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Thursday 17 October 2019

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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

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The pound is surging to a 7-month high after Boris Johnson secured a Brexit deal with the EU

The pound is soaring after Boris Johnson secured a Brexit deal with the EU. The agreement now can be taken to the UK Parliament this coming Saturday where British lawmakers will vote on the deal Johnson and the EU have made.
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Vice President Mike Pence announces cease-fire agreement with Turkey in Syria

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced that the US had brokered a five-day cease-fire agreement with Turkey, which launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria last week.
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Canva has just been valued at $4.7 billion, triple what it was 18 months ago and cementing founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht status as tech billionaires

Design platform Canva has just been valued at $US3.2 billion ($4.7 billion), after its latest funding round saw high-profile investors throw another $125 million into the Australian start-up.
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Tech execs who lie about privacy violations could face 20 years behind bars under a newly proposed Senate bill

A bill scheduled to be introduced on Thursday in the Senate proposes harsher punishments for tech companies and executives found responsible for privacy violations.
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The challenges of the world's longest nonstop flight – as Qantas prepares to take passengers from New York to Australia in 20 hours

Qantas is testing the new world's longest flight, New York to Sydney, on Friday. Business Insider will be on board, reporting from the test flight.
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Mark Zuckerberg just slammed China for allegedly censoring Hong Kong protest videos on TikTok: 'Is that the internet we want?'

Mark Zuckerberg slammed China for its censorship Thursday, stating that Facebook,Instagram, and WhatsApp don't operate in the country because of the Chinese government's rules banning certain content.
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Latitude Financial was supposed to have the biggest ASX launch of 2019 on Friday – instead the debt company flopped again, and its execs lost millions

Latitude Financial Group has managed to spectaculaly blow its second attempt at going public in a year, after investors went cold on its deal.
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One year after Canada legalised weed, figures suggest a large number of Canadians still buy their cannabis on the black market

Canada legalised cannabis in October 2018, becoming the first G7 country to do so. Figures show that a large number of Canadians still buy their weed from the black market one year after legalization.
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Volvo just announced its first electric car ever as it plans to stop making conventional gas-powered cars within 5 years

Volvo has announced its first fully-electric car, the Volvo XC40 Recharge. This is the first in the automaker's "Recharge" car line that is a part of its goal to become a carbon-neutral company by 2040.
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Power is the best action TV show you'll watch right now and these are the characters that prove it

You can catch season six of Power on Stan. Start your 30-day free trial today.. My love for Power is getting a bit out of control — to the point that I'm known around the office as "the one who's obsessed with Power".

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