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Major UK supermarkets to recruit tens of thousands workers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Major supermarkets plan to create tens of thousands of extra jobs across Britain to help keep shops open and stocked during the novel coronavirus pandemic. As of 9a.m. (0900GMT) on Saturday, 72,818

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Shanghai announces steady progress in COVID-19 vaccine development

The development of an mRNA-based vaccine to treat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is progressing steadily with preliminary trials on primates and clinical trials expected to start in mid-

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U.S. supermarket giant Safeway seeks to hire thousands amid coronavirus panic

Safeway, the Northern California-based grocery store chain, announced Monday that it has launched a mass hiring effort amid the panic shopping unleashed by the coronavirus outbreak. The supermar

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Coronavirus may impact efforts to curb aviation, shipping emissions

The aviation and shipping sectors are likely to delay their climate targets because of the massive economic losses inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.Both sectors are likely to face a loss of m

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Colombia expands trade to China

00:56 Colombia wants the world to know they have more to offer than just coffee.By signing a deal with China, Colombia aims to diversify their trade and expand to new markets.

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ACLU sues Homeland Security over airport face recognition program secrecy

A leading civil liberties group is suing Homeland Security, claiming the agency is keeping the details of its airport face recognition program secret, which it says raises “profound civil libert

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U.S. Treasury considers extending tax filing deadline to mitigate COVID-19 impact

The Trump administration is considering postponing the April 15 tax filing deadline for individual taxpayers and small businesses to help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. Tre

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Alma is a Klarna-like payment startup that lets you buy now and pay later

Meet Alma, a French startup that helps you offer a new payment option for your expensive goods. Like Klarna, clients can choose to pay over three or four installments. But the comparison stops here, a

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Horizon raises another $5M to put virtual items on the blockchain and launch its first game

If a player picks up an item in an online video game, who owns that item? The player, or the company that made the game?In most cases, the answer is probably closer to the latter. The item may be in t

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Lunchr becomes Swile to expand beyond corporate lunch cards

Lunchr has rebranded to Swile in order to expand its product offering beyond meal vouchers. The company wants to focus on everything that happens at work but that isn’t technically work — money pots

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South Sudan split over ministerial positions

FILE PHOTO: President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit (front L) attends a meeting with Riek Machar (front R), AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ismail Chergui (rear L), Kenyan President,

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MWM raises $55.9 million after generating 400 million music app downloads

Popular music app publisher MWM has raised a $55.9 million (€50 million) funding round. Blisce/ is leading the round with Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance (Large Venture fund), Aglaé Ventures and Xavier N

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Kenya’s president orders stepped-up effort against COVID-19

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta delivers a speech during a ceremony at the All Saints Anglican Church in Nairobi, Kenya./Reuters Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday issued five orders

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Microsoft’s Cortana drops consumer skills as it refocuses on business users

With the next version of Windows 10, coming this spring, Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant will lose a number of consumer skills around music and connected homes, as well as some third-part

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Tier Mobility acquires Coup’s electric moped scooters

Tier Mobility operates a scooter service, the kick-scooter-with-a-motor kind. And it has acquired assets from Coup, a now defunct scooter service, the moped kind. Coup shut down late last year, and T

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Lesotho’s ruling party wants PM to step down immediately

Prime Minister of Lesotho, Thomas Motsoahae Thabane arrives to attend the 30th African Union Summit at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu

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Turkey captures town in Syria's Idlib after 2 failed attempts

The Turkish forces and Turkey-backed rebels on Monday managed to capture a town in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, after two previous failed attempts, a war