Global News
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The diplomatic boycott shadowing 2022 Beijing Olympics
Joe Biden and US diplomats, New Zealand and Australian diplomats are all staying home while Vladimir Putin may attend the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing which is due to open in less than two months—the diplomatic sit-out intends to protest China's repressive policies
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Omicron is fast moving, but perhaps less severe, early reports suggest
In the absence of more hard information, governments have reacted to omicron with sharp restrictions on international travel and new vaccination requirements
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Inside Tesla as Elon Musk pushed an unflinching vision for self-driving cars
Unlike technologists at almost every other company working on self-driving vehicles, Musk insisted that autonomy could be achieved solely with cameras tracking their surroundings
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On Syria's ruins, a drug empire flourishes
The drug trade emerged in the ruins of a decade of war, which shattered Syria's economy, reduced most of its people to poverty and left members of Syria's military, political and business elite looking for new ways to earn hard currency and circumvent US economic sanctions
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How TikTok keeps you watching
The app, 2021's central vehicle for youth culture and online culture, displays an endless stream of videos and, unlike the social media apps it is increasingly displacing, serves more as entertainment than as a connection to friends
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Those cute cats online? They help spread misinformation
While the posts with animals do not directly spread false information, they can draw a huge audience that can be redirected to a publication or site spreading false information about election fraud, unproven coronavirus cures and other baseless conspiracy theories entirely unrelated to the videos
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Britain turns to bankers to blaze a green trail
Since Brexit, Britain's financial industry has lost some of its lustre, and the treasury is exploring other ways to attract investors, including loosening the rules for listing companies to attract founder-led tech startups and backing financial technology companies
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Can Omicron knock a fragile economic recovery off track?
Hopes that an ebbing pandemic would permit daily life and commerce to return to normal have been repeatedly frustrated by the virus
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'Where is **?': Fans in China elude censors to talk about Peng Shuai
Chinese tennis fans are pushing back, using subtle, sometimes tongue-in-cheek language to voice their frustration online while trying to outmanoeuvre censors
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In China, Tesla is a catfish and turns auto companies into sharks
China is poised to become a major player in electric cars, and Tesla and a slew of Chinese electric vehicle upstarts are helping its companies become even more competitive
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How Twitter can fix itself
Twitter has lagged behind its social media peers in recent years, failing to keep pace in new services, acquisitions, user growth and stock price