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UK lawmakers to vote on contentious foreign aid cut

British lawmakers are voting Tuesday on whether to overturn a big cut to the country’s foreign aid budget amid criticism that the decision has slashed billions from pro

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Austria Urges EU to Take Action Against Attempts to Use Migrants as Weapons

The European Union must respond to Belarus, Afghanistan and Turkey that attempt to use migrants as a weapon against the bloc, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schall

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Equity Monday: Cybersecurity startups see deluge of capital as Microsoft looks to buy RiskIQ

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private

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Elon Musk defends Tesla’s $2.6B acquisition of SolarCity in Delaware court

Elon Musk is testifying Monday morning in a lawsuit over Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a $2.6 billion transaction that a group of shareholders allege was a “bailout” of the failing solar comp

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Mo Brooks Delivers CPAC Speech Reminiscent of 1/6 Address: 'Are You Willing to Fight?'

Alabama Republican Representative Mo Brooks asked audience members at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas Friday if they would be "willing" and

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California event center drops plans to host Gaetz, Greene's 'America First' tour

A California event center has dropped plans to host GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) for an event on their "America First Tour" after findin

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Sir Richard Branson lands safely after completing space flight

The British billionaire has pipped Jeff Bezos in the new space race, but questions loom over whether he will actually reach space.

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Lifting most restrictions could lead to new variant, leading scientists warn

Coronavirus case rates are back at last winter's levels across much of England while hospital admissions have risen as the government considers making NHS staff exempt from self-isolating when they are "pinged".

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Blast heard in Tehran's park, no casualties reported yet

A blast caused by an "unknown object" was heard in a park in north Tehran early on Saturday, Iranian state television reported.There are no reports of casualties so far. "Just one explosion took plac

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WhatsApp is adding a ‘best quality’ setting for sending photos and videos

WhatsApp is working on a setting that will let users more easily bypass its iffy image compression and send photos and videos in the highest available fidelity. The “best quality” option w

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Chinese guard Guo Haowen on why he withdrew from 2021 NBA Draft

Guo Haowen of China looks on in practice at the NBA G League Elite Camp at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 21, 2021. /CFP Chinese point guard Guo Haowen of the Chinese Basketb

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UK to review sale of chip manufacturer to Chinese-owned firm

Boris Johnson told MPs that he had asked his national security adviser to look into the acquisition of south Wales-based Newport Wafer Fab by Dutch-based Nexperia - a company in which China's Wingtech has a controlling stake.

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Average losses from pension scams double in a year, with victims typically losing more than £50,000

The regulator says people should "flip the context" if they are approached online with tempting offers.

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Lancet: COVID-19 most likely originated in nature and not in a lab

SARS-CoV-2 most likely originated in nature and not in a laboratory, on the basis of early genetic analysis of the new virus and well-established evidence from previous emerging infectious diseases,

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Researchers find 14 living male descendants of Da Vinci in bid to uncover secret of his genius

Scientists hope to sequence the men's genome to identify whether it contains any genetic gifts that powered his exceptional eye.

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Twitter has lost liability protection in India, government says

Twitter no longer enjoys the liability protection against user-generated content in India, the Indian government said in a court filing this week as tension escalates between the two over the South As