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Social network Grindr going public at $2.1bn value
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Social network Grindr on Monday said it has hooked up with a special purpose acquisition company to become a publicly traded company valued, out of the gate, at $2.1 billion.
'Don't be Google': The rise of privacy focused startups
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» PARIS: Google once used the slogan "don't be evil" to distinguish itself from its competitors, but now a growing number of pro-privacy startups are rallying to the mantra "don't be Google".
Party's over: Covid-hit Hollywood cuts the award season glamour
AFP, Published on 27/02/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The weeks building up to Hollywood's awards season are usually a whirlwind of glitzy Los Angeles parties, lavish celebrity "gifting suites" and the raucous Golden Globes themselves -- but not this year.
Dutch hit by first snowstorm in 10 years as N.Europe shivers
AFP, Published on 07/02/2021
» THE HAGUE: The Netherlands was blanketed on Sunday by the first major snowstorm to hit the country in 10 years, disrupting rail and road traffic, as a cold front pushed through northern Europe.
German government at odds over armed drones
AFP, Published on 01/01/2021
» BERLIN - Should the German army be equipped with killer drones? With less than a year to go before a general election, it's a question that has bitterly divided Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government, testing NATO's patience.
Safe-hands Neuer set to make history as Germany's record 'keeper
AFP, Published on 16/11/2020
» BERLIN - Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer can make history Tuesday by clocking up a record 96th appearance in goal for Germany in a Nations League game against Spain.
Boar that stole nudist's laptop 'may be culled'
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» BERLIN: A wild boar that went viral after stealing a nudist's laptop by a lake in German capital Berlin last week could be caught up in a local cull, an official said Friday.
Fresh world protests against racism and police violence
AFP, Published on 14/06/2020
» PARIS - Thousands marched in cities around the world for a second week of rallies Saturday to support the US Black Lives Matter movement, but also to highlight racism and police brutality in their own countries.
German police seek motive in car ramming
AFP, Published on 25/02/2020
» VOLKMARSEN (GERMANY) - German authorities scrambled Tuesday to determine the motives of a man who ploughed his car into a carnival procession, injuring dozens and further unsettling a country rocked by a fatal mass shooting last week.
Several dozen hurt as car rams Germany carnival procession
AFP, Published on 24/02/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Several dozen people, including children were injured Monday when a car drove into a carnival procession in central Germany, police said, adding that the driver had been arrested.