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WHO fears complacency as progress against malaria stalls

Progressintheglobalfightagainstmalariahasstalledamidsignsofflatliningfundingandcomplacencythatthemosquito-bornediseaseislessofathreat,theWorldHealthOrganization

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Trump administration is making it even harder to sign up for Obamacare

ItcouldbealottoughertogethelpenrollinginObamacarethisfall.Morethan8in10groupsthatassistpeoplewithenrollmentsaytheyaregettinglessfederalfundingfromtheTrumpadmini

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UK government funds scientists to study life on Mars

SpacescientistsinBritainhavewonmorethan4.2millionUSdollarsofgovernmentfundingtohelpsupportexplorationoflifeonMars.ThefundingfromtheofficialUKSpaceAgencywillalso

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Qatar banks seek Asian, European funding as diplomatic crisis bites

QataribanksareturningtoAsiaandEuropeforfundingafterclientsfromotherArabstatespulledbillionsofdollarsfromtheiraccountsfollowingaregionaldiplomaticrift.WhiletheQa

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UK could continue EU peace funding for Northern Ireland after Brexit

BritainwillconsiderreplacingsomeEuropeanUnionfundingforpeaceprojectsinNorthernIrelandafteritleavestheblocin2019,PrimeMinisterTheresaMaysaidonWednesday.TheEurope

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SoftBank invests $250 million in U.S. online lender Kabbage

KabbageInc,aU.S.onlinelenderforsmallbusinesses,saidonThursdayithadraised$250millioninequityfundingfromSoftBankGroupCorp(9984.T),thelatestfintechinvestmentbytheJ

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Three major challenges AIIB must overcome

Moody'sInvestorsServicegavetheAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBankitshighestpossibleratingofAaa,withastableoutlook,onJune29,becauseof"thestrengthofAIIB'sgovernance

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Theresa May urged not to suppress report into funding of jihadi groups

JeremyCorbynandTimFarronhavechallengedTheresaMayoveralong-delayedinquiryintoforeignfundingandsupportofjihadigroupsintheUK,aftertheHomeOfficesuggestedtheinvestig

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New Zealand ups funding for subsidized drugs over TPP ratification period

The New Zealand government is upping funding for its drugs procurement agency amid claims that medicine costs will rise under the controversial 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

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Jack Ma's PayPal Rival just closed the single largest funding round for a tech company, EVER​

Ant Financial, which owns payments processor Alipay, is now valued at Uber-like levels.

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Australian police struggle to handle terror threats due to funding shortage

​Australia's Federal Police force (AFP) say its capacity to deal with terrorist threats was "stretched" to the limit, and revealed it did not receive any of the 900 million U.S dollars allocated to the national security budget in 2015/16.

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JD.com's finance arm gets 1 bln USD in financing

​Chinese online retailer JD.com said on Saturday that its financial arm will get 6.65 billion yuan (around 1 billion U.S. dollars) in funding from a group of investors.

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Cheaper funding lures Chinese developers back to domestic bond market

More Chinese property developers are using the domestic bond market for cheaper funding than offshore bond issuance, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said in a report on Thursday.

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Australia's government leaders hold meeting to shape nation's future

​Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott will meet with the nation's eight state territory leaders at a retreat in Sydney over Wednesday and Thursday to gain common ground on the future shape of Australia's federation.

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U.S. homeland security chief frustrated at Congress failing to pass funding bill

As another partial U.S. government shutdown looms large at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid mounting security challenges, DHS chief Jeh Johnson said Sunday that he was frustrated with Congress on failing to pass a DHS funding bill so far.

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Online marketplace Carousell secures 6 mln USD of funding

​Online marketplace Carousell, a Singapore-based start-up, has partnered with venture capital Sequoia India and secured 6 million U.S. dollars in series A funding, it said on Thursday.

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Obama criticizes congressional Republicans as budget fight looms

U.S. President Barack Obama and the House Republicans geared up for a budget fight on Friday as Washington faces a potential government shutdown.