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Memphis Meats raised $161 million from SoftBank Group, Norwest and Temasek

Memphis Meats, a developer of technologies to manufacture meat, seafood and poultry from animal cells, has raised $161 million in financing from investors including Softbank Group, Norwest and Temasek

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Botswana celebrates 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations with China

Chinese Embassy in Botswana celebrated the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in Gaborone on Jan. 21. The event also marked the Chinese Lunar New

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E.U. to step up security cooperation with Sahel countries: official

The European Union plans to step up cooperation with the Sahel countries in the quest for security, stability and development in the region.A statement by the bloc attributed to Josep Borrell, the

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Erdogan blames int'l community for not showing fast response to Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets reporters at Atatuk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, before departing for Berlin to attend an international conference on Libya, Jan. 19, 2020. (Ihlas New

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Erdogan blames int'l community for not showing fast response to Libya's crisis

ISTANBUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday blamed the international community for not showing immediate response against the ongoing civil war in Libya. "The reckl

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SpaceX blows up rocket to test astronaut escape system

The capsule, which will eventually carry astronauts, moved out of harms way as the rocket fell into a fireball and crashed.

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Zendesk launches Sell Marketplace to bring app store to CRM product

Zendesk acquired Base CRM in 2018 to give customers a CRM component to go with its core customer service software. After purchasing the company, it changed the name to Sell, and today the company anno

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Chinese podcasting and audio content app Lizhi debuts on Nasdaq

Lizhi, one of China’s biggest audio content apps, is debuting on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbol LIZI. It is the first of its major competitors, Ximalaya and Dragonfly, to go public (though Ximal

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Visa’s Plaid acquisition shows a shifting financial services landscape

When Visa bought Plaid this week for $5.3 billion, a figure that was twice its private valuation, it was a clear signal that traditional financial services companies are looking for ways to modernize

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Qatar seeks to mediate amid tensions after US strike in Iraq

Qatar is seeking to play a mediating role amid escalating tensions following a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Iraq and brought the region to the

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China, Philippines Coast Guard cooperation helps ties: spokesperson

Cooperation between the coast guards of China and the Philippines will deepen mutual trust, boost friendship, open new approaches for maritime practical cooperation an

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Google finally brings its security key feature to iPhones

More than half a year after Google said Android phones could be used as a security key, the feature is coming to iPhones.Google said it’ll bring the feature to iPhones in an effort to give at-ri

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OkCupid and Grindr 'caught sharing user data with advertisers'

The UK privacy watchdog says "things can't continue as they have been" following a report revealing dating apps sharing user info.

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Britain's Birmingham unveils radical traffic plan to cut pollution

Birmingham, Britain's biggest city outside London, unveiled a draft plan Monday to tackle traffic pollution in its downtown area. City Hall published the plan, which sets out its vision for the futur

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Saudi king holds talks with Japanese PM

King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia on Sunday held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The talks fell within Abe's of

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Qatari emir arrives in Tehran for talks amid U.S., Iran tensions

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Tehran on Sunday for talks with senior Iranian officials, the Press TV reported. Iranian President Hassan Rouhan

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How are China's airlines preparing for Spring Festival travel rush?

China Southern Airlines' hangar in Beijing Daxing International Airport. /CGTN Photo China's annual Spring Festival travel season officially began on January 10.According to the forecast of th