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Economics
After Facebook, Telegram secretly plans ‘Gram’ cryptocurrency
Working in secrecy for a year, the Telegram messaging service has a plan: to beat Facebook in the race to…
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Economics
Ex-Google engineer charged in Uber self-driving theft case
A former Google engineer was charged last month with stealing self-driving car technology from the company shortly before he joined…
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Economics
Could cryptocurrency dethrone the dollar?
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested that a virtual currency, modelled on Facebook’s Libra, could one day replace the…
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Defense
Mystery surrounds Iran’s satellite launch
A rocket at an Iranian space centre that was to conduct a satellite launch criticised by the US apparently exploded…
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Defense
Iran’s Rouhani warns Macron of looming nuclear step
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, warning him that Tehran would take the next…
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Diplomacy
The US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after dealing with Taliban, says Trump
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that United States troop levels in Afghanistan will drop to 8,600 if a deal…
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China
The first bishop ordained in China under Vatican deal
A Chinese Catholic bishop has been ordained with the joint approval of the Pope and Beijing for the first time…
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Featured
Racism in the US is institutional ‘white man’s problem’: Joe Biden
Racism in America is an institutional “white man’s problem visited on people of color”, former US Vice President Joe Biden…
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Diplomacy
Ukrainian court frees Russian journalist after a year in jail
A Ukrainian court on Wednesday released a Russian journalist on parole after more than a year in jail, an apparent…
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Politics
Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of the 2020 election
Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for…
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