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Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee released from jail on parole

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, was released on parole on Friday, with hopes high at the tech giant that he will so

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Madagascar president sacks ministers

FILE PHOTO: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina inspects troops during the country’s Independence Day celebration at the brand new Barea Stadium in Antananarivo on June 26, 2021. (RIJASOLO via

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Paralympics: Flame ceremonies begin as virus surges in Japan

Japan held its first flame-lighting ceremonies for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Thursday, with athletes waiting to learn whether spectators will be in the stands as th

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Pakistan accuses U.S. of using it only to clean up mess in Afghanistan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the United States of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the "mess" it is leaving behind in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting.Washingt

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Paralympics: Flame ceremonies begin as virus surges in Japan

Japan held its first flame-lighting ceremonies for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Thursday, with athletes waiting to learn whether spectators will be in the stands as the country battles a spike in vi

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One dead, 17 injured after explosion on Russian bus

A woman was killed and at least 17 people injured in an explosion on a bus in western Russia, local authorities said early Friday.The explosion went off when the bus was at a stop near a shopping cen

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Disney+ beats expectations to reach 116 million subscribers in Q3

Disney’s streaming service is seeing improved growth, after initially seeing slower numbers of subscriber additions in Q2 as COVID lockdowns and mask mandates came to an end. Today, Disney+ beat

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Cancun, Mexico: Tourism, COVID-19 impacts vacation destination

05:13 Tourism in Cancun, Mexico has made a comeback after the pandemic stalled travel from around the world. But are tourists making the safest choices when they come to the popular spo

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Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 review: Getting out of their own way

Earlier this year, Nothing launched the Ear (1) with a grand idea: earbuds as fashion accessories. Sure, the company talked a lot about the non-invasiveness of transparent design, but at the end of th

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Disaster recovery can be an effective way to ease into the cloud

Operating in the cloud is soon going to be a reality for many businesses whether they like it or not. Points of contention with this shift often arise from unfamiliarity and discomfort with cloud oper

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A new Senate bill would totally upend Apple and Google’s app store dominance

With two giants calling the shots and collecting whatever tolls they see fit, mobile software makers have long complained that app stores take an unfair cut of the cash that should be flowing directly

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Cryptocurrency heist hackers return more than half of £517m stolen

A person claiming to be the hacker says they wanted to expose the platform's vulnerability and it was "always the plan" to return the tokens.

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Consumer goods software company Aforza bags $22M to open US headquarters

Aforza, developing cloud and mobile apps for consumer goods companies, announced a $22 million Series A round led by DN Capital.The London-based company’s technology is built on the Salesforce and Goo

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Facebook could be forced to sell GIF library Giphy by UK regulator

The CMA has outlined a number of concerns about the deal after an in-depth investigation that could ultimately become a major test of its international firepower.

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Meet the world's newest carnivorous plant

An unassuming herb found on the western coast of North America known as Triantha occidentalis, or western false asphodel, has now joined the ranks of carnivorous plants

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India’s Eruditus valued at $3.2 billion in $650 million fundraise

Mumbai-based Eruditus, which works with top universities globally to offer more than 100 executive-level courses to students in over 80 nations, said on Thursday it has raised $650 million in a new fi

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The odds of a hazardous asteroid hitting Earth are higher than previously thought, NASA says

Osiris-Rex has been investigating Bennu since 2018, and is now heading back to Earth on a long, roundabout loop, after collecting samples of rock and dust.