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Former IOC president Jacques Rogge passes away at 79

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge passed away at the age of 79, the IOC announced on Sunday."It is with great sadness that the IOC an

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Cambodia to provide temporary refuge to 300 Afghan refugees: PM

FILE PIC: Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen receives an interview with Xinhua and China Media Group in southern Cambodia's Kandal Province, on Sept. 9, 2019. /Xinhua Cambodian Pri

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Expedition crew believe they've accidentally discovered world's northernmost island

Scientists thought they had set foot on another island, but only later discovered they had in fact discovered a new stretch of land 780m further northwest.

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How Amazon EC2 grew from a notion into a foundational element of cloud computing

Fifteen years ago this week on August 25, 2006, AWS turned on the very first beta instance of EC2, its cloud-based virtual computers. Today cloud computing, and more specifically infrastructure as a s

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The bar for behavioral health startups just got higher

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Happy Saturday!After news broke that meditation app Headspace and on-d

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The market of centimeter-level positioning is full of imagination

06:54 GPS and BDS, which is better? Why does China still want to develop BeiDou Navigation Satellite System when the GPS is mature? How to achieve the centimeter level

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Chart of the day: Mask mandates in U.S. show division over COVID-19

COVID-19 cases have been climbing steadily in the U.S. since the beginning of July. With the pandemic situation worsening in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) upd

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Wall Street rises as Powell cautious on stimulus withdrawal

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a U.S. House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee hearing on coronavirus crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2021. /Reut

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Haaland scores Dortmund's winner, Correa secures Inter's winning brace

Dortmund's Erling Haaland (L) celebrates after scoring a goal against Hoffenheim during their Bundesliga match at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, August 27, 2021. /CFP Borussia Dortmun

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Postal union won't recognize British stamps issued in Chagos islands

Stamps issued by the British Indian Ocean Territory post office will no longer be recognized by the Universal Postal Union. /biot.go.io The UN postal organization has recognized the disputed C

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Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up

As the global market for startup investing presses to new heights in terms of dollars invested this year, and deal volume ticks up in several regions, corporations are diving into the action.Data from

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Ancient woman's DNA challenges scientists' long-held theories about early humans

The discovery of the teenager's remains in Indonesia is believed to be the first time ancient human DNA has been discovered in the region, challenging previous theories around the migration of early humans.

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Nigerian gunmen free dozens of kidnapped seminary pupils

Pupils were kidnapped from the seminary in northwestern Niger State in Nigeria in May. /AFP Nigerian gunmen have freed the remaining pupils who were kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in north

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Meet the maritime rescue team flying to save lives

03:02 China has come a long way when it comes to saving people whose lives are at risk. For rescue operations at sea, the country dispatches helicopter teams along its

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Apple relaxes App Store rules to settle lawsuit ahead of Fortnite ruling

The iPhone maker will permit app developers to inform users about using payment methods outside of the App Store, where the company currently charges up to 30% commission on transactions.

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Tim Cook paid $750m bonus after presiding over soaring Apple share price

August marks the 10th anniversary of Mr Cook's promotion to the role of chief executive. Apple gave him 5 million shares to say thank you.

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Massive brawl in Armenian Parliament

01:18 During a parliament session on Wednesday, lawmakers hurled objects at each other.Chaos soon broke out on the house floor when a member of Prime Minister Pashinyan’s party tried to