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The future of China's economic engagement

An automatic container dock in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, May 16, 2018. /Xinhua Editor's note: Daryl Guppy is an international financial technical analysis expert.He has provided

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Female-centric Star Wars TV series in development at Disney+ streaming service

A female-centric Star Wars TV series is in development at Disney+ streaming service, according to U.S. media outlets. The new Star Wars original TV series will be writ

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Igloo raises $8.2M to bring insurance to more people in Southeast Asia

Singapore-based Igloo, formerly known as Axinan, has raised $8.2 million as the insurance-tech startup looks to broaden its foothold in half a dozen Southeast Asian markets and Australia.InVent, a cor

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First U.K. patients receive COVID-19 vaccine under trial

The vaccine under trial was developed in under three months by a team at Oxford University. /VCG Image Europe has begun human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine in Oxford.Two volunteers were inject

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Pompeo says U.S. may never restore WHO funds after cutoff over pandemic

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization, warning that Washington may never restore WHO f

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Chinese envoy warns against Israeli planned annexation of Palestinian territory

A Chinese envoy on Thursday warned against Israel's planned annexation of occupied Palestinian territory. Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nat

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Google ditched tipping feature for donating money to sites

Leaked images obtained by TechCrunch reveal that Google considered and designed a feature that would let people donate money to websites to help support news publishers, bloggers, and musicians. But

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Germany’s COVID-19 contacts tracing app to link to labs for test result notification

A German research institute that’s involved in developing a COVID-19 contacts tracing app with the backing of the national government has released some new details about the work which suggests

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HealthJoy launches its revamped employee benefits assistance platform

HealthJoy, a platform that helps employees get the most use out of their benefits, launched its revamped user interface and technology stack today. The startup told TechCrunch that usage has doubled d

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First version of Apple and Google’s contact tracing API should be available to developers next week

The first version of Apple and Google’s jointly developed, cross-platform contact tracing API should be available to developers as of next week, according to a conversation between Apple CEO T

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Opera Event closes $5M Series A for its esports-focused influencer platform

Today Opera Event, an influencer software service, announced that it closed a $5 million Series A. The Oakland-based startup raised the capital from new lead investor Antera, with prior investors Atla

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Expedia raises $3.2B to ride out pandemic, names new CEO and announces austerity measures

It’s not exactly a secret that the travel industry is in free fall right now as the pandemic has brought the industry to a screeching halt. With nobody moving, travel site Expedia announced that

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Int'l big pharma increases investments in China during COVID-19

02:55 Foreign companies continue to increase their investment in China despite the coronavirus pandemic, especially pharmaceutical firms.So far this year, several international pharmac

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Expert: Tracing origin of the novel coronavirus is a scientific issue

In response to online speculation that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic may originate from Fort Detrick lab in the U.S., a Chine

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Developed West is managing Covid-19 worse than poorer countries – France’s most well-known virologist

The world’s experience with Covid-19 has exposed the fact that wealthy nations are not necessarily more prepared than poorer ones to deal with a pandemic and they are o

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Atlanta’s SingleOps raises $6M for its outdoor-care focused software business

Today SingleOps, an Atlanta-based software startup, announced that it has raised $6 million in new capital. The startup’s service is built to support companies that deal with outdoor work like l

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They try to stop Michael Jordan, but fail – individuals

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