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'Fast & Furious 9' continues top box office, new films follow closely

The 9th installment of "Fast and Furious" franchise continued to top China's weekly box office in the past week (May 24 - 30), grossing 312 million yuan ($49 million) d

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How China 'sails together on the boundless ocean' with the world

04:53 "Boundless is the ocean where we sail with the wind" is a line from a Chinese poem written 1,000 years ago. The ancient saying, which means there are no geographi

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Tulsa massacre documentaries offer deep dive into tragedy

Several documentary filmmakers — some backed by NBA superstars — are shedding light on the historically ignored Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific tr

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For startups, trustworthy security means going above and beyond compliance standards

When it comes to meeting compliance standards, many startups are dominating the alphabet. From GDPR and CCPA to SOC 2, ISO27001, PCI DSS and HIPAA, companies have been charging toward meeting the comp

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Bias fuels the Israel-Palestine conflict

Smoke and flame rise during Israeli air strikes, as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues, in Gaza City, May 14, 2021. /Reuters Editor's note:

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U.S. pullout from Open Skies closes extra door for trust building

A Russian Air Force Tu-214 flies over Offutt Air Force Base, April 26, 2019. /AP Editor's note:Danil Bochkov is an expert with the Russian International Affairs Council. He graduated cum laude

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Next-gen Bird Three scooter comes with bigger battery and better software

Bird is rolling out a next-generation scooter with a bigger, longer-range battery and a diagnostic monitoring system to New York and Berlin this summer, as the micromobility startup seeks out ways to

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Bonhams Hong Kong presents 3.5-m calligraphy couplet by Chang Dai-chien

Bonhams Hong Kong presents a calligraphy couplet in Running Script by Chinese artist Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian), the largest size in the market, May 25, 2021. (China News Service/Li Zhihua)

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A new book coauthored by Brad Feld invites founders to get their weekly Nietzsche

In all likelihood, you do not currently associate Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, essayist and cultural critic, with entrepreneurship.Serial entrepreneurs Brad Feld and Dave Jilk —

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Airbyte announces $26M Series A for open source data connector platform

One of the major issues facing companies these days isn’t finding relevant data, so much as moving it to where it’s needed. Enter Airbyte, an early stage startup that is building an open s

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Wang Yi says China's development 'global progress' not threat at MSC

01:52 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed on Tuesday that China's development should be perceived as progress for the whole world rather than a threat at Munic

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Future Family raises $9M to make fertility treatments more accessible and expand its clinic network

Future Family, a company we’ve written about a few times over the years, makes fertility treatments more accessible. They pre-negotiate terms with fertility clinics to ensure there are no surpri

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Aurora Solar aims to power the growing solar industry with a $250M round C

Aurora Solar had one of those pitches that seemed obvious in retrospect. Instead of going to a house and measuring its roof manually for a solar panel installation, why not use aerial scans and imager

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A journey to prosperity: Changes in Tibet since peaceful liberation

Peaceful liberation was a historic turning point for Tibet. With the signing of the 17-Article Agreement on measures for the peaceful liberation of Tibet on May 23, 195

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Mental health app Wysa raises $5.5M for ’emotionally intelligent’ AI

It’s hard enough to talk about your feelings to a person; Jo Aggarwal, the founder and CEO of Wysa, is hoping you’ll find it easier to confide in a robot. Or, put more specifically, “emotionally intel

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India's health ministry suggests deferment of vaccination for patients recovering from COVID-19

India's federal health ministry has announced deferring the COVID-19 vaccination by three months in four specific situations including patients recovering from the COVI

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Pitch, a platform for making and sharing presentations, raises $85M on a $600M valuation

Powerpoint may still dominate the landscape for presentations in many people’s minds, but some might say that legacy status also makes Microsoft’s software ripe for disruption. Now, a star