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An Uber Station is shown outside a hotel in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. Uber spent $1 billion in China last year, but only got a share of around 10 percent, compared to Didi Chuxing's more than 80 percent.

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In China, A Battle Uber Didn't Win

12:25pm August 03, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

Uber's China arm merged with its rival Didi Chuxing this week, creating a $35 billion ride-hailing colossus. The merger ends an era of brutal competition, and may help boost China's flagging economy.

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A man walks past a display cabinet containing models of bitcoins in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

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$72 Million In Bitcoins Stolen From Hong Kong Exchange

10:06am August 03, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The value of the digital currency plunged more than 20 percent after news of the theft broke. Nearly 120,000 bitcoin were stolen; it's not clear who took the currency or how.

(Top) Shu receives deep muscle stimulation on his right shoulder. (Left) Physical therapist Ryan Reyes scrapes down Shu's Achilles tendon using a metal device called a Graston tool. (Right) Shu rests in a hyperbaric chamber, where he breathes pure oxygen

More Than Birdies And Backyards: This Olympian Will School You On Badminton

7:16am August 03, 2016

by Melissa Block

Howard Shu, the sole U.S. men's singles player in badminton, is hoping to make an impact in a sport that's largely dominated by Asian countries.

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Anti-EU Forces In Austria Push For Exit Referendum

5:30am August 03, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Brexit has encouraged pro-exit movements across Europe. In Austria, only 51 percent of the people tell pollsters they want to stay in the European Union, and a new party has formed with a single goal: get out.

Lawyers For Sept. 11 Plotters Try To Save Defendants From Death Penalty

5:30am August 03, 2016

by Arun Rath

Defense attorneys in the military commissions of the alleged 9/11 plotters are throwing up roadblock after roadblock to increase the chances of saving their clients from the death penalty. The government could make the case go a lot quicker, they say, if prosecutors took that danger off the table.

Obama Touts Benefits Of Pacific Trade Deal With Singapore's Prime Minister

6:46pm August 02, 2016

by Scott Horsley

During a meeting Tuesday with the prime minister of Singapore, President Obama touted the benefits of the Trans-Pacific trade deal. But with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both on record against the deal, Obama faces a narrow path to ratification.

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Russian Public Leans Toward Trump In U.S. Presidential Election

6:46pm August 02, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Pavel Felgenhauer, a columnist for Novaya Gazeta, about how the U.S. presidential election is being covered in Russia and how the Russian public views Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

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Which Countries Are Best At Converting National Wealth Into Well-Being

5:17pm August 02, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

How much bang for their buck do citizens actually get out of their nation's total wealth?

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Former Iraqi Ambassador On Fighting ISIS With U.S.: 'We All Have Short-Termism'

4:42pm August 02, 2016

"We need to get politics aligned with the security threat we all face. ... We're all thinking about our own elections rather than ... the strategic leadership needed," says Lukman Faily.

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Women wave flags in front of a billboard bearing a picture of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Aug. 2 in Ankara's Kizilay Square during a protest against the failed military coup in July.

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After Failed Coup, Some Turks Call For Reinstating The Death Penalty

4:32pm August 02, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says public demand for restoring it can't be ignored. But doing so would hurt Turkey's bid to join the EU.

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