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Facebook’s AI mistakenly bans ads for struggling businesses
New York-based businesswoman Ruth Harrigan usually sells her honey and beeswax products in souvenir shops. But with Covid-19 pausing tourism, she’s been almost entirely dependent on Facebook ads to drive online sales. On Nov. 11, this new financial lifeline was abruptly cut when the social media...
Tech Tent: Is Tesla really worth $500 billion?
It was the week when Elon Musk soared past Bill Gates to become the world's second richest person, as Tesla's value topped $500bn. On Tech Tent, we ask just why investors think the electric car company is worth so much more than it was a year ago. At the beginning of 2020, Tesla was valued...
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Teaching skills online is a way to make money while avoiding COVID
If the current surge in coronavirus cases makes you nervous about going to work, you should know that you might not have to risk your health to keep food on the table. Even if you have a physical job that normally requires in-person attendance, you may be able to profit from a distance by using...
S& P 500, Nasdaq stock indexes close at record highs
NEW YORK -- The S&P 500 rose to a record high Friday as investors continue to look forward to the distribution of a covid-19 vaccine and relief for the global economy. The benchmark index rose 8.7 points, or 0.24%, led by gains in technology companies, and closed at an all-time high of 3,638.35. The...
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Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings
Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household. Those who are flying witnessed a...
Gut hormones' regulation of fat production abnormal in obesity, fatty liver disease: study
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- One key gut hormone, released a few hours after eating, turns off fat production by regulating gene expression in the liver. This regulation is abnormal in obesity, according to a study posted on the website of the University of Illinois (UI) on Tuesday. In the study,...
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Daniil Medvedev challenges rising stars to keep challenging ‘Big Three’ after ATP Finals victory
The final ball struck in the 2020 season made Daniil Medvedev a deserving last winner of the ATP Finals in London but where the next ball is hit remains to be seen. The Russian became the first man to beat the world's top three players in the tournament's 50-year history as he recovered from a set...
‘Wow, this kid is something else!’ – Australian legends recalls first Rafael Nadal impression
Pat Cash says his first impression of a 14-year-old Rafael Nadal was that he was ‘something else’ when they fist played. Cash was at the end of his career and faced Nadal in a match before the Spaniard had even turned pro. And while the former Wimbledon champion expected to turn up and...
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How Harry Kane became Jose Mourinho’s perfect villain
Read full article Tony Evans28 November 2020, 9:14 am·5-min read (2020 WorldPhotos.com) Jose Mourinho’s greatest successes in the Premier League have always featured a striker of exquisite cynicism who is despised by opposition fans. Didier Drogba was the bogeyman during the Portuguese’s first...
Argentine prosecutors probe Maradona death
Argentine prosecutors were investigating Friday the circumstances surrounding the death of Diego Maradona and...
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China has reached a major milestone in ending absolute poverty. But the Communist Party isn't celebrating yet
CNN | 2020-11-28
Chinese academics say coronavirus spread in India MONTHS before Wuhan outbreak
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‘Iran has become Mossad’s street corner’: Iran marks death of nuke chief
The Jerusalem Post | 2020-11-27
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Teaching skills online is a way to make money while avoiding COVID
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Dior refuses to severe ties with Johnny Depp after his ‘wife beater’ controversy
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Biden’s win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
Biden’s win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
Washington — The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up...
photo: AP / Brennan Linsley
Cash and Carrie: US sanctioned Hong Kong leader has no bank account
Cash and Carrie: US sanctioned Hong Kong leader has no bank account
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has "piles of cash" at home as she has no bank account after the United States slapped sanctions on her in response to a draconian security law...
photo: AP / Kin Cheung
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China has reached a major milestone in ending absolute poverty. But the Communist Party isn't ...
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Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this week in his five-year long fight to end absolute poverty across the country -- but it doesn't appear that he's celebrating...
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Chinese academics say coronavirus spread in India MONTHS before Wuhan outbreak
Chinese academics say coronavirus spread in India MONTHS before Wuhan outbreak
The coronavirus did not start in Wuhan, but instead emerged in India last summer, Chinese academics have boldly claimed, as tensions continue to flare between the two states and amid the ongoing...
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‘Iran has become Mossad’s street corner’: Iran marks death of nuke chief
‘Iran has become Mossad’s street corner’: Iran marks death of nuke chief
Iranians responded with awe and surprise as a key Iranian nuclear scientist was gunned down east of Tehran. Farsi social media was full of tweets about the surprising shooting of one of the key...
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The War Crimes of Bush and Blair – Afghanistan and Iraq
The War Crimes of Bush and Blair – Afghanistan and Iraq
“The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law... We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted...
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Earth is 2000 light-years closer to a supermassive black hole than scientists realised
Earth is 2000 light-years closer to a supermassive black hole than scientists realised
The Earth is 2000 light-years closer to a black hole than we previously thought, new research has revealed. The finding comes from the Japanese radio astronomy project VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio...
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Honduran ex-president stopped with bag containing $18,000 in cash at airport
The Independent | 2020-11-28
Honduran ex-president stopped with bag containing $18,000 in cash at airport
Former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said on Friday that he had been “unjustly” detained at the airport for carrying a bag with $18,000 in cash that he said...
Ethiopian forces close in on Tigrayan capital amid fears for civilians
The National | 2020-11-28
Ethiopian forces close in on Tigrayan capital amid fears for civilians
Ethiopia's military said it seized control of a town 50 kilometres from the capital of Tigray province on Friday, a day after the government said it was...
Iran's Rouhani accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist - TV
Yahoo Daily News | 2020-11-28
Iran's Rouhani accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist - TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's president on Saturday accused Israel of killing a prominent Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret...
Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap
BBC News | 2020-11-28
Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap
There is going to be a gap of several years in our ability to measure the thickness of ice at the top and bottom of the world, scientists are warning. The only...
Iran scientist's assassination appears intended to undermine nuclear deal
Iran scientist's assassination appears intended to undermine nuclear deal
Analysis: shooting of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will do more harm to diplomacy than it does to Iran’s nuclear programme The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh may not...
Norway to extradite suspect in 1982 attack on Paris Jewish restaurant
Norway to extradite suspect in 1982 attack on Paris Jewish restaurant
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will extradite a man to France who is suspected of taking part in an attack that killed six people in a Jewish restaurant in Paris 38...
Coronavirus: Pandas leave Canada for China's bamboo
Coronavirus: Pandas leave Canada for China's bamboo
Two giant pandas can look forward to some top quality bamboo as they head home to China from Canada which has been suffering from a bamboo shortage. Calgary Zoo...
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Viral video captures a disturbing look at Trump's ‘cozy’ history with white supremacists
Viral video captures a disturbing look at Trump's ‘cozy’ history with white supremacists
A new viral video released by "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" on Friday offers an in-depth look...
America just dodged the Trump bullet -- but what did we really learn so that ...
America just dodged the Trump bullet -- but what did we really learn so that ...
More than 80 million Americans helped the country dodge the bullet of a potential second Trump term,...
US Congress ties bows on gifts to Israel
US Congress ties bows on gifts to Israel
Before it recesses for the year, the US Congress is finalizing the text of a must-pass bill, the...
Podcast Ep 26: Why Labour won’t deliver socialism
Podcast Ep 26: Why Labour won’t deliver socialism
Justin Trudeau taps top Israel lobbyist to police speech in Canada Nora Barrows-Friedman 26 November...
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