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CarbonChain is using AI to determine the emissions profile of the world’s biggest polluters

It was the Australian bush fire that finally did it.For twelve years Adam Hearne had worked at companies which represented some of the world’s largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. First

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Join Female Founders Fund’s Anu Duggal for a live Q&A today at 11 am PDT/2 pm EDT

Startups are rebounding. Venture capitalists are open for business. And during the pandemic, the pace of dealmaking has not slowed down.But how is this new era of uncertainty impacting underrepresente

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Australian wine anti-dumping probe to be fair, just: spokesperson

China's anti-dumping investigation into wine imports from Australia will be conducted in a fair and just manner in accordance with law, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. Responding to

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China launches anti-dumping probe into Australian wine

A man demonstrates how winemakers would retrieve and taste wines from barrels in the barrel room in Adelaide hills, Australia on Oct. 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Pan Xiangyue) BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China

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U.S. leaves tariffs on Airbus aircraft unchanged at 15%

The U.S. government on Wednesday said it would maintain 15 percent tariffs on Airbus aircraft and 25 percent on other European goods, despite moves by the European Union to resolve a 16-year-old disp

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TaxScouts raises £5M Series A to expand to Europe, first stop Spain

TaxScouts, the U.K. tax preparation startup founded by TransferWise and MarketInvoice alumni, has raised £5 million in Series A funding for European expansion.Leading the round is Octopus Ventures, wi

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Deadly pandemic devastated int'l trade in ancient Israel 1,500 years ago: research

Israeli archaeologists have found that a global plague fatally damaged the economy in ancient Israel about 1,500 years ago, the Bar Ilan University (BIU) reported Tues

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1,000-year-old eye potion found to tackle antibiotic-resistant infections

The potion was found in Bald's Leechbook, one of the earliest known medical textbooks, written in Old English

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Can singles help drive Chinese consumption, economic growth?

01:31 Eating alone, shopping alone, and living alone. Like many singles, Jiang Qinghui has one specific requirement when he's choosing home appliances – they must be small in size.Sing

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COVID-19 pivot: Travel unicorn Klook sees jump in staycations

Spring 2020 was gloomy for Klook. As countries closed their borders and went into complete or partial lockdown, the SoftBank-backed travel platform saw its revenue plummet by as much as 90% through Ma

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Prague stages COVID-19 party 'to celebrate end of crisis'

01:17 Prague celebrated the end of COVID-19 lockdown measures in Czechia with a party on a huge table that stretched along the city's 500-meter Charles Bridge.The country has a populat

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Why you'll do the cooking in the restaurant of the future

The build-it-yourself burgers have kept restaurants afloat during the pandemic. Budding chefs can now recreate their favourite restaurant meals at home after COVID-19 forced many chefs and ow

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Across China: Portuguese restaurant reopens, with confidence in China's anti-virus measures

After close to four months of waiting, Dario Silva, a Portuguese who has been in China for 12 years, reopened his restaurant in Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, after COVID-19 tapered

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Sweden confidence drop, Austria opens borders: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES:- Swedes have lost confidence in its government's handling of COVID-19, according to a new study. Those with high or reasonably high trust in the government fell to 45 percent in June,

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Struggling Hungarian wineries see light at the end of the tunnel

01:40 Hungary's wine makers are among those hardest hit by the travel and movement restrictions imposed in the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Just a half-hour drive from

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South Africa eases; liquor is sold, school openings delayed

Many South Africans spent their Monday morning lining up outside liquor stores, as alcohol sales were allowed again after a two-month ban because of the coronavirus out

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U.S. sanctions on HKSAR will be limited: finance chief

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivers the annual budget at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China, February 26, 2020. /Reuters The impact of the United States' decision to revo