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CES set for an in-person event in 2021

CES 2020 barely made it in under the wire, before COVID-19 gripped the world. The following month, Barcelona’s MWC was ultimately shut down, as the pandemic began to move across Europe. That was the f

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Video news startup Stringr raises $5.75M from Thomson Reuters and others

Stringr, a video-focused startup that says it can help news organizations adapt to the challenges of COVID-19, is announcing that it’s raised $5.75 million in new funding.When I wrote about the

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The surrogate babies stranded in Ukraine

Fifty one babies born to surrogate mothers are waiting to be united with their parents, who have been unable to enter Ukraine because of lockdown measures. /Sergei Supinsky/AFP Inside a small

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Dubai Expo 2020 world’s fair postponed to October 1, 2021

Dubai’s Expo 2020 world’s fair will be postponed to Oct. 1, 2021, over the new coronavirus pandemic, a Paris-based body behind the events said Monday.The announcement b

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Indian news media fight virus on financial, political fronts

India’s news publishers face a delicate balancing act as they look to offset financial losses from sinking ad sales with support from a government seeking to control th

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Israel's unity government walks a tightrope on COVID-19

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz delivers a statement in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 7, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Econom

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Malaysia shifts focus to migrant workers amid Singapore surge

Nearly all the residents of Masjid India are foreign workers. Rian Maelzer/CGTN A migrant worker stands on his apartment balcony brushing his teeth with his finger, then spits off the side of

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Luxury brands support Italy's medical workers

02:40 Italy is one of the world's worst hit countries by COVID-19.When the cases were piling up fast in February, the healthcare system was overwhelmed. People were rushing to hospital

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Former Fox executives plead not guilty in FIFA corruption probe

The FIFA loga is seen at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. /VCG Two former 21st Century Fox executives and a South American sports marketing company pleaded not guilty

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Justice Dept. files its first coronavirus takedown: a bogus vaccine website

U.S. federal prosecutors have filed and won a temporary restraining order against a website offering a fraudulent coronavirus vaccine, which the Justice Department said is its first enforcement action

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VCs warn coronavirus will impact fundraising for the next 2 quarters

As of this writing, COVID-19 has killed more than 3,400 people around the globe and the coronavirus has infected tens of thousands more. But its impact has gone much further, causing major disruptions

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WarnerMedia’s new streaming service HBO Max is coming to YouTube TV, along with HBO & Cinemax

WarnerMedia and YouTube TV today announced a distribution deal that will bring HBO and Cinemax to the Google-owned live TV streaming service for the first time as well as, notably, WarnerMedia’s

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Trump blasts photo showing his ‘tan’ line as photoshopped — and then asks if his hair looks good

President Donald Trump on Saturday had some sharp words about a photo taken of his return to the White House South Lawn, which is making the rounds on social media.The

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Will it be business as usual at UFC 247?

UFC 247 takes place this Sunday at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. It's company policy for all mainline UFC events to be headlined by a title fight, a rule only a star as big as Conor McGregor c

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Will it be business as usual at UFC 247?

UFC 247 takes place this Sunday at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. It's company policy for all mainline UFC events to be headlined by a title fight, a rule only a star as big as Conor McGregor c

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Hungary reopens protest-hit border crossing with Serbia

Migrant children demonstrating with placards near the border fence at the Serbian Kelebija border village in Subotica (Credit: Istvan Huszti/ AFP) Hungarian police reopened a border crossing w

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French minister's 'impersonators' on trial for fraud

Gilbert Chikli listens to a translator in Kiev in 2017 during his trial for tricking dozens of French banks and businesses into handing over millions of euros (Credit: Sergei Supinsky/ AFP) A