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- Rule-breaking Booker judges honor Atwood, Evaristo with rare double prize Rule-breaking Booker judges honor Atwood, Evaristo with rare double prize Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments" and Bernardine Evaristo's "Girl, Woman, Other" jointly won the Booker Prize on Monday in a surprise double award in which the literary prize recognized itsoldest and first black woman winners.
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- Texas policeman faces charges after killing black woman in her home Texas policeman faces charges after killing black woman in her home A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer has resigned and faces criminal charges after he shot dead a 28-year-old black woman inside her home, the city's police chief said on Monday.
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- SoftBank's Claure announces investment in Mexican startup Kavak SoftBank's Claure announces investment in Mexican startup Kavak Japan's SoftBank will invest in Mexican used car platform Kavak, the group's chief operating officer Marcelo Claure said on Monday, adding to SoftBank's growing portfolio in Latin America.
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- Facebook's Libra announces board as support shrinks further Facebook's Libra announces board as support shrinks further Backers of Facebook Inc'sLibra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting a five-member board on Monday, shrugging off the latest member defection by online travel company Booking Holding earlier in the day.
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- Indian-born Nobel prize-winner comes from 'family of economists' Indian-born Nobel prize-winner comes from 'family of economists' Indian politicians and academics cheered the Nobel economics prize awarded on Monday to Indian-born American Abhijit Banerjee, whose proud mother told visitors crowding into her apartment that he came from "a family of economists".
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- Trio wins economics Nobel for science-based poverty fight Trio wins economics Nobel for science-based poverty fight U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work fighting poverty that has helped millions of children by favoring practical steps over theory.
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