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Global bank losses may top $6 billion on Archegos downfall

Global banks may lose more than $6 billion from the downfall of Archegos Capital, sources familiar with trades involving the U.S. investment firm said on Monday, as regulators and investors feared th

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African talent recruitment company TalentQL joins Techstars to further global ambition

African-focused talent recruitment and outsourcing company TalentQL today announced that it has been accepted into Techstars Toronto.The company will join nine other startups in the accelerator’

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day in the United States

Click arrows to view gallery Monday is National Vietnam War Veterans Day in the United States.The date is significant because on March 29, 1973, the Military Assistanc

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How startups can go passwordless, thanks to zero trust

“There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords… they just don’t meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure,” said Bill Ga

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Dominion Voting sues Fox News for $1.6b over 2020 election claims

A Dominion Voting Systems voting machine is seen in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 16, 2019. /AP Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6-billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday,

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U.S. congressman: Time for Big Tech's self-regulation is over

U.S. lawmakers bombarded top executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter with questions for some six hours in a virtual hearing on Thursday, blaming their platforms for political extremism, vaccine ba

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U.S. wages psychologicial war on Moscow - Russian defense adviser

The United States and other Western countries are waging a psychological war on Russia to try to undermine President Vladimir Putin and state institutions, an adviser t

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No geopolitical purpose, political strings behind PLA's vaccine aid

The COVID-19 vaccine assistance provided by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to some foreign militaries is not out of any geopolitical calculation or attached

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GameStop shares gyrate as it reports mixed earnings

The GameStop store sign is seen at a shop in Westminster, Colorado, U.S., January 14, 2014. /Reuters Video game company GameStop reported lower-than-expected earnings on Tuesday but showed pro

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Tesla is now accepting Bitcoin for car purchases, says Elon Musk

The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency is currently trading close to a record high, worth about £41,000 per coin.

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Congo's Sassou Nguesso extends long reign in presidential landslide

Denis Sassou-Nguesso secured almost 90% of the vote, according to provisional results. /Alexis Huguet/AFP Veteran Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been

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Discord’s $10B exit; Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications set IPO price ranges

It’s demo day for the current Y Combinator class, so we’ll have a largely early-stage focus at TechCrunch today. But there’s also a host of late- and super-late-stage news this morni

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Basketball: Lakers legend Baylor dies aged 86

Profile picture of Elgin Baylor. /CFP Los Angeles Lakers legend Elgin Baylor, widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to win a championship after playing and losing in eight NBA F

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Republic of Congo opposition candidate Kolelas dies of Covid-19

Congolese opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas died of Covid-19 as he was being transferred to France for treatment, his campaign director said Monday, the da

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COVID-19 vaccination for college staff and students in Beijing

01:29 Monday is the first day of the spring semester at the Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) in Beijing. Instead of having classes, for many members of staff and stu

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China's latest COVID-19 vaccine may ease high production pressure

ZF2001 is China's fifth approved vaccine. /CFP China's latest approved COVID-19 vaccine, cheaper and easier to be manufactured in bulk, can meet the needs of high production as the world displ

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NFT marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million from a16z

OpenSea has been one of a handful of NFT marketplaces to explode in popularity in recent weeks as collectors wade into the trading of non-fungible tokens on the blockchain. While new startups have bee