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Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft.
Dec 1, 2020 3:08 PM
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'All my love, Elliot': Actor Page comes out as transgender
NEW YORK — Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of “Juno," “Inception” and “The Umbrella Academy,” came out as transgender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans community in Hollywood. “I love that I am trans.
Dec 1, 2020 2:00 PM
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Nestle, Cargill at high court in child labour case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed concerned Tuesday about the impact of siding with food giants Nestle and Cargill and ending a lawsuit that claims they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa that used child slave labour .
Dec 1, 2020 2:00 PM
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UN: Pandemic to fan surge in humanitarian needs in 2021
GENEVA — The U.N. humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021.
Dec 1, 2020 1:59 PM
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Cosby's sex assault conviction goes before high-level court
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania's highest court questioned Tuesday whether Bill Cosby's alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assau
Dec 1, 2020 1:58 PM
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5 dead, many injured after German man drives car into crowd
BERLIN — A man zig-zagged an SUV at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing five people, including a 9-month-old child, and seriously injuring more than a dozen, officials said.
Dec 1, 2020 12:54 PM
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Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
ROME — Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S.
Dec 1, 2020 12:37 PM
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Queen, Prince Philip to spend Christmas at Windsor Castle
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, will spend Christmas at Windsor Castle instead of their Sandringham estate for the first time in decades.
Dec 1, 2020 12:37 PM
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EU eyes Dec 29 approval for 1st virus vaccine, later than US
BERLIN — The European Union drug agency said Tuesday it may need four more weeks to approve its first coronavirus vaccine, even as authorities in the United States and Britain continue to aim for a green light before Christmas.
Dec 1, 2020 10:48 AM
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Dozens of bandits seize Brazilian city, loot bank
RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of gunmen armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight Tuesday and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.
Dec 1, 2020 10:06 AM
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