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Greece, Turkey spar again after NATO mediation move

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Turkey must stop making "threats" against his country if talks on reducing tension in the eastern Mediterranean were to begin. /Reuters Turkey on

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Emphasizing cooperation, Jordan awards Jack Ma with highest honor

03:48 The King of Jordan has awarded Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Group, with the highest honor – the King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein Order for Distinction of th

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CBS All Access adds 3,500 new episodes before rebranding in 2021

ViacomCBS has announced a significant expansion to its streaming library, with the addition of more than 3,500 episodes of shows like “Avatar: The Last Avatar,” “Chapelle’s Sh

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Y Combinator’s Geoff Ralston for a live chat today at 12pm PT/3pm ET

How has Y Combinator adapted its accelerator program to work through a pandemic? What does YC look for in a company in a year as rocky and unpredictable as this one?Y Combinator President Geoff Ralst

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Dunhuang Night Market

DUNHUANG, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Dunhuang, a city in northwest China's Gansu Province, enters July with strong recovery of tourism. The city, which boasts the Mogao Grott

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EU's von der Leyen calls for "a constructive compromise" for strong recovery plan

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for "a constructive compromise" in her tweet posted after midnight, hinting the marathon European Union (EU) s

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National security law won't affect operation of financial markets

The national security law in Hong Kong won't affect the operation of its financial markets and the legal activities of any financial institutions or personnel in the region, said Paul Chan, financial

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Musical 'Hamilton' goes from Broadway to America's living rooms

Five years after taking Broadway by storm with its multi-racial, hip-hop take on America's founding fathers, musical "Hamilton" arrives in millions of homes around the world on Friday as a film.The f

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Oscar’s health insurance platform nabs another $225 million

The direct-to-consumer health insurer Oscar has raised another $225 million in its latest, late-stage round of funding as its vision of tech-enabled health care services to drive down consumer costs b

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Smart Cinema to release Chinese hits in South Korea

Smart Cinema, a mobile cinema app, recently signed a deal with the 24th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival to screen acclaimed domestic movies in South Korea.Somewhat like a cinema in your p

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George Floyd's brother says black lives do not matter in U.S.

"Black Lives do not matter in the United States of America," this is the message brought by George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd to an urgent debate held by the UN H

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Livestreaming new source of leisure among Chinese: survey

A growing number of Chinese online users are willing to idle their time away, watching live 24-hour internet broadcasts. These vary in content from how iconic pandas live in their natural habitats t

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Livestreaming new source of leisure among Chinese: survey

A growing number of Chinese online users are willing to idle their time away, watching live 24-hour internet broadcasts. These vary in content from how iconic pandas live in their natural habitats t

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Decrypted: DEA spying on protesters, DDoS attacks, Signal downloads spike

This week saw protests spread across the world sparked by the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last month.The U.S. hasn’t seen protes

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Daily Crunch: E-commerce sales surge

eMarketer tries to quantify the rise of e-commerce, Reddit’s co-founder steps down from the board and SpaceX focuses on its next-generation spacecraft.Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 8,

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TechCrunch’s top 10 picks from Techstars’ May virtual demo days

A month after TechCrunch watched, discussed and parsed the startups from Techstars’ April batch of virtual demo days, we’re back with the handy May edition.Over the past few days, TechCrun

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U.S. welcomes Egyptian initiative for political settlement in Libya

The U.S. Embassy to Libya on Saturday welcomed the Egyptian initiative for a political settlement between Libya's UN-backed government and the eastern-based army. "The