SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold a digital version of his first tweet for more than 2.9 million, more than two weeks before announcing a digital auction for the post. The March 2006 tweet, which said “just setting up my twttr”, was launched by Bridge Oracle …
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BEIRUT (AP) – The World Bank on Tuesday threatened to suspend funding for a coronavirus vaccine in Lebanon as it investigated suspicious favorites amid allegations that legislators were inoculated into parliament without prior approval. A senior Lebanese official overseeing the rollout of the vaccine called it “insulting” and lashed out …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Mask from the moment you go inside. Bars are full and pulsing like 2019. Social media stars waving bottles of champagne. DJ Spinning party tunes through multi-hour brunch. After becoming one of the first destinations in the world to open up to tourism, Dubai …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Mask from the moment you go inside. Bars are full and pulsing like 2019. Social media stars waving bottles of champagne. DJ Spinning party tunes through multi-hour brunch. After becoming one of the first destinations in the world to open up to tourism, Dubai …
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Beirut (AP) – The choice between a spiraling virus outbreak in a country that has been stagnant and weakening economically over the past year and restarting a dying economy was the choice. Lebanese officials chose the latter. Now, virus patients wait outside hospitals in a conflict of breath – hoping …
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