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Facebook won’t accept ads that ‘delegitimize’ U.S. election results

Following a particularly dark and vivid display of the threats to the 2020 U.S. election during Tuesday’s first presidential debate, Facebook has further clarified its new rules around election

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Cash to remain legal tender in Europe after landmark ruling

The European Court of Justice ruling means vendors across the eurozone must accept cash payments. /Adrian Assalve/Getty images Cash will remain a legal form of tender for goods and services ac

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9 VCs in Madrid and Barcelona discuss the COVID-19 era and look to the future

Spain’s startup ecosystem has two main hubs: Madrid and Barcelona.Most observers place Barcelona first and Madrid second, but the gap appears to close every year. Barcelona has benefitted from

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Biden campaign calls out Facebook for spreading Team Trump’s dangerous voting lies

In a new letter to its chief executive on the eve of the first presidential debate, the Biden campaign slammed Facebook for its failure to act on false claims about voting in the U.S. election.In the

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Removal of street vendors in Blantyre sparks mixed reactions

Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2020 shows a street with vehicles parked around shops after street vendors were removed in Blantyre, Malawi./Xinhua Shop owners in Blantyre city have reacted different

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In Breonna Taylor’s name: Devastation and a search for hope

Chea Woolfolk searched the crowd until she found the face of the woman she’d come to regard as a second mother. And then she watched the tears roll down Rose Henderson’

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Early vote shows signs of Black voters’ shift to mail voting

Shirley Dixon-Mosley had never sent a ballot through the mail. She always treasured casting her ballot in person. But for November’s election, she voted early and by ma

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk's next big bet rides on better batteries

Tesla "battery day" annual meeting. /Photo via Tesla Tesla is working on new battery technology that CEO Elon Musk says will enable the company within the next three years to make sleeker, mor

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TikTok fact-checks: US IPO, Chinese ownership, $5B in taxes

There is no shortage of speculation and reports around TikTok’s future in the U.S. Amid a swirl of rumors, TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance issued a statement (in Chinese) on Monday morn

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Flooding affects more than 1 million across East Africa

VCG Image Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic.The

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In 2020, Warsaw’s startup ecosystem is ‘a place to observe carefully’

If you listed the trends that have captured the attention of 20 Warsaw-focused investors who replied to our recent surveys, automation/AI, enterprise SaaS, cleantech, health, remote work and the shari

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Germans fear Trump more than coronavirus, survey shows

Germans are more afraid of the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump than of the coronavirus which has wreaked havoc on Europe’s biggest economy, an annual survey of

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COVID-19: Teachers protest coming back to school

02:36 Christy Foust teaches high school science in Florida. She'd hoped to teach virtually this year, then discovered that wouldn't be an option."That first day when I came back and I

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Wall Street ends higher on tech rally to snap three-day skid

The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. /Reuters Wall Street's main indexes ended highe

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Clinical trials on UK's COVID-19 vaccine paused after one illness

CFP Late-stage studies of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and a UK-based company are on temporary hold after a patient suffered a suspected serious side effect.In a

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Belarus opposition leader detained after resisting exile to Ukraine

02:18 A leading Belarusian opposition leader has been detained by government authorities, a border official has said, after she allegedly thwarted an attempt to expel her from Belarus.

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HumanForest gets $2.3M from Cabify founders and others to grow a ‘free’ e-bike sharing service

HumanForest, a dockless, shared and ad-supported e-bike service which began trialling a service in London this June, has taken in its first tranche of external funding. The £1.8 million (~$2.3M) inves