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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is putting his bid to buy Twitter on hold.

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So-called stablecoins are sending shockwaves around the markets, causing liquid cryptos such as Bitcoin to crash.

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The Spanish government is expected to offer women days off work for painful periods.

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Long COVID has been described as a 'pandemic within the pandemic'

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Potentially toxic levels of PFAS chemicals have been detected in tap water near Lyon, France’s third largest city.

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Scientists on Thursday provided the first look at what they called the "gentle giant" lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy.

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Global crypto regulation body likely in next year, top official says

Bitcoin amd other cryptos are suffering losses

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Meta has recently announced plans to build a metaverse, a fully realised immersive virtual social world.

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Blockchains have become popular over the past few years because they allow us to secure and verify all kinds of data in a decentralised network that cannot be altered.

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A person holds a visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin, at the "Bitcoin Change" shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

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Work

"The tolerance for pets (at work) during the pandemic has increased," Tungsten Collaborative president Bill Dicke said.

Bringing your dog to work is good for business, this company says

The "vast majority" of staff witll be able to work remotely on a permanent basis, Airbnb's CEO said

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The request by a user of the Spanish food delivery app Glovo has provoked outrage

Delivery app customer sparks outrage with request to take out the bins

The UK-headquartered delivery firm was handed a €375,000 fine by a Paris court on Tuesday

Deliveroo fined for abusing riders' rights in France

Mobility

A concept image of the AirYacht, a new concept proposing to fly yachts through the skies using airships

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A Russian Il-80 military transport aircraft, also known as the Doomsday plane, and MiG-29 fighter jets fly in formation during a rehearsal for a flypast.

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said investor sentiment had changed

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Health

A group of hepatitis virions in an electron microscope image

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This rare smallpox-related virus causes flu-like symptoms and a nasty rash, and it can be deadly.

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Marianna Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

WHO begins gathering evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

The UK and Greece are among the worst hit by obesity. But they’re both trying promising solutions to slim down

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Home

Pascal, 52, formely homeless, poses in the "tiny house" he built with other homeless people, in the premises of Amisep, a Breton association fighting against precariousness.

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A man stands by a damaged building on November 01, 2020, in Izmir, after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece.

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Human waste is being turned into a profitable fuel business in Kenya

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Opinion

Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine carry out the world's first pig-to-human heart transplant.

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The Russian pipe-laying ship 'Akademik Tscherski' which is on deployment for the further construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline.

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