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FDA fully approves Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine, a first for a Covid-19 shot
The approval came as the US's fight against the pandemic has intensified again, with the highly infectious delta variant biting deeply into the progress that the country had made over the first half of the year
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SPACs went up, then down, but they are not out
Special-purpose acquisition company, known as a SPAC were seen as sidestepping the rigour and regulation of a traditional public offering, with features unfavourable to small investors
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Who gets the LLC? Inside a Silicon Valley billionaire's divorce
Technology billionaires have typically divorced quietly behind closed doors, rarely willing to trade blows in a public courtroom and expose the complex web of their personal finances
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With US exit, Russia's power in Central Asia grows ever stronger
Russia, China and Pakistan all stand to gain influence in regional affairs with the West's withdrawal, while the United States and India stand to lose
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World's biggest crypto exchange still lacks US footing
Often started by lone programmers lugging laptops across the globe, many cryptocurrency firms are restructuring themselves into more traditional entities that have boards of directors and audited financial reports
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Can Facebook make virtual reality happen for real this time?
Though tech giants like Facebook and Sony have spent billions of dollars trying to perfect the experience, virtual reality has stayed a niche plaything of hobbyists willing to pay thousands of dollars, often for a clunky VR headset tethered to a powerful gaming computer
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Taliban quash protests and seize enemies, tightening grip on Afghanistan
The Taliban were stepping up an intensive search for people who worked with US and NATO forces, particularly members of the former Afghan security services, according to witnesses and a security assessment prepared for the United Nations
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First resistance to Taliban rule tests Afghanistan's uncertain future
Taliban fighters used gunfire to disperse demonstrations in the northeastern city of Jalalabad and the southeastern city of Khost, with some of the protesters raising the Afghan government flags that the Taliban had taken down just days earlier
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US and IMF apply a financial squeeze on the Taliban
About $7 billion of the Afghan central bank's $9 billion in foreign reserves are held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Biden administration has already moved to block access to that money
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Days may be numbered for the world's oldest bank
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, performed worse than any other bank in a test of its financial health by European regulators, the latest gloomy chapter in a long-running saga of ill-fated deals, financial shenanigans, criminal wrongdoing and even a mysterious death
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The Taliban's leaders: Worldly and 'inclusive' or ruthless ideologues?
Whether the Taliban's actions since taking control are signs of genuine openness or a looming power struggle between moderate and hard-line factions remains to be seen