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47 migrants found dead on Mauritanian coast

Forty-seven migrants were found dead on August 16 off the coast of Nouadhibou, northwest Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) a

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Nicole Kidman gets quarantine exemption by Hong Kong for TV series

Australian actress Nicole Kidman attends the 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 12, 2020. /CFP Australian actress Nicole Kidman was exempted from qua

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Ransomware recovery can be costly, and not just because of the ransom

Ransomware is rarely out of the headlines. Just last week, IT consulting giant Accenture was hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, days after Taiwan-based laptop maker Gigabyte also fell victim to an ap

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The U.S. reaches deal with Taliban on evacuations: report

Members of Joint Forces Headquarters get prepared to deploy to Afghanistan to assist in the draw down from the area. /AP The United States has reached an agreement with the Taliban to ensure t

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Cuomo says NYC healthcare workers must be vaccinated against COVID

The New York State Department of Health issued an order Monday requiring all healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 27. /Getty Images The New York State Department of H

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin goes toe to toe with NASA in federal court over award to SpaceX

Blue Origin, the space company helmed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is taking NASA to court. The company filed a complaint with a federal claims court on Monday over the agency’s decision to award a luna

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U.S. health officials warn of tough days ahead as COVID-19 outbreak

U.S. health officials will decide within the next two weeks whether to offer COVID-19 booster shots to more Americans.The Delta variant is filling hospitals across the country, even in states with

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Record number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S.

A child is given receiving a COVID-19 test at a back-to-school clinic in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 12, 2021. /Reuters A record number of more than 1,900 children were h

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U.S. faces massive COVID-19 surge, as some leaders move to block masks

COVID-19 is killing more than 600 people each day in the United States, a rate that has more than doubled in just four weeks.Oregon’s governor ordered the deployment of 500 National Guard troops t

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Delta COVID-19 variant gains speed across U.S.

An advisory panel with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control voted Friday to recommend a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people with weakened immune systems.Fr

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Facebook is bringing end-to-end encryption to Messenger calls and Instagram DMs

Facebook has extended the option of using end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice calls and video calls.End-to-end encryption (E2EE) — a security feature that prevents third-parties from eavesdroppi

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Second wave of COVID-19 dampens Uganda's economic recovery

A man walks past a banner advertising the vaccination program on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images via CFP) Uganda's economic recovery is clouded by the adver

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McConnell slams Biden's 'reckless' Afghanistan strategy and urges more military support

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell decried President Joe Biden's strategy in Afghanistan as "reckless" and urged the commander in chief to commit more military supp

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Taliban claim control over 2 major cities in S. Afghanistan

Taliban militants on Friday claimed to have taken control over key southern Afghan cities of Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, after weeks of heavy clashes between the Taliban

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U.S. witnesses uptick of COVID-19 child cases

Students wearing face masks arrive on the first day of classes for a new semester at a school in Orlando, Florida in America due to the current surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, August 10, 20

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Robinhood on Wall Street: What it means for online traders

04:20 On Jul 29, online stock trading platform Robinhood, which played a major part in the GameStop stock frenzy at the beginning of 2021, went public on Wall Street, with an initial pu

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Watch Samsung introduce its latest foldables live

Samsung is set to introduce a whole bunch of new products, starting today at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET. I wrote a whole bunch of words about what to expect from the company’s latest Unpacked event. It’s a long