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Introducing the Digital Startup Alley Package for Disrupt SF

Building a startup is hard enough. But COVID-19, our generation’s worst plot twist, gives new meaning to uncertainty and stress. No one had “pandemic” on their early-stage startup’s radar, which

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Harry and Meghan say they won’t cooperate with UK tabloids

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will no longer cooperate with several British tabloid newspapers because of what they call “distorted, false or invas

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Trump, Congress near deal on small business, hospital aid

The Trump administration and Congress expect an agreement Monday on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of mone

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Malaysia records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in a month

A medical staff member prepares to enter a building under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Chong Voon Chu

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Thailand's gold selling rush amid price jitters

The streets of Bangkok's Chinatown have been busy in recent days - a frenzy of activity, traffic jams on the street. It's not because lockdown is lifted, but because gold prices have risen to a seven

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Construction of 1st communication tower of China-Laos railway completed

The construction of a 40-meter four-pipe communication tower of the China-Laos railway Vientiane station was completed on the outskirts of the Lao capital on Monday, m

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International cooperation, policy coordination vital to global economy

A currency trader watches monitors in the foreign exchange dealing room at the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, April 17, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Luo Zhiheng works at the Ch

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Half of announced North American oil cuts come from just 3 companies

Numerous U.S. and Canadian oil companies have said they are reducing output in 2020, but a Reuters analysis of the announcements so far show that just three companies - Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillip

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Iran re-opens low-risk businesses, aims for medium-risk ones as COVID-19 epidemic improves

TEHRAN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-

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False racism claims can't dampen China-Africa ties

Jiang Yuandong, member of the Chinese medical team in Zimbabwe, helps a local health official put on a face mask in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 23, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Ssemanda Allawi is

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COVID-19 Timeline: Dates don't deceive

07:40 Wuhan's lockdown has been lifted. Businesses across China are reopening. And life is gradually returning to normal. But as China adapts to its "new normal," the U.S. is in the th

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China's Heilongjiang reports 6 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

HARBIN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Saturday reported six new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and zero increase of impo

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Iran warns of another peak of COVID-19 in autumn

Iran's deputy health minister has warned that the novel coronavirus pandemic will see another rise in autumn, Financial Tribune daily reported on Saturday. "We are exp

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IMF official expects China's economy to rebound in Q2 from COVID-19

After taking a hit in the first quarter due to the COVID-19 outbreak, China's economy is expected to see a recovery in the second quarter, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said

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Crunching the numbers in Wuhan, correction or coverup?

Wuhan, China. /VCG Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China,

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'Growth at risk' ought to be the new normal

A construction site in China. /VCG Editor's note:Wang Jianhui is thedeputy general manager of the research and development department at Capital Securities. The article reflects the author's o

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People test positive for COVID-19 after completing quarantine

01:53 Earlier this week, a special case of COVID-19 in Beijing commanded the attention of doctors. A person returning from the U.S. showed symptoms after finishing quarantine. Three fa