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UN says Libyan authorities shot dead 3 Sudanese migrants

Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted by the coast guard in the Mediterranean S

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Trump again pushes unproven drug as COVID-19 treatment

A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronaviru s, President Donald Trump is back to spreading misinformation about how to combat the virus a

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Priti Youssef Choksi explains how to get your startup acquired — not sold

Today, Priti Youssef Choksi is a partner with venture firm Norwest Venture Partners. But she previously spent five-and-a-half years at Google, where she worked on strategic partnerships, and nearly ni

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Wiley removed from Facebook and Instagram after antisemitic posts

Wiley was given a seven-day ban by Twitter at the weekend, and now Facebook has removed him from its platforms, too.

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Twitter restricts Donald Trump Jr.’s account for sharing COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter has temporarily frozen Donald Trump Jr.’s account after the president’s son shared a video making false and potentially life-threatening claims about the coronavirus pandemic.The

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Lucid Motors’ all-electric Air will have 32 sensors, including lidar to support hands-free highway driving

Lucid Motors is loading up its first electric vehicle with hardware — dozens of sensors, a driver monitoring system and an Ethernet-based architecture — for an advanced driver assistance system that a

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U.S. study 'may cast doubt' on Trump's 'Wuhan lab' conspiracy theory

A gene that helps the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in humans "appears to reduce the infectivity of a similar bat virus," the South China Morning Post has reported, citing

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TikTok influencers jailed in Egypt over 'indecent' videos

The women have amassed millions of followers on the social media platform for their dance and skit videos.

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Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group after delays

U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp's logo is seen on their "smart building" in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, Israel December 15, 2019. /Reuters Intel Corp's Chief Engineering Officer Murthy Renduchintala

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Tandem snags $5.7M for its language buddy app amid COVID-19’s e-learning boom

The Berlin-based startup behind Tandem, an app for practicing a second language, has closed a £4.5 million (~$5.7 million) Series A round of financing to capitalize on growth opportunities it’s

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Sinclair pulls show where Fauci conspiracy theory is aired

The Sinclair Broadcast Group said Saturday it is pulling from the air an edition of its “America This Week” program that discusses a conspiracy theory involving Dr. Ant

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UK gyms and pools can reopen, but many doors remain shut

A gym member lifts weights at Kensington Leisure Centre in west London on Saturday. /Justin Tallis/AFP Gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools are due to reopen in some parts of the UK subjec

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Nearly 28 million people in U.S. may be evicted amid COVID-19 pandemic -- experts

Nearly 28 million people may be forced to leave their homes as a number of U.S. states are ending bans on evictions enacted amid the pandemic, raising concerns over pu

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Asia Pacific real estate sector evolves to reduce COVID-19 impact

02:36 The impact of coronavirus pandemic on the real estate sector in the Asia Pacific was felt deeper in the second quarter this year than in the previous quarter. That contributed to

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Tokyo gov tells residents to stay home over holiday as virus surges

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attends a news conference on Tokyo's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, April 10, 2020. /Reuters Tokyo's governor on Wednesday

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NBCU’s Peacock streaming service hits 1.5M app downloads in first 6 days

NBCU’s Peacock appears to be having a somewhat better launch than Quibi did, based on data from app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower. While numbers pointing to new app downloads aren’t

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From farm to phone: A paradigm shift in grocery

In the blink of an eye, millennials, moms and grandparents alike have abandoned the decades-old practice of wandering dusty grocery aisles for the convenient and novel use of online grocery. While Ins