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Int'l community expresses concern over Belarus situation

Belarus has been seeing mass protests after incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term in the Aug. 6 elections, sparking worldwide attention and concern. The country's opposition, w

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How one founder leveraged debt to drive early growth and avoid dilution

Avi Freedman is like any other founder: He wants to build a great company. In this case network analytics platform Kentik, and he needs venture capital to do it. Like pretty much all founders, he does

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Russian, Belarusian FMs oppose foreign interference in Minsk's affairs

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei opposed external interference in the recent events in Belarus in a phone conversation Friday. "It was noted t

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Students get 60% off passes to Disrupt 2020

Budget-strapped students, this post is for you. We have a limited number of discount passes to Disrupt 2020 for $125 a pop. Buy your student pass now, before one of two things happen. One, we run out

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An insight into companies that could be delisted from U.S. exchanges

03:22 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that fail to comply with U.S. accounting standards will be delisted from American s

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China wants U.S. bio-labs open to media scrutiny: FM spokesperson

China hopes the United States could open up its research base at Fort Detrick to the media, release more information about its over 200 bio-labs overseas, and invite W

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British Airways cuts 10,000 jobs, union labels it 'despicable'

The trade union representing British Airways staff has labeled the company's redundancy plans "despicable" after the airline confirmed more than 10,000 workers will lose their jobs.Friday's cuts affe

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Belarus to invite Russia and Ukraine to discuss alleged mercenaries: Belta

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered authorities to invite Russia and Ukraine’s prosecutors to Minsk to resolve the case of a group of alleged

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Google launches the final beta of Android 11

With the launch of Android 11 getting closer, Google today launched the third and final beta of its mobile operating system ahead of its general availability. Google

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Greek PM rejigs cabinet, retains key ministers

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rejigged his cabinet on Tuesday to help his country manage effectively European funds that it has secured to tackle the fallout

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Rocket Lab boosts Electron rocket’s lift capacity by 660 lbs

Rocket Lab has managed to engineer a significant payload capacity bump into its existing Electron space launch vehicle, the company revealed today. Electron can now fly as much as 300 kg (660 lbs) t

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U.S. presidential election to be held in November as planned: officials

Officials from the White House said Sunday that the U.S. presidential election will be held on Nov. 3 as planned after President Donald Trump earlier raised the possib

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Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing Autopilot, supplying powertrains and batteries to other automakers

Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter on Tuesday night that the automaker would be “open to licensing software and supplying powertrains batteries” to other automakers. Musk added that th

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AIIB to give more support for green development

02:07 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is working on a project to better finance companies that abide by the Paris Agreement, said a principal investment officer of the

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Britain announces plans to tackle "obesity time bomb"

Britain on Monday announced plans to tackle the "obesity time bomb," with a ban on adverts for junk food at specific times, the cancellation of "buy one get one free" deals on such foods and a dec

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Copenhagen reluctant to host 2021 Tour de France start

The planned Tour de France start in Copenhagen in 2021 is in doubt after the city's mayor said on Friday he wants to postpone because of clashes with other sports events."It is increasingly likely

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Revolut extends Series D round to $580 million with $80 million in new funding

Fintech startup Revolut just announced that it has raised $80 million as part of its Series D round that it had already announced in February. The new influx of funding comes from TSG Consumer Partner