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World leaders react to Biden’s inauguration: ‘A great day for democracy’
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Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday drew congratulations from many leaders around the world.As Biden was sworn in, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson c
Valve and five game publishers fined millions for geo-blocking Steam games in EU
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Valve and five PC video game publishers have been fined a total of €7.5 million) by the European Commission for restricting cross-border game sales in the European Economic Area.The Commission said
Samsung heir’s prison sentence casts a shadow on South Korea’s tech titan
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The Seoul High Court sentenced vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, also known as Jay Y.Lee's prison sentence means the company is losing a key decision-maker at a time of strategic upheaval in some of Samsung
Privacy-focused Firo cryptocurrency suffers 51% attack
Anonymous cryptocurrency Firo — formerly known as Zcoin— is the latest Proof-of-Work coin to suffer a 51% attack.Tweeting on Wednesday, Firo revealed that the protocol had come under a 51% attack
US accuses China of ‘genocide’ of Xinjiang Uyghurs and minority groups
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'This genocide is ongoing, and.'Since at least March 2017, local authorities dramatically escalated their decades-long campaign of repression against Uyghur Muslims and members of other ethnic and rel
U.S. Says China’s Repression of Uighurs Is ‘Genocide’
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Tensions sharply worsened from 2009, when Uighurs taking part in ethnic riots killed about 200 Han in Urumqi, the regional capital, after earlier tensions and violence.Xi have begun or stepped up poli
Latest vaccine and world news
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Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.In its second interim report, the Switzerland-based Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Re
Argentina earthquake: 6.4 quake strikes San Juan province, no tsunami warning issued
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A series of aftershocks around the country followed.0 aftershock struck 27 kilometers (about 16.9 quake came in the same area as the first, followed by a magnitude 5.3-magnitude quakes are considered
See it: Truck towing flaming trailer speeds through town
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A truck driver in Thailand had to rush his vehicle to safety when the trailer it was towing caught fire in the middle of a busy city.According to SWNS, the trailer was full of hay the driver was deliv
Incest Scandal Sets Off a New #MeToo Movement in France
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Brigitte Macron, the French first lady, told TF1, a French TV station, on Sunday, “It is absolutely necessary that these actions are known, and that these actions are not silenced.Duhamel, resigned