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Rose Queen selected online for first time in Bulgarian town

This year's Rose Queen was selected online for the first time in the central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak on Monday, the organizers said in a press release. Kazanlak was known for its Rose Festival,

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Despite COVID-19, optimism reigns in the Midwest’s startup scene

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Startups in the Midwest are optimistic despite the fact that a fair number of comp

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Intuitive Machines picks a launch date and landing site for 2021 Moon cargo delivery mission

The first private company scheduled to make a delivery of scientific cargo on behalf of NASA has specified a landing site, and a target date for its mission. Intuitive Machines will seek to land its

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Wuhan closes COVID-19 hospital for critical patients

A hospital designated for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients in Wuhan was closed Monday as the number of hospitalized patients keeps falling in the city. Till M

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Dear Sophie: How is COVID-19 affecting immigration?

“Dear Sophie” is an advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the

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GC’s Niko Bonatsos on Y Combinator, edtech and investing in the shadow of coronavirus

This week, Extra Crunch hosted a call with General Catalyst managing director Niko Bonatsos to discuss a number of startup topics, including what the novel coronavirus is doing to investing in the Val

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Fighting COVID-19: Beijing's districts use apps to process admin

VCG Beijing's Haidian District has been leading the city's efforts to digitize public affairs. Now given the novel coronavirus epidemic, the process has sped up.The district's government has i

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SparkLabs Group launches Connex, an accelerator program for smart city technology

SparkLabs Group announced today that it has launched SparkLabs Connex, the latest program in its network of startup accelerators and venture funds. Focused on real estate technology (proptech) and the

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VC firm Oxx says SaaS startups should avoid high-risk growth models

Oxx, a European venture capital firm co-founded by Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson, this month announced the closing of its debut fund of $133 million to back “Europe’s most promising SaaS companies

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Xu Mengtao takes aerials skiing World Cup silver medal in Minsk

File photo: Xu Mengtao takes a training jump before the start of the Mixed Team Aerial Finals of the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, February 07, 2

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Is this what an early-stage slowdown looks like?

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re exploring some fascinating data from Silicon Valley Bank markets

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IDF Says Identified Rocket Launched From Gaza to Israel

Earlier in the day, the Israeli military issued a warning in the city of Sderot and the Gaza Strip, as air-raid sirens were sounding in southern Israel.The Israeli Defe

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Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital

Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing tech markets and Nigeria is becoming its unofficial capital.While the West African nation is commonly associated with negative cliches around corrup

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Nebia’s co-founder talks about finding product/market fit

Finding the right product/market fit is challenging for any company, but it’s just a little harder for hardware startups.I recently visited the San Francisco offices of Nebia to chat with co-fou

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Pompeo discusses ties, regional issues with Japanese, S. Korean FMs

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed ties and regional issues Tuesday with visiting Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers in the state of California, sa

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India's top court orders review of internet shutdown

01:26 India's Supreme Court said on Friday that the indefinite shutdown of the internet in Indian-controlled Kashmir was unwarranted, rebuking the government for the communications loc

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Turpan in September

ByAPDwriterYangSiyaoTurpan,locatedinNorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,isknownforitshightemperaturesinsummer,variouskindsoffruitsandnumeroushistorica