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Facebook removes dozens of Russian accounts spreading propaganda in Ukraine
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Ukrainians invent world’s first smart food container, crowdfund $90,000
A woman holds the Neoven’s smart food container with sandwiches and fruit. The Ukrainian startup Neoven can heat food, make smoothies and coffee on the go. Apart from the main heating module, the device includes three other configurations, which allow…
Bitcoin plummets as cryptocurrencies suffer in market turmoil
LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin plummeted on Thursday amid wild volatility in cryptocurrency markets, with traders citing a sell-off across assets as fears of the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic take hold. The biggest cryptocurrency slumped as much as 25%…
TikTok owner ByteDance announces China leaders, targets 100,000 global headcount
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing-based ByteDance, owner of global short video hit TikTok, on Thursday appointed new heads for its China business and set a goal to nearly double its global headcount to 100,000 by the end of the year. The…
U.S. senators seek to ban federal employees from using TikTok on their phones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at banning federal employees from using Chinese social media app TikTok on their government-issued phones, amid growing national security concerns around the collection and sharing of data on…
Serh Levchuk to head State Sports Agency
President of the Ukrainian Karate Federation Serh Levchuk will head the State Sports Agency, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Vodymyr Borodiansky has said. “Soon the newly created State Sports Agency will appear and its head will be appointed. Some…
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Benfica in first leg of Eura League Round of 32
Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk have defeated Portugal's Benfica 2-1 in the first leg of their Eura League last-32 tie. The match took place at the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv on Thursday, February 20
Svitina drs to seventh place in WTA rating
Ukraine's t-seeded tennis player Elina Svitina has lost one spot and currently occupies seventh place in the new ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Svitina, with 4,301 points, is behind Australian Ashleigh Barty (8,367), Romanian Simona Halep (6,076), Czech…
Coronavirus: Ukraine protesters attack buses carrying China evacuees
Dozens of protesters in a Ukrainian town have attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus-hit China. The evacuees were brought to a health spa in Novi Sanzhary, in the central Poltava region, where they will be held in quarantine for 14…
Over 119,000 Covid19 cases recorded worldwide
The pace of coronavirus spread in Italy is on the rise as 977 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours. REUTERS Since the start of Covid-19 outbreak, 119,132 people have been infected and 65,765 – recovered, that’s according…