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LA’s socially conscious bank challenger, Aspiration, launches a carbon offset credit card

Aspiration, the financial services business for socially conscious consumers, is back with another environmentally friendly offering for its customers — this time, it’s a credit card.The L

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Motosumo scores $6M to spin up a challenge to Peloton

Denmark-based Motosumo has scored a $6M Series A raise led by London’s Magenta Partners, alongside existing investors. The new funding will go on doubling its network of spin class instructors a

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Berlin’s Blacklane raises $26M to expand its high-end chauffeur-driven sustainable car service

As the Ubers of the world continue to scale, a smaller on-demand transportation startup has raised some funding in Germany, underscoring the opportunities that remain for startups in the space targeti

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China-Russia relation: An example to follow

/VCG Editor's note:Danil Bochkov is an expert with the Russian International Affairs Council.He graduated cum laude with a master's degree in economics from MGIMO-University under the Ministry

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A global green deal

Editor's note: Decision Makers is a global platform for decision makers to share their insights on events shaping today's world. Ursula von der Leyen is the president of the European Commission. W

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Robinhood files confidentially to go public

Today Bloomberg reported, and Axios confirmed that Robinhood has filed privately to go public. The well-financed Robinhood is an American fintech company that provides zero-cost trading services to co

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Fed Chair Powell: U.S. economy looks to be strengthening

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell attends a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 1, 2020. /CFP The U.S. economy is "much improved,

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It's time to fix Sino-U.S. relationship

Yang Jiechi (3rd L), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Commi

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Afriex raises $1.2M seed to scale its payments and remittances platform across Africa

Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it will cost a transfer fee and take between one to five business days for money sent

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Afriex raises $1.2M seed to scale its payments and remittances platform across Africa

Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it will cost a transfer fee and take between one to five business days for money sent

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Declining sperm counts around the world could hit zero in 24 years

01:23 The world is facing an impending fertility crisis, experts warn.Diminishing sperm counts and physical changes in men and women due to hormone-disrupting chemicals in products are

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Biz leaders look to green transformation of economic development

A view of solar panels at a village in Huaian City, east China's Jiangsu Province, September 11, 2018. /CFPInternational cooperation and positive actions are advocated

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BMW and PG&E team up to prepare the electric grid for millions of EVs

BMW Group and California utility Pacific Gas Electric are rolling out the next phase of a pilot that aims to test — and learn — how electric vehicles could support the integration of renewable energy

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Swedish fintech Zaver raises $5M to bring cardless payments and BNPL to ‘durables’ sector

Zaver, a Swedish fintech that enable merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as an option, has raised $5 million in new funding.The company, which began life focused o

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It's time to fix Sino-U.S. relationship

Yang Jiechi (3rd L), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Commi

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Russian FM's visit to Beijing comes at a crucial time

The national flags of China and Russia are seen on Red Square, Moscow. /Xinhua Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opi

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Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women

Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name of its largest ci