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Collab Capital launches with a $50 million target and a mission to help Black entrepreneurs

The three founders of Collab Capital, the newly launched Atlanta-based fund with a $50 million target and a mission to help Black entrepreneurs, are intimately aware of the struggles that Black founde

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Researchers launch app to crowdsource data for bird conservation

Chinese scientists and researchers are looking to big data and crowdsourcing to shore up bird conservation and interest along China's coast.The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resourc

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Interview: Brazil's mining company Vale confident in future Chinese market

Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, is confident in the outlook of the resuming Chinese market amid COVID-19 pandemic, its executive director has said. Marcel

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Singaporean PM calls for cooperation between China, U.S.

China and the United States must figure out how to allow for competition between them in some areas without letting rivalry get in the way of cooperation in others, Sin

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400-meter upset winner at worlds suspended in doping case

The winner of one of the most shocking races in memory has been provisionally suspended for failing to make herself available for doping tests.Salwa Eid Naser, who routed the defending Olympic gol

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15 things founders should know before accepting funding from a corporate VC

More than $50 billion of corporate venture capital (CVC) was deployed in 2018 and new data indicates that nearly half of all venture rounds will include a corporate investor. The CVC trend is heating

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China lifts pangolins' protection level to top class

Pangolins are now under first-class state protection, upgrading from the previous second-class state protection, according to China's National Forestry and Grassland Ad

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Profile: Guarding birds in China's manufacturing heartland

Photo taken on May 30, 2020 shows Xian Quanhui is guarding the wetland.(Xinhua/Wang Ruiping) In the midst of bustling factories and glitzy highrises in Foshan, a manufa

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France's COVID-19 death toll rises by 44 to 29,065

France has registered 44 new deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 29,065, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The new singl

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UK PM urges funding, global cooperation in virtual Global Vaccine Summit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the Global Vaccine Summit virtually on Thursday, urging countries and organizations to pledge funding for vaccinations to s

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G7 finance ministers reaffirm commitment to debt relief for poorest countries amid pandemic

Finance ministers of Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to implementing official bilateral debt relief for the world's

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'Uzi Out': LOL legend gamer Uzi retires due to injuries and diabetes

LOL's pro gamer Uzi announced his retirement on June 3, 2020. /Uzi's twitter account screenshot Jian Zihao, who is better known as "Uzi" in the game League of Legends (LOL), announced his reti

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Commentary: China enhances health system to ensure people's development goals

China has stepped up efforts to build a strong public health system and improve the nation's capacity for disease prevention and treatment to better protect its people'

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China closer to banning solid waste imports

China is now moving closer and vows to achieve its goal of halting all imports of solid waste by the end of 2020, part of its broader anti-pollution efforts. The count

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Lifestyles after the pandemic will be different

A cyclist wearing face mask is seen in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Djoomart Otorbaev is the former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor o

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How has COVID-19 revealed a fragile U.S. economy?

Editor's note: Francisco Quiero Aguirre is a PhD candidate in applied economics at Capital University of Economics and Business. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those o

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Face masks and social distancing do work, but are not foolproof - study

The report analysed data on COVID-19 prevention measures from 172 studies in 16 countries.