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Vienna gunman tried to join Islamic State in Syria: ministry

The gunman shot dead in the Vienna attacks on Monday served a prison term for attempting to travel to Syria and join Islamic State, the Austrian government said on Tues

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Crypto exchange Bitpanda closes $52M Series A from Valar Ventures, backed by Peter Thiel

Bitpanda, a crypto assets platform, has closed a $52 million Series A funding round form Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Vienna-based VC Speedinvest also participated, al

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Austria expels Russian diplomat suspected of industrial espionage

VIENNA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Austria is expelling a Russian diplomat in connection with industrial espionage, local media reported on Monday. According to the Austrian Press Agency, the Austrian Forei

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Train loaded with "Made in Austria" goods leaves Vienna for China

A train loaded with fibers and pulp used for textiles pulled out of the Vienna South Terminal heading for China on Thursday, marking the first time a train with goods

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Update: China firmly opposes U.S. forcibly entering Chinese consulate general in Houston

File photo of the national flags of China (R) and the United States. (Xinhua/Bao Dandan)BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm

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Iran urges U.S., France to honor int'l nuclear disarmament agreements

Iran's representative to international organizations in Vienna urged the United States and France to honor nuclear disarmament treaties and refrain from nuclear-capabl

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U.S., Russian envoys tight-lipped as arms control talks start in Vienna

Nuclear weapons talks between the United States and Russia started in Vienna on Monday, with the two countries’ envoys making only guarded comments shortly before they

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Burundi expels four WHO officials

The Burundian foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed it has declared four officials of World Health Organization (WHO)'s Burundi office persona non grata. "It's true that the note verbale (that decla

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Cuba denounces U.S. silence after attack on its embassy in Washington

The U.S. administration's silence after an armed attack on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. is suspicious, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez said d

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COVID-19 could change drug consumption for worse: UN report

The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 crisis has the potential to generate a lasting transformation of drug markets and change drug consumption for the worse, according to a UN report publi

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Austria court dismisses complaint against airbus

A Vienna court has stopped an Austrian investigation into alleged fraud by Airbus and Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, producing Eurofighter Typhoon, in connection with a two-billion-dollar Eurofighter

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UN to launch waste treatment project in Iran: envoy

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will launch a hospital waste treatment project in Iran, Iran's permanent representative to the Vienna-bas

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Pandemic, oversupply to keep oil prices at multi-year low averages in H1 2020: EIA

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday forecast that the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and increase of oil supply will keep global crude oil prices

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Chinese community donates 39,600 respirator masks to Vienna

The Chinese community living in the Austrian capital donated 39,600 respirator masks to the city on Tuesday. The masks were handed over to Mayor Michael Ludwig in Vienna City Hall at a ceremony atte

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ECB says it stands ready to adjust all measures against coronavirus shock

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday said that it will continue to monitor the economic consequences of the coronavirus and that it stands ready to adjust all of its measures in addition to t

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Speedinvest’s new €190 million seed-stage fund is ‘investing on conviction’

Speedinvest, a seed-stage VC headquartered in Vienna with offices in London, Berlin, Munich and San Francisco, recently disclosed a new €190 million fund that brings the firm’s total assets under mana