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Global Business Newsletter: Brexit doubts, Boeing test, BP sale

"Of course it would be in the interest of Great Britain and all member states of the European Union to achieve an orderly withdrawal."That was Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, speaking to the loc

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This Week in Apps: WWDC20 highlights, App Store antitrust issues, tech giants clone TikTok

span class=featured__span-first-words">Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.

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Private equity firm Great Hill Partners acquires stock media service Storyblocks

Storyblocks, the subscription-based stock media service, today announced that it has been acquired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners. The firm previously backed companies like Wayfair (and th

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An African tribe caught between tradition and modernization

Samburu warrior Hitlan Lekoripo blowing the community horn on a sacred mountain for the Samburu, in Northern Kenya. /CGTN The Samburu tribe is a Nilotic tribe that inhabits Kenya's northern pl

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Figure skating: Beijing to stage the 2020-2021 ISU Grand Prix Final

The International Skating Union (ISU) has recently revealed the calendar for the 2020-2021 season figure skating events, including the provisional allotments for the Grand Prix series.As usual, th

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Is COVID-19 catalyst for Gulf economic transformation?

People shop at a Cooperative Society in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, May 9, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Guy Burton is an adjunct professor at Vesalius College, Brussels. The article reflects t

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The accelerating digital transformation, redux

Earlier this week, TechCrunch covered a grip of earnings reports showing that some companies helping other businesses move to modern software solutions are seeing accelerated growth. Inside the Softwa

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China Focus: Going greener, China on course to meet environment goals

As World Environment Day reminds global citizens of the “Time for Nature,” China keeps its eyes fixed on its green targets this year amid solid steps along the path of

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: Latest developments amid waves of reopenings

Editor's note:This is the 71st article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone.Worldwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed the 6 million mark as countries wrap up their lo

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Original Content podcast: ‘The Lovebirds’ has charming leads and not much else

“The Lovebirds” was originally slated for a theatrical release, but with movie theaters closed, Paramount decided to release the film through Netflix instead.But even without a global pand

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Merck to buy Austrian vaccine maker as it jumps into COVID-19 race

Merck Co Inc, which has largely kept to the sidelines of the race for COVID-19 treatments, said it was buying Austrian vaccine maker Themis Bioscience and would collaborate with research nonprofit IA

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Discover China: Minority group touts distinctive chicken rice as tourism gains steam

In a remote village tucked away at the foothills of lush green mountains in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Hong Wei boils chicken, steams rice and chops ch

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UK’s NHS COVID-19 app lacks robust legal safeguards against data misuse, warns committee

A UK parliamentary committee that focuses on human rights issues has called for primary legislation to be put in place to ensure that legal protections wrap around the national coronavirus contact tra

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Australia provides funding boost to help multicultural families amid COVID-19

Multicultural communities in the Australian State of Victoria will be given dedicated assistance to help stem the COVID-19 pandemic and its widespread economic and soc

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Pinterest rolls out new board features including notes, dates and section suggestions

Pinterest is today introducing new features that make it easier for those planning recipes, virtual events, and other quarantine activities. These include the ability to add a date or notes to a board

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Facebook to add gift cards, jobs and donation tools to its COVID-19 Community Help hub

Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information

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Chinese expert team wraps up Malaysia visit, pledges more cooperation in fighting COVID-19

A medical consultant expert team sent by the Chinese government wrapped up their two-week working visit to Malaysia on Sunday, during which they shared Chinese experiences in fighting the COVID-19 p