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Leaked emails: Deliveroo placed 7.6% cap on insiders selling at IPO, disappointing ex-employees who hoped to get rich

Summary List Placement Some former employees at Amazon-backed Deliveroo are frustrated by a cap on the number of shares they were able to sell during the firm's £1.5 billion...
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US-funded broadcaster asks European court to block Russian fines

1 hour ago | Al Jazeera

Moscow has moved to penalise Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for failing to label its reports with 'foreign agent' tag.
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Johnson & Johnson asked other drugmakers to help it study blood-clot risks, and Moderna and Pfizer refused, report says

1 hour ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement Johnson & Johnson privately contacted other drugmakers producing COVID-19 vaccines to join a study into the potential risk of blood clots, but Pfizer and...
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$14 billion hedge fund Brevan Howard set to start buying cryptocurrencies, as institutional interest booms

2 hours ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Brevan Howard, a $13.7 billion hedge fund, is set to start buying cryptocurrencies. The hedge fund would be the latest big-name investor to get involved...
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From Germany to Ireland, a fresh push to return the Benin bronzes

4 hours ago | Al Jazeera

As a decolonisation movement sweeps across Europe, there are efforts to return art looted by British soldiers in 1897.
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US broadcaster asks European court to block Russian fines

9 hours ago | ABC News

U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is asking the European Court of Human Rights to block Russia from enforcing penalties that could cost the broadcaster millions of...
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Amid Black Sea U-turn, Biden says Putin summit likely this summer in Europe

15 hours ago | New York Post

President Biden on Thursday said that he intends to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit this summer in Europe. Biden outlined his vision for US-Russia...
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Johnson & Johnson: The pause heard 'round the world

16 hours ago | Fortune

From Europe to Africa, the U.S. 'pause' on the J&J vaccine has had dramatic fallout.
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Climbers summit the crater of the Mt. Etna in Europe

18 hours ago | Arizona Daily Star

Amazing video shows climbers summiting the crater of the most active volcano in Europe. Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story.
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Nationalism and Internationalism

18 hours ago | Foreign Affairs

Alfred E. Zimmern argues that, in post-WWI Europe, the real obstacle to the Wilsonian vision of international cooperation and coordination is not resurgent nationalism, but the...
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Pentagon says this video taken by Navy is indeed a UFO

The Defense Department confirms this video, taken in 2019, is the real thing: A legitimate UFO. Read more ...

Biden meets with his first foreign leader. Japan's prime minister heads to...

The two leaders are looking to counter messaging from Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and democracies in general are on the decline. Read more ...

Morgan Stanley handily beats first-quarter trading and investment-banking...

Summary List Placement Morgan Stanley 's first-quarter earnings report beat analyst estimates in every major category, but the strong reults were overshadowed by a $911 million... Read more ...

Facing backlash, Simon & Schuster won't distribute book by officer involved...

Johnson & Johnson asked other drugmakers to help it study blood-clot risks...

Summary List Placement Johnson & Johnson privately contacted other drugmakers producing COVID-19 vaccines to join a study into the potential risk of blood clots, but Pfizer and... Read more ...

Iran successfully produces 60%-enriched uranium days after ‘act of sabotage'...

Iran has produced 60%-enriched uranium at its Natanz nuclear facility, country's senior officials have said. The facility was hit by an “act of sabotage” that Tehran blamed on... Read more ...

Iran has successfully produced 60% enriched uranium, top politician says...

Summary List Placement The speaker of Iran's parliament said the country had successfully enriched uranium to its highest level yet. Mohammad Qalibaf tweeted on Friday morning... Read more ...

Paul Pogba reignites feud with Jose Mourinho, accuses former Man Utd boss of...

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has reopened his rift with Jose Mourinho, laying into his former manager by claiming he “goes against” players and treats them "like... Read more ...

Nearly 1,300 COVID-19 cases reported in Massachusetts students, staff

Massachusetts schools are seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases in students and staff. Read more ...

9 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced For 2019 Protests

Nine activists and lawmakers were sentenced to prison terms Friday for their participation in the 2019 anti-government protests. Read more ...