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In sign of detente, North Korea skips annual anti-US rally

AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS | AFP | Getty Images Tens of thousands of Pyongyang residents gathered in the capital’s Kim Il-Sung Square on September 23 2017 to laud leader Kim Jong-Un’s denunciation of US President Donald Trump. Fist-pumping, flag-waving and slogan-shouting masses of Pyongyang residents normally assemble each year for …

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Trump is reportedly planning new restrictions against China

Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. President Donald Trump plans to bar many Chinese companies from investing in U.S. tech and to block …

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GE may sell industrial engine unit to private equity firm Advent: WSJ

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee prepares a composite engine case component for inspection at the GE Aviation manufacturing facility in Batesville, Mississippi. General Electric may sell a unit that manufactures industrial engines to a private equity firm, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, as part …

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Bitcoin is not dead says crypto trader Brian Kelly

Surprisingly, the lows might actually be a good thing for bitcoin, Kelly said. “When we start to declare a funeral and things get really horrible, sentiment is approaching the lows,” he said. “So hopefully, we’ll use that funeral bug to say, ‘Hey. You know what? That was near the lows.'” …

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End to driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia

MARWAN NAAMANI | AFP | Getty Images Saudi activist Manal Al Sharif, who now lives in Dubai, flashes the sign for victory as she drives her car in the Gulf Emirate city Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads at midnight on Sunday, ushering in the end of the …

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Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards will be repaired for free

Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook stands in front of an MacBook on display after an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Apple just launched a free repair program for users with faulty keyboards on some MacBook …

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Xiaomi reportedly awards founder $1.5 billion in stock ahead of IPO

ChinaFotoPress | Getty Images Lei Jun, chairman and CEO of China’s Xiaomi Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi awarded founder and CEO Lei Jun about $1.5 billion in stock, one of the biggest corporate paydays in history, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The company gave Lei the stock to “reward him …

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Space investment ‘pattern forming’ like autonomous

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster rockets land at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 6, 2018. The space industry is valued at over $350 billion but Morgan Stanley is telling its clients to pay attention to a market that could grow very quickly, …

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Tesla reports another fire at Fremont factory

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Flags fly outside of a Tesla building in Fremont, California. Tesla confirmed a Thursday night fire contained to a cardboard bailing machine at its Fremont, California, factory, where the Model 3 electric sedan is being built. It is the latest in a …

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Pentagon asked to offer housing for up to 20,000 migrant children

Getty Images President Donald Trump displays an executive order he signed that will end the practice of separating family members who are apprehended while illegally entering the United States on June 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Pentagon has been asked by the federal health department to provide housing on …

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