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Google invests in Indonesian Uber competitor Go-Jek Google has made an investment in Indonesian ride-hailing start-up Go-Jek. The move is part of Google's ambition to grow Indonesia's digital economy and start-up scene, the tech giant said in a statement Monday. "Go-Jek is led by a strong Indonesian management team and has a proven track record of ...
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Why Turkey's troops are in Syria again ON January 20th Turkey launched a military operation (optimistically dubbed "Olive Branch") in Syria's north-western enclave of Afrin. It started with over a hundred airstrikes in the space of several hours. When NATO's second-largest army last entered Syria, in the autumn of 2016, its aim was to remove ...
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'Tabikaeru' — a mobile game about a traveling frog — is a big hit in China While news of the game's appeal among mobile phone users on the mainland was first reported on by local media outlets last week, its popularity hasn't diminished in any way since: "Travel Frog" on Monday was still ranked first on a list of the most downloaded games from Apple's app store in China.
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Desperate Journeys: EU liberalism lost in battle against refugees For a start, it's far more lucrative for traffickers to put people in a van and a dinghy across a river than a boat across the sea. You can move more people and make more money. Our rough estimate is that the Evros route must be worth $10m a year to the smugglers, many of whom seem to be in tow to ...
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Gunmen storm military university in Kabul Afghan security personnel cordon off the site of the attack on a military university in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Jan. 29, 2018. Gunmen attacked a military university in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan early on Monday, triggering explosions and gun fight, with unknown casualties, sources and witnesses ...
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Who had the best sneakers of Week 15 in the NBA? Around the NBA this past week, players paired rare limited-edition sneakers with several of the league's new "City Edition" uniforms, while stars such as Kyrie Irving and Stephen Curry debuted new takes on their signature shoes. Still early in his partnership with Adidas, rising Bulls wing Zach LaVine ...
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Bangladesh: Trafficking of girls rife in Rohingya camps Noyona Katun, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, said her daughter Yasmin was 13 years old when she was snatched by a man in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in southern Bangladesh and smuggled to India. That was three years ago. Noyona and Yasmin fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in ...
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Springlike warmth, storms to exacerbate avalanche threat in northwestern US A persistently warm and rainy weather pattern will contribute to a heightened risk of avalanches and flooding in the Pacific Northwest. Although the final weekend of January began on a seasonably chilly note, a powerful storm system will direct a river of tropical moisture northward toward the region to ...
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Bitcoin's Early 2018 Woes Written in the Stars and Moon? Bitcoin has prided itself on not being moved by the normal market manipulators, such as global strife and socioeconomic activities. However, there are times when it fluctuates for obscure reasons. According to some experts, the January downturn could be no surprise as he attributes it to the Lunar New ...
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