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U.S. lawmakers from Bay Area slam Trump's order to kill top Iranian commander

Some U.S. lawmakers from San Francisco Bay Areas on Friday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's order to kill top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, fearing a new

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Putting a price on soil

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French govt. meets as unions vow to harden pension strike

A view of empty platforms of the Gare de Lyon train station during the 30th day of transport strikes in Paris, January 3, 2020. /AP Photo Top French officials met Friday to hash out their stra

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Wildlife ravaged by Australia fires could take decades to recover

00:32 The bushfires raging across Australia have had a devastating impact on the country's unique flora and fauna, with some estimates putting the death toll at nearly half a billion a

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This startup is raising $7 million for a technology that can authenticate people based on their typing style

TypingDNA, a four-year-old startup that was founded in Bucharest, Romania and more recently moved its headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, looks to be raising $7 million in funding for something intere

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Deadlock in U.S. Senate over Trump impeachment

The U.S. Senate returned to work on Friday following the festive holiday – and made no progress on setting the rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.Republicans and Democrats are

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APD | India to create new air defence command

By APD writer RishikaNew Delhi, Jan. 4 (APD) - General Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Defence Staff recently asked the headquarters of Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to

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What to Expect from CES 2020

It’s the second most wonderful time of the year. As the rest of the world returns to work, nursing a week-long New Year’s hangover, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tech journalists will descend upo

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Adobe CTO says AI will ‘democratize’ creative tools

Adobe CTO Abhay Parasnis sees a shift happening.A shift in how people share content and who wants to use creative tools. A shift in how users expect these tools to work — especially how much time they

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Senior CPC official stresses publicity for building well-off society

Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Wang Huning Friday called for better publicity work with a focus on securing a decisive victory in building a moderately

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How two-year-old Loft nabbed $175M led by Andreessen Horowitz

Loft may have better product market fit in Brazil than Opendoor does in the U.S.. And now the São Paulo-based property tech company has growth funding to prove it. Andreessen Horowitz is doubling down

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Chinese, Mongolian leaders exchange New Year greetings

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga exchanged New Year congratulations on Wednesday, pledging to enhance their countries' cooperatio

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Huawei must still gain trust, even as India green lights 5G trials

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Senior official urges efforts to win battle against poverty

Hu Chunhua, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called for all-out efforts to win the battle against poverty. Hu, a

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Trump warns Turkey against 'interference' after Libya vote

Turkey's parliament has approved the deployment of troops to Libya aimed at shoring up the UN-backed government in Tripoli, sparking a blunt warning from US President D

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This particle accelerator fits on the head of a pin

If you know nothing else about particle accelerators, you probably know that they’re big — sometimes miles long. But a new approach from Stanford researchers has led to an accelerator shorter fr

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No risk of fuel shortage in France: minister

French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition Elisabeth Borne on Thursday dismissed any risk of oil product supply shortage after General Confederation of Labor (CGT) union planned "fu