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Qatari FM in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders over mitigating regional tension

The Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Wednesday arrived in Baghdad on an official visit to hold talks with Iraqi leaders in a bid to

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Roundup: Life returns to normal in Sudan's capital after tension

Life returned to normal in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday following a tensed day in the wake of rebellion by a security force belonging to the General Intelligence Service (GIS). Early W

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Fraudster claiming to be from Amazon dupes two people out of £15,000

UK-wide, Action Fraud has received over 200 reports about such incidents since September - with victims losing at least £400,000.

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New drama revisits Beijing on eve of liberation

New World, a 70-episode TV series set on the eve of the liberation of Beijing, has made a splash since it began its run on Beijing Satellite TV and streaming sites iQiyi and Tencent Video on Jan 13.Bo

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Dear Spotify, add rabbits to your pet playlists

I there’s one thing I know, it’s that music is the best thing our species has every created. If there are two things I know, it’s the music thing and also that that rabbits aren’t hamsters. Listen, Sp

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Sudanese gov't forces retake security buildings

Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Wednesday that government forces have retaken all buildings of the General Intelligence Service (GIS), which were seized Tuesday by

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Obvious Ventures closes an irrationally-sized third fund

Obvious Ventures, the firm co-founded by Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, announced today that it has closed its third fund “OV3” at $271,828,182, a number that the graphing

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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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Hong Kong detects zero serious pneumonia case related to Wuhan cases: chief executive

Hong Kong has detected zero serious pneumonia case related to those in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, said Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Adminis

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MI5 head confident about Huawei's 5G safety in face of U.S. lobbying

Head of MI5, UK's national counter-intelligence and security agency, has rejected the idea that adopting Huawei's 5G technology in the country's next generation telecom networks would jeopardize U

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Mike Pompeo Shifts Rationale for Soleimani Killing From ‘Imminent’ Threat to Deterrence Strategy

The Canadian government has yet to decide whether it will assume the security costs associated with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to split their time betwee

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Comcast launches SportsTech startup accelerator with NASCAR and others

Comcast NBCUniversal believes its can access startup innovation while supporting future Olympic gold-medalists.The American mass media company launched its new SportsTech accelerator today, based in

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Iran grants Canada investigators access to downed plane

Canadian investigators flying to Tehran on Monday will access the wreckage and black boxes from a Ukranian jetliner downed by a missile strike last week, officials said

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Scientists identify oldest material on Earth in meteorite

Scientists identified in a meteorite the stardust that formed five to seven billion years ago, the oldest solid material ever found on Earth. The study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the

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China confirms barring HRW chief from entering HK

China on Monday confirmed its barring of Kenneth Roth, executive director of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), from entering Hong Kong. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng

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We want sustainable oil prices: Saudi energy minister

Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s de facto leader, will work for oil market stability at a time of heightened U.S.-Iranian tension and wants to see sustainable prices and demand gro

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India orders investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart

India ordered a large-scale investigation into Flipkart and Amazon India on Monday after a retail trade group alleged that the e-commerce giants were indulging in anti-competitive practices to gain fo