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Saudis say US sought 1 month delay of OPEC+ production cuts

Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the U.S. had urged it to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies — including Russia — to cut oil production by a month. Such a delay

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Musk ditches $44-billion Twitter takeover

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44-billion deal to buy Twitter because the social

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U.S. air travel still messy, with another 2,600 flights scrapped

Travelers wait in a TSA security line while making their way through Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, December 28, 2021. /CFP Americans returning home from holiday travel had to

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Is the West now trying to bully Turkey?

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, is often credited with popularizing the phrase "a storm in a teacup," which is commonly understood as blowing a trivial matter ou

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Canalys: U.S. PC sales up 17% YoY for quarter, even as tablet sales stagnate

Canalys released its quarterly U.S. PC sales today, and while the news was quite good with sales overall up 17% YoY, the growth slowed significantly from the prior quarter when sales soared to 74% pus

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Lebanon secures $370m in donations at aid conference in France

Lebanon's economic and political woes were sharply worsened by the immense blast in the port of Beirut on August 4 last year. /AFP International donors have pledged $370m in aid for Lebanon, a

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Mmhmm, it’s the most ridiculous story we’ve ever heard

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Danny and Alex were on deck this week, with Grace on the recording and

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Welcome to hot due diligence summer 

Wow, that headline worked?A recent board fight at a digital health unicorn is a reminder to entrepreneurs that it’s important to set boundaries, even amid the dizzying volume and velocity of this summ

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Department of Justice opens investigation into EV startup Lordstown Motors

Lordstown Motors continues to stumble. The beleaguered electric vehicle startup is now being investigated by the Department of Justice, in addition to an ongoing investigation by the Securities and Ex

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2U set to acquire non-profit edX for deal north of $600M

2U, a SaaS platform that helps non-profits and colleges run online universities, plans to acquire all the assets of Harvard and MIT-founded edX for a deal north of $600 million, according to multiple

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Global Political Calendar: NATO conf., Biden with Putin, Iran election

The upcoming week will see a busy time with several high-attention political events on the agenda. U.S. President Joe Biden will refresh the U.S.' position with NATO allies and grab headlines with

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Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK and EU

Facebook is facing a fresh pair of antitrust probes in Europe.The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the EU’s Competition Commission both announced formal investigations into

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Twitter starts rolling out Birdwatch fact checks inside tweets

Twitter is looking to crowdsource its way out of misinformation woes with its new product Birdwatch which taps a network of engaged tweeters to add notes to misleading tweets. Today, Twitter announced

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COVID-19 infections leave some survivors with big medical bills

To view images click left or right. Many Americans are facing financial woes after getting treated for the coronavirus.Some have faced enormous medical charges, including some ho

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TCM helpful for patients in Bangladesh suffering from post-COVID woes

In the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, the local clinic provides various TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) treatments including acupuncture and Chinese therapeutic massage for Post COVID Syndrome.

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Sports Talk: Is Hazard the biggest wasted talent in European football?

CGTN Sports Talk EP50 Eden Hazard.mp3 00:00 CGTN Sports Talk host Hu Zhicheng is joined by senior editor Josh McNally to delve into the curious case of Eden Hazard, whose Real M

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American families need more than alleviation of pandemic effects

Volunteers waits to assist people with their vaccination appointments at a clinic in Los Angeles, California, April 10, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communicati