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China, EU to reach investment agreement within 2020

China and the European Union (EU) have agreed to accelerate the negotiation of the China-EU investment agreement, and seal the deal within the year. The deal, when reached, will give European compani

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UK Chief of Defence Intelligence Warns of Capability of Russia’s Burevestnik Missile

The United Kingdom’s chief of defence intelligence, Lt. Gen. Jim Hockenhull, has warned that Russia’s nuclear-powered Burevestnik (NATO name Skyfall) cruise missiles co

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Global Political Calendar: China-Germany-EU meeting, Japan's new PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a virtual China-Germany-EU leaders' meeting, Japan elects a new prime minister and Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander

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Trump: Deadline for TikTok sale won't be extended - and app could be banned

TikTok is currently suing the US administration to prevent the forced sale and claims it will never share data with Beijing.

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UK takes "major step" towards joining Trans-Pacific free trade group: gov't

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Britain has taken "a major step" in the process of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the British government said W

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Can carbon capture save the world from climate change? Jennifer Holmgren will tell us at Disrupt

Before she became the chief executive officer of LanzaTech, one of the first generation of companies working on carbon capture and conversion technologies, Jennifer Holmgren was the general manager of

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TikTok is trying to remove a disturbing video showing up on people’s For You pages

A graphic video of a man committing suicide spread across TikTok early this week, and the company is still working to remove it. Originating on Facebook Live, the clip was uploaded onto TikTok over t

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Rocket Lab secretly launched its very first satellite, ‘First Light’

Rocket Lab’s 14th mission, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” had a stowaway aboard. The New Zealand launch company quietly included its first fully functioning satelli

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Disney's 'Mulan' to hit Chinese theaters on Sept. 11

The China theatrical release for the repeatedly delayed Disney live-action remake of Mulan has finally been set for Sept. 11.The film is an adaptation of Disney's 1998 animated classic of the same

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Rocket Lab gains key FAA launch license for its U.S.-based launch site

Launch provider Rocket Lab has gained a key clearance from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that should mean it’ll be launching from its U.S.-based facility at Wallops Island, Virginia r

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Rocket Lab returns to flight with a successful launch of a Capella Space satellite

Rocket Lab is back to active launch status after encountering an issue with its last mission that resulted in a loss of the payload. In just over a month, Rocket Lab was able to identify what went wr

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Australia, New Zealand tread cautiously as coronavirus lingers

Melbourne becomes the first in Australia to enforce mask-wearing in public as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus, July 23, 2020. /Reuters New coronavirus cases in Australi

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Zuckerberg admits Facebook's fault for not removing a militia post

Screenshot from Zuckerberg's Facebook page Mark Zuckerberg admitted Facebook's fault for not removing the page and event of a militia group, which encouraged armed civilians to protest before

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Laura Deming, Frederik Groce, Amish Jani, Jessica Verilli, and Vanessa Larco are coming to Disrupt

At TechCrunch Disrupt, our Startup Battlefield competition this year looks to be fiercer than ever, judging by the applicants. That’s actually saying something, considering the game-changing bra

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India's COVID-19 tally surpasses 3.3 million, S. Korea reports highest cases since March

HONG KONG, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- COVID-19 cases continue to surge in some Asia-Pacific countries on Thursday as India's tally surpassed 3.3 million while South Korea reported 441 new cases, the highest

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Facebook sues developers who violated terms to collect user data, sell fake ‘likes’

Facebook announced today it’s suing multiple developers in the U.S. and, for the first time, in the U.K., for violations of its policies. In the U.K., both Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland are

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ASEAN economic ministers discuss cooperation in virtual meetings

A series of economic ministers' meetings on East Asia cooperation will be held via video link from August 27 to 28 and Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan will be in attendance, China's Ministry of