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Capella Space reveals new satellite design for real-time control of high-resolution Earth imaging

Satellite and Earth observation startup Capella Space has unveiled a new design for its satellite technology, which improves upon its existing testbed hardware platform to deliver high-resolution ima

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APD | Chinese national dies in famed Boracay island

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA – Twenty-three tourists and three crew members were rescued by personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard Sub-Station in Boracay Island

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APD | Chinese national dies in famed Boracay island

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA – Twenty-three tourists and three crew members were rescued by personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard Sub-Station in Boracay Island

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Snyk snags $150M investment as its valuation surpasses $1B

Snyk, the company that wants to help developers secure their code in a modern context, announced a $150 million investment today. The company indicated the investment brings the company valuation to o

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'Double criminality' became center of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's trial

03:19 A lawyer for Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou argued on Monday that "double criminality" was at the center of a trial to decide whether she can be ex

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Stasher, the luggage storage app for travellers, raises $2.5M additional funding

Stasher, the luggage storage app for travellers, has raised $2.5 million in additional funding. Leading the round is Venture Friends, along with various angels including Johan Svanstrom, former presid

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Berlin’s Home pulls in €11M Series A for its landlord and tenant solution

Home, the Berlin-based startup that set out offering an app to help landlords manage rentals but has since pivoted to solve the landlord-tenant problem more directly, has raised €11 million in Series

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New report reveals racial disparity among dementia patients in the UK

Asian and black people who have dementia are not receiving the same quality of health care benefits as their white counterparts in the UK, exposing them to severe forms of mental illness, accordin

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Palace Museum director apologizes for parking gaffe

The director of the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, apologized on Tuesday for a controversial event brought to the public's attention by a social network post on Sina W

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Challenger business bank Qonto raises $115 million round led by Tencent and DST Global

French startup Qonto has raised a $115 million Series C funding round led by Tencent and DST Global. Today’s news comes a few days after another French fintech startup Lydia raised some money from Ten

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Three killed in a pipeline fire tragedy in Lagos

A man stands with his phone in front of flames rising from a pipeline explosion in Abula-Egba, Lagos, Nigeria January 19, 2020. /REUTERS A fire on a pipeline owned by Nigeria's state oil compa

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Erdogan blames int'l community for not showing fast response to Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets reporters at Atatuk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, before departing for Berlin to attend an international conference on Libya, Jan. 19, 2020. (Ihlas New

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Rockets land near U.S. embassy in Baghdad, unrest resumes in Iraq

An Iraqi police officer instructs a bulldozer while Iraqi security forces remove cement blocks and open streets that were closed due to security concerns, around the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq,

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Chinese community helps school in Zimbabwe with donations

The Chinese business community in Zimbabwe with support from the Chinese embassy on Monday donated various goods to a Children's Home in Harare. The donated items, which included mattresses, books,

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Man United goalkeeper Romero unhurt after crashing Lamborghini

Manchester United's Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero escaped unhurt after crashing his Lamborghini on his way to training on Monday, a club source told AFP.32-year-old Romero was seen in images

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Chinese President Xi Jinping orders resolute efforts to curb coronavirus epidemic

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus that caused cases of pneumonia in some major Chinese cities and ot

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Hong Kong's unemployment rate rises to 3.3 percent

Hong Kong's unemployment rate increased to 3.3 percent in the period between October and December 2019, with the unemployment rate of consumption and tourism-related s