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Economic cost of ending extra unemployment benefits

02:16 The United States is on the verge of ending the extra unemployment benefits it's been paying job-seekers during the pandemic.The state of Mississippi though opted to end the schem

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Uber will offer free Rosetta Stone language courses to drivers

Uber wants to overcome the language barriers you’ll sometimes encounter when hailing a ride. The Verge says Uber has partnered with Rosetta Stone to offer free language lessons through its Drive

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San Francisco nears in on achieving herd immunity

02:52 San Francisco– one of the first U.S. citiestoimposeshelter-in-place ordersto curb the pandemic – may also be on the verge of becoming the first U.S. city to achieveherdimmunity.CG

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Global internet outage hits major websites - including the UK government site

Sites affected included Reddit, eBay, Twitch, The Guardian, Financial Times, Independent, New York Times and the Evening Standard.

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Iran nuclear deal: Goals of high-stakes meeting in Vienna

02:01 A high-stakes meeting in Vienna next week to discuss the Iran nuclear deal. The meeting will include China, Russia and the EU.There is international hope that Iran and the United

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Brazil hits 300K COVID-19 deaths

02:38 Brazil has reached another bleak milestone:300,000 Covid-19 related deaths after hitting an alarming single-day record of 3,251 deaths on Tuesday.The country remains second only

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Armenian President rejects prime minister motion to dismiss army chief

FILE PHOTO: Armenian President Armen Sarkisian. /VCG Armenian President Armen Sarkissian on Saturday refused to approve Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's motion on dismissing the chief of the m

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Australian Santas ride jet skis for charity

00:24 With the Christmas season on the verge, over 150 Australians donning Santa costumes took to the waves on jet skis off the Gold Coast to raise money for children in residential ca

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Mexico to legalize recreational marijuana

02:44 Mexico is on the verge of legalizing recreationalmarijuanaand becomingthe largestmarket in the world for legal cannabis.​Lawmakers have until mid-December to finalize rules for i

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After Apple’s M1 launch, Intel announces its own white-label laptop

Its long fruitful relationship with Apple may be sunsetting soon, but Intel’s still got a fairly massive footprint in the PC market. There’s never a good time to get complacent, though (a lesson the

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Apple sues recycling firm for re-selling devices it was meant to dismantle

In a court case in Canada, the iPhone-marker alleged a recycling partner stole 100,000 iPhones, iPads and Watches and resold them.

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More evidence of increasing militarization of space as U.S. claims Russia satellite weapon test

The U.S. Space Command has released details about an alleged anti-satellite weapons test it suspects Russian of conducting using an existing probe already on orbit, The Verge reports. The Russian sate

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Where these 6 top VCs are investing in cannabis

The cannabis market was in the midst of a correction when the COVID-19 crisis hit and could emerge stronger than ever. After a breakthrough period of growth, cannabis startups entered 2020 with depres

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WHO chief says world on verge of reaching 100,000 COVID-19 cases

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (R) speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Junxia) A total of 98,023 COVID-19 cases have been reported globa

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Iran confirms return of jailed national in Germany

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday that an Iranian national who had been detained in Germany under the U.S. sanctions has returned home. Ahmad Khalili, the Iranian citize

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Johnson to Hail 'Dawn of a New Era' as UK on Final Lap to Long-Awaited Divorce From EU

The United Kingdom is on the verge of finally leaving the European Union on Friday after 47 years of being part of the bloc and its predecessor organisations. The forma