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Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the second tim

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NASA issues new call for lunar payload deliveries from its commercial Moon lander partners

NASA wants its private commercial space company partners to make more Moon deliveries on its behalf: The agency just issued another request for scientific and experimental payloads that need lunar del

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Italy edge Netherlands, Haaland hits brace in Norway rout

Giorgio Chiellini of Italy (R) and teammates celebrate during the UEFA Nations league match against the Netherlands in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 7, 2020. /VCG Nicolo Barella extended I

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Japan's Suga willing to reorganize health ministry after COVID-19 pandemic

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, currently the leading candidate to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said he would like t

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Japan's Suga signals ultra-easy monetary policy to continue

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to be the next prime minister, said he would like the central bank to continue its ultra-loose monetary policy as the economy is still

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DoD reaffirms Microsoft has won JEDI cloud contract, but Amazon legal complaints still pending

We have seen a lot of action this week as the DoD tries to finally determine the final winner of the $10 billion, decade long DoD JEDI cloud contract. Today, the DoD released a statement that after re

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Watch these 6 startups compete in Pitchers & Pitches tomorrow

What do you get when you combine six early-stage startup founders with a panel of top VCs and savvy TechCrunch editors? It’s Pitchers Pitches, a rapid-fire pitch competition with a hefty side of advic

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Belarus President's birthday marked with protests and arrests

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Minsk to mark the third week of protests against disputed Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko.The Peace March began at 2pm local time on 30 August,

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Nominees for Hundred Flowers film awards unveiled

Five blockbusters, including My People, My Country, Ne Zha and The Wandering Earth, have been nominated in the best film category at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards, a top film honor conferred every t

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Chess Olympiad ends with joint winners after internet outage

The biennial Chess Olympiad was held online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Register for our last pitch-off next week on September 2

It’s time again to start warming up your pitching arm. Our next Pitchers Pitches session takes place next week on September 2. Register today!Pitchers Pitches sessions combine critique and competition

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Lionel Messi tells Barcelona he wants to leave

Lionel Messi of Barcelona during the Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich in Lisbon, Portugal, August 14, 2020. /VCG Barcelona legendary forward Lionel Messi faxed the club on T

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Lionel Messi tells Barcelona he wants to leave

Lionel Messi of Barcelona during the Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich in Lisbon, Portugal, August 14, 2020. /VCG Barcelona legendary forward Lionel Messi faxed the club on T

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No more actor or actress awards at Berlin Film Festival

The production team of the winners of the Golden Bear for Best Film, "There Is No Evil," at the Berlinale Palast in Berlin, Germany, February 29, 2020. /CFP There will no longer be separate Si

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Former Brazil star Ronaldinho released after five-month detention

Ronaldinho is seen on a balcony of the Paraguayan hotel where he has been under house arrest for four months in Asuncion, Paraguay, August 24, 2020. /VCG Former Brazil and Barcelona superstar

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Former Brazil star Ronaldinho released after five-month detention

Ronaldinho is seen on a balcony of the Paraguayan hotel where he has been under house arrest for four months in Asuncion, Paraguay, August 24, 2020. /VCG Former Brazil and Barcelona superstar

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Pompeo in Jerusalem: 'hopeful' more Arab states will normalize Israel ties

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday praised Israel's normalization of ties with the UAE and said he hoped to see other Arab countries follow suit."I'm very ho