Image copyright Getty Images Alibaba chief executive Daniel Zhang has praised Hong Kong’s “bright” future as the Chinese e-commerce giant prepares to list in the embattled financial hub. The firm, which is already traded in the US, hopes to raise up to $13.4bn (£10.4bn) in its secondary listing. That would make it the biggest share […]
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Amazon said Thursday it will challenge a Pentagon contract awarded to Microsoft last month worth up to $10 billion, calling the decision-making process biased and tainted by “political influence.” The Department of Defense had been mulling several bids for a cloud computing project known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, initiative. The long-delayed
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Freshman Scottie Lewis scored 15 points in his first start, and No. 15 Florida escaped with a 66-60 victory over Towson November 15, 2019, 2:24 AM 1 min read Freshman Scottie Lewis scored 15 points in his first start, and No. 15 Florida escaped with a 66-60 victory over Towson on Thursday night. Graduate transfer
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WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it was investigating whether Representative Alcee L. Hastings, Democrat of Florida, violated House rules by having a personal relationship with a member of his staff or accepting inappropriate gifts. Mr. Hastings has made no secret of his relationship with an employee in his congressional office, telling
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Image copyright Family handout/PA Wire Image caption Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died in 2016 after eating a baguette containing hidden sesame The number of children being admitted to hospital in England with a severe allergic reaction has risen every year for the past five years. NHS figures show 1,746 children were treated for anaphylactic shock in 2018-19,
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We’re not quite sure what kind of pill SpongeBob is on when he meets Keanu Reeves in the new trailer for “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” but it certainly isn’t blue or red. The “Matrix” star has an extremely weird cameo in the trailer for the third SpongeBob movie that dropped on Thursday.
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Image copyright Getty Images Plans from the two biggest political parties to raise the minimum wage would boost pay for millions of people, a leading economic research group says. The move would also double or treble the number of people whose wages are set by government, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said. The minimum
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SAN FRANCISCO — A week ago, YouTube and Facebook said they would block people from identifying the government official thought to be the whistle-blower who set in motion an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. It hasn’t worked out so well. A name believed by some to be the whistle-blower has been shared thousands of times
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Some NFL players and sports analysts have expressed skepticism about the NFL’s intentions in hosting an upcoming workout for Colin Kaepernick. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback tweeted on Tuesday evening that he had just been invited to work out for teams on Saturday at the Atlanta Falcons’ facility. Kaepernick, who famously began kneeling during
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi sharpened the focus of Democrats’ impeachment case against President Trump on Thursday, accusing the president of committing bribery when he withheld vital military assistance from Ukraine at the same time he was seeking its commitment to publicly investigate his political rivals. The speaker’s explicit allegation of bribery, a misdeed identified
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