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Microsoft May Cut 1,850 Jobs as Nadella Pares Phone Ambitions

Bloomberg | 2016-05-25

Microsoft Corp. will cut as many as 1,850 jobs and take a new impairment charge as Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella pares back the company’s ambitions in smartphones. The company will take a $950 million impairment and restructuring charge, including $200 million for severance payments,...

Chinese startup Moxi Group plans to launch bendable smartphones this year

The Times of India | 2016-05-25

A little-known startup in China is gunning to be the first to sell bendable smartphones this year, seeking to upstage Samsung Electronics, which has started to dabble in flexiblescreen technology . Moxi Group, based in Chongqing, says it will ship 100,000 of the devices in 2016.They are, at the very...

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Ethiopian Official Wants to Become First African WHO Chief

Voa News | 2016-05-24

Ethiopia’s foreign minister and previous health minister, Tedros Adhanom, has thrown his hat into the ring as Africa’s first and only candidate for the post of director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). A new U.N. health chief will be appointed during next year’s World Health Assembly....

WHO boss: Zika result of 'massive' mosquito control failures

CNN | 2016-05-24

(CNN)World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan lashed out at family planning and mosquito control "failures" as root causes of the ongoing Zika crisis in an address to the World Health Assembly Monday. Chan said that countries "dropped the ball" on mosquito control in the 1970s...

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Ronaldo: Madrid would be smart to give me a new deal

FourFourTwo | 2016-05-25

Interest from PSG is of no consequence to Cristiano Ronaldo, who wants to end his career at Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo has put pressure on Real Madrid to extend his...

Schweinsteiger 'right on schedule' for Euro 2016

FourFourTwo | 2016-05-25

Mats Hummels gave Germany an injury scare on Wednesday, but Bastian Schweinsteiger hopes to offer positive news on the fitness front. Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is confident he will be fully fit to lead his country at Euro 2016....

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The Street | 2016-05-25

Greece Reaches Landmark $11.5 Billion Debt Deal With IMF

There's hope for Greece. The debt-laden nation has made nice with the International Monetary Fund, securing $11.5 billion in fresh loans on Wednesday. In July...

WorldNews.com | 2016-05-25

Assange Denied Detention Hearing By Swedish Court

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NDTV | 2016-05-25

Ban Ki-Moon Fuels Presidential Speculation With South Korea Trip

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CNN | 2016-05-25

Indonesian 8-year-olds could be picking the tobacco in your cigarettes

(CNN)Thousands of children as young as eight are working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in Indonesia, putting them at risk of cancer, respiratory...

DNA India | 2016-05-25

Syria: Islamic State's stronghold Raqqa city attacked in twin assault, Iraq piles pressure

--> Islamic State had declared self-styled "caliphate" straddling the Syrian-Iraqi border in 2014, the attack on Tuesday was an effort to make their stand clear...

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