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Indian-origin LinkedIn engineer and blogger shot dead in Mexico drug violence
San Jose (USA), Oct 23 (IANS) Anjali Ryot, a San Jose, California-based travel blogger and senior site reliability engineer employed with the global job search site, LinkedIn, was killed in a drug cartel-related shooting in the ostensibly peaceful Mexican resort town of Tulum, reports the 'Daily Mail'.
2021-10-23
Category: International, Argentina,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Politics
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El Salvador 1st country to adopt Bitcoin as official currency
San Salvador, Sep 7 (IANS) El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as an official currency.
2021-09-07
Category: International, Argentina,Technology,Politics
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El Salvador becomes 1st country to make Bitcoin a legal tender
San Salvador, June 9 (IANS) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday announced that the country has approved the bill to make Bitcoin cryptocurrency a legal tender in the Central American country.
2021-06-09
Category: International, Argentina,Business/Economy,Technology
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El Salvador to make Bitcoin legal tender
San Salvador, June 6 (IANS) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced that he would send a bill to Congress next week to make the bitcoin cryptocurrency a legal tender in the Central American country, in what will be a world first.
2021-06-06
Category: International, Argentina,Politics,Technology
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Former Netflix executive convicted for taking bribes
San Jose, May 1 (IANS) Following a two-and-a-half-week trial, Netflix's former Vice President of IT Operations Michael Kail has been convicted of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, by a federal jury in the US.
2021-05-01
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Marathe re-elected as USA Cricket Board chair
Los Altos (California), March 9 (IANS) USA Cricket (USAC) on Wednesday announced that Paraag Marathe has been formally re-appointed as an independent director of USAC and re-elected by the Board of Directors as Chair of the Board.
2021-03-09
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Cricket
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Central America battling poverty, weak health systems amid pandemic
San Salvador, Aug 16 (IANS) The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has increased poverty, expanded the size of the informal economy, and threatened the weak health systems of some countries in Central America, experts have said.
2020-08-16
Category: International, Argentina,Business/Economy
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Apple showcases iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and more with next-gen tools in Covid times
San Jose, June 23 (IANS) Apple on Monday kicked off its annual developer conference WWDC20 in a virtual avatar with CEO Tim Cook addressing racism and a call to "being a force for change". What followed was mega updates in the Apple ecosystem starting with iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and WatchOS7 amd MacOS, among others.
2020-06-23
Category: International, Argentina,Business/Economy,Technology
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Apple WWDC20 set to announce ARM Macs, iOS 14 and more
San Jose, June 21 (IANS) Apple is all set to lift the curtains on its annual developer conference WWDC20 on Monday, this time in all digital avatar, and the tech giant is expected to reveal new iOS 14 for iPhones and iPads along with ARM chip-driven Mac desktops, among others.
2020-06-21
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Costa Rica postpones football final amid new coronavirus outbreak
San Jose, June 20 (IANS) The final of Costa Rica's first division Clausura football tournament between Saprissa and Alajuelense has been suspended because of a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases.
2020-06-20
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Football
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Indian boy who created Covid-19 tool among Apple student challenge winners
San Jose, June 16 (IANS) Apple on Tuesday announced 350 winners of its annual WWDC Swift Student Challenge from 41 different countries and regions, including Palash Taneja who designed a Swift playground that teaches coding while simulating how a pandemic moves through a population.
2020-06-16
Category: International, Argentina,Technology,Education
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Apple CEO commits $100 million to promote racial equality
San Jose, June 12 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced a $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative to promote racial equality as a time when several US states are facing protests over the death of African-American George Floyd.
2020-06-12
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Video meet app Zoom to open 2 R&D centres, to hire 500 in US
San Jose, May 14 (IANS) Video meet app Zoom on Thursday announced to open two new research and development centres in the US, one in the greater Phoenix (Arizona) and the other in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).
2020-05-14
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Apple shuts all retail stores until further notice
San Jose, March 17 (IANS) Apple on Tuesday said its retail stores outside Greater China are closed until further notice owing to growing coronavirus concerns.
2020-03-17
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Apple's security restrictions hamper productivity at home
San Jose, March 16 (IANS) Apple's security restrictions, strict guidelines and secrecy around its products have left several employees in the lurch as they take work home owing to new coronavirus fears.
2020-03-16
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Adobe Acrobat now integrated with Google Drive
San Jose (California), Feb 20 (IANS) Software major Adobe on Thursday announced the availability of Adobe Acrobat for Google Drive in the G Suite Marketplace.
2020-02-20
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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US library locks horns with LinkedIn over privacy concerns
San Jose, Aug 2 (IANS) A library in the US has locked horns with Microsoft-owned job seeking app LinkedIn over privacy concerns after the latter began demanding personal information of people who wished to access its online classes on the platform.
2019-08-02
Category: International, Argentina,Technology,Defence/Security
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Costa Rica, Panama arrest 46 for migrant trafficking
San Jose, July 31 (IANS) Authorities in Costa Rica and Panama have arrested 46 people in a joint operation to break up a criminal organization in their two countries that has been trafficking migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Africa and Asia.
2019-07-31
Category: International, Argentina,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Indian app developers find new Apple tech a boon
San Jose (California), June 6 (IANS) It all started with a dream to create something for the world and with innovative Apple technologies like Swift and ARkit (AR) at their disposal, several app developers from India have created a niche space for themselves.
2019-06-06
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Apple unveils faster iOS 13, Mac Pro with exciting features
San Jose (California), June 3 (IANS) In a bid to make its devices more personalised and secure, Apple on Monday unveiled the next-generation and much faster iOS 13 with features like Dark Mode and Apple sign-in, along with new Mac Pro and a brand new iPadOS.
2019-06-03
Category: International, Argentina,Technology
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Nine killed in stampede at soccer stadium in El Salvador
San Salvador, May 21 (IANS) At least nine people were killed in a stampede at a football stadium in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, local authorities said.
2023-05-21
Category: International, Argentina,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Costa Ricans head to prez polls with no clear favourite
San Jose, Feb 6 (IANS) A record 25 candidates are on Costa Rica's presidential ballot in Sunday's elections, which will choose both the President and the legislators that will lead the country in 2022-2026, with no favouritre among the general public yet.
2022-02-06
Category: International, Argentina,Politics
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El Salvador declares emergency over spike in homicides
San Salvador, March 28 (IANS) El Salvador has declared a state of emergency for 30 days after 62 homicides were registered on March 26, the highest number reported in a single day.
2022-03-28
Category: International, Argentina,Politics
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Rodrigo Chaves sworn in as President of Costa Rica
San Jose, May 9 (IANS) Rodrigo Chaves, an economist, has been sworn in as the new President of Costa Rica for the period of 2022-2026, along with his Vice Presidents Stephan Brunner and Mary Munive.
2022-05-09
Category: International, Argentina,Politics
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Messi nets hat-trick as Argentina rout Curacao
Santiago del Estero (Argentina), March 29 (IANS) Lionel Messi scored his 100th international goal as Argentina cruised to a 7-0 home win over Curacao in their lop-sided friendly, here.
2023-03-29
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Football
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Silicon Valley Classic draw: Sakkari, Badosa, Jabeur included as top seeds
San Jose (USA), July 30 (IANS) World No 3 Maria Sakkari, No 4 Paula Badosa, Ons Jabeur, and Aryna Sabalenka have been drawn as the top seeds at the Silicon Valley Classic tennis tournament, which begins on August 1.
2022-07-30
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Tennis
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Costa Rica midfielder and FIFA World Cup member Galo tests positive for banned substance
San Jose, Oct 19 (IANS) Costa Rica international midfielder Orlando Galo is in danger of missing this year's FIFA World Cup after a positive doping test.
2022-10-19
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Football
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El Salvador police arrest 576 in fight against rising homicides
San Salvador, March 29 (IANS) Police in El Salvador arrested 576 alleged gang members over the weekend, as part of its operations against a rising wave of homicides across the nation.
2022-03-29
Category: International, Argentina,Politics
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Lajovic saves three Match Points, edges Paire in Buenos Aires
Argentina, Feb 8 (IANS) Dusan Lajovic snatched victory from the jaws of defeat at the Argentina Open to reach the second round in Buenos Aires. The fifth seed overcame Frenchman Benoit Paire 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), saving three match points en route to his two-hour and four-minute victory at the ATP 250 tournament, on Monday.
2022-02-08
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Tennis
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Naomi Osaka gets wild card for San Jose tennis tournament
San Jose (California), July 19 (IANS) Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka will play her first event since the French Open when she competes at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, California early next month.
2022-07-19
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Tennis
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Jabeur, Badosa advance in San Jose
San Jose (US), Aug 4 (IANS) Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur opened her Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic campaign with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Madison Keys here on Thursday.
2022-08-04
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Tennis
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Costa Rica votes in presidential, legislative polls
San Jose, Feb 7 (IANS) Costa Ricans have cast their ballots to elect a new President, as well as a new National Assembly for the next four years.
2022-02-07
Category: International, Argentina,Politics
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Ex-President leads in Costa Rica polls
San Jose, Feb 7 (IANS) Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres is leadinin the country's presidential election, while a runoff is looming as no clear winner has emerged as of Monday, according to the latest data from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).
2022-02-07
Category: International, Argentina,Politics
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Silicon Valley Classic: Shelby Rogers sets up final clash with Daria Kasatkina
San Jose (US), Aug 7 (IANS) Continuing her dominant week, Shelby Rogers set up a final clash with Daria Kasatkina at the Silicon Valley Classic after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinal, here.
2022-08-07
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Tennis
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Determined Espargaro fights to fourth on grid, career best Argentina GP qualifying
Argentina, April 3 (IANS) Pol Espargaro showed off his incredible determination here, recovering from a complicated and compacted day to fourth on the grid.
2022-04-03
Category: International, Argentina,Sports,Motorsports
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Costa Rican Prez in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19
San Jose, Feb 11 (IANS) Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado tested positive for Covid-19 and is in isolation, the presidency said on Thursday.
2022-02-11
Category: International, Argentina,Health/Medicine,Politics
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