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Mexican unicorn Kavak raises a $485M Series D at a $4B valuation.

Kavak, the Mexican startup that’s disrupted the used car market in Mexico and Argentina, today announced its Series D of $485 million, which now values the company at $4 billion. This round more than

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Everything you need to know about the Moderna vaccine

The Moderna coronavirus vaccine is the third jab to be rolled out in the UK, alongside the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford University-AstraZeneca jabs.It will be administered to people in Wales from today

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White House: U.S. won't have federal COVID-19 vaccine passport system

New York state COVID-19 vaccine passport app. / AFP The U.S. will not introduce a "federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential," White House press secretary Je

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White House: U.S. won't have federal COVID-19 vaccine passport system

New York state COVID-19 vaccine passport app. / AFP The U.S. will not introduce a "federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential," White House press secretary Je

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Global minimum tax for corporations edges closer to reality

Multinational corporations should be taxed in the countries where they make sales, according to a proposed reform. /CFP Proposed by the United States, supported by the International Monetary F

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Was your phone number stolen in the Facebook breach? Here's how to check

Phone numbers belonging to up to 11 million people in the UK have been posted online, prompting concern from onlookers.

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Trial in Floyd’s death expected to turn to ex-cop’s training

The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death is expected to turn toward the officer’s training on Monday after a first week that was dominat

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Japan fears COVID-19 variants are behind possible fourth wave

Commuters, mostly wearing face masks, wait for a Yamanote Line train as they travel to work in Tokyo, Japan, January 12, 2021. /CFP Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of t

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Piece of SpaceX rocket debris lands at Washington state farm

Debris from a SpaceX rocket lights up the sky behind clouds over Vancouver, Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021. /AP A piece of burning rocket debris seen streaking across the Pacific Northwest s

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Brady's signed rookie card sells for record $2.25 million

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady celebrates after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in their Super Bowl game in Tampa, U.S., February 7, 2021. /CFP The "Holy Grail" of Tom Brady's roo

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Turned down by the West – China and Russia look to the Middle East

The first Sino-Russian cross-border highway bridge spanning over Heilongjiang River, between northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and Russia's Far East. /VCG Editor's note: Danil Bochkov is

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Global dark web drug network properties raided in North East and Surrey

In total 90 kilos of MDMA, 134 kilos of amphetamine and more than 6,000 diazepam/alprazolam tablets were recovered.

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Derek Chauvin trial represents a test of the U.S. system

Witness accounts were the major focus during Day Two in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday.Minneapolis firefighter Genevieve Hansen described her desperation that she had urged police officers to

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Hex lands $5.5M seed to help data scientists share data across the company

As companies embrace the use of data, hiring more data scientists, a roadblock persists around sharing that data. It requires too much copying and pasting and manual work. Hex, a new startup, wants to

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Couple holds wedding in a cemetery to honor organ donors

01:42 An elderly couple from southwest China's Chongqing held their wedding in a cemetery over the weekend, a special way of honoring the city's voluntary organ donors.

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Monk’s Hill Ventures and Glints on how Southeast Asian startups can cope with the region’s talent crunch

A lot has changed since Monk’s Hill Ventures released its first report on tech compensation in Southeast Asia five years ago, with base salaries and competition for top talent jumping dramatically. Bu

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NFT art marketplace SuperRare closes $9 million Series A

The NFT ecosystem is having an explosive moment and the startups that were ready to run with it are getting lots of cash to capture that momentum.SuperRare, an NFT art platform that has garnered tens