.For the past two months there has been an increase in migrants from Central Ameri

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Is the U.S. blocking Uber at its border with Mexico?

03:03 Since U.S. President Biden's inauguration, former President Trump's border wall construction project is halted.During the last two months, there has been more and more illegal im

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Solar halo shines over Great Wall in N China

A solar halo shone over the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in Luanping County, Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province, on Saturday.A solar halo is an atmosph

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Berlin police arrest man suspected of arson targeting Chinese Embassy

German police on Wednesday arrested a man over an apparent early-morning arson attempt on the Chinese Embassy in Berlin, according to a report from AFP."This morning, police officers arrested a man a

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Polestar, ChargePoint introduce seamless charging in new partnership

A new alliance between Swedish electric performance automaker Polestar and EV infrastructure startup ChargePoint takes aim at the charging experience with the debut of an in-car app that will let cust

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100,000 migrants detained at U.S.-Mexico border in February: sources

Three migrants are seen standing along the border wall in El Paso, Texas, U.S., March 4, 2021. /CFP U.S. border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, a

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Studies indicate U.S.- Mexico border wall could disrupt wildlife

02:28 The border wall that separates parts of the United States from Mexico expanded under the Trump administration.Aggressive efforts for federal land acquisitions for the wall also i

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Powell expects pressures, but not enough to spur interest rates hike

Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., U.S. /VCG The United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday said he expects some inflationary pressures in the time ahead but t

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More parents separated from children at U.S.-Mexico border are located

Click arrows to view gallery --Central American child waits at a migrant camp on the U.S.-Mexico border Migrants are taken to a van after they crossed into El Paso, Texas, U.S. and tur

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Why is immersive theater getting popular in China?

28:48 No screens and no fourth wall, you are in the middle of the stage, surrounded by performers. This is “immersive theater”, a new trend in entertainment for millennials in China. H

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SPACs are latest trends on Wall Street

03:42 SPACsare the latest hot trend on Wall Street.Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are away of bringing firms to the stock market without the involvement of expensive investment