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Keeping the global focus on low-income countries

VCG. Editor's note: Kristalina Georgieva is Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Sigrid Kaag is Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation for the Netherlands.The

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Poaching cases drop in Namibia

Namibia has registered a drop in poaching casesfrom 57 cases in 2019 (46 rhinos and 13 elephants) to 25 since the beginning of this year. The drop in poaching cases brings the nation closer to the ob

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Namibia loses 23 rhinos and 2 elephants to poaching since January

VCG Image Namibia has lost 23 rhinos and two elephants to poaching since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said Thursday.Ministry spokesperson Romeo

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Equity Dive: Edtech’s 2020 wakeup call

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week, we’re doing a first-ever for the sho

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The Greater Bay Area harnesses hope for young Hong Kong people

02:00 The "Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area" TV forum – hosted by CGTN Think Tank and supported by Hong Kong Polytechnic University – has wrapped up in the southern city of Shenzhen

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Enterprise investor Jason Green on SPAC hopefuls versus startups bound for traditional IPOs

Jason Green has a pretty solid reputation as venture capitalists go. The enterprise-focused firm the cofounded 17 years ago, Emergence Capital, has backed Saleforce, Box, and Zoom, among many other co

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UK car output falls 18.2% in October under fresh lockdowns

UK car manufacturing output dropped 18.2 percent in October as the fresh coronavirus lockdowns at home and overseas subdued demand in key markets, a industry body said on Thursday.A total of 110,1

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The challenges facing Biden's top foreign policy picks

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduces his cabinet member nominees at the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, November 24, 2020. /Getty Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is an assistant researcher a

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Enterprise investor Jason Green on SPAC hopefuls versus startups bound for traditional IPOs

Jason Green has a pretty solid reputation as venture capitalists go. The enterprise-focused firm the cofounded 17 years ago, Emergence Capital, has backed Saleforce, Box, and Zoom, among many other co

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Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it

Amazon Web Services is currently having an outage, taking a chunk of the internet down with it.Several AWS services were experiencing problems as of early Wednesday, according to its status page. Tha

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Will Blinken be good for China?

Antony Blinken, then Deputy Secretary of State, testifies before a Senate appropriations subcommittee at a hearing on causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistan

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Key takeaways from Carrie Lam's blueprint for Hong Kong in 2021

Carrie Lam on Wednesday unveiled her fourth policy blueprint to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) legislature, stressing that her government's urgent

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China bonds sold in Europe may benefit onshore markets as well

Editor's Note: Jimmy Zhu is chief strategist at Fullerton Research. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.China selling sovereign bonds in Europe, recent

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Say no to violence against women and girls

02:34 Editor's note: November25 marks the commencement of a global campaign – 16 Days of Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls. Smriti Aryal, Head of the Office for UN Women

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Daily Crunch: Twitter will bring back verification

Twitter prepares to hand out more blue checkmarks, YouTube suspends OANN and Discord is raising a big funding round. This is your Daily Crunch for November 24, 2020.The big story: Twitter will bring

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Use of yuan in cross-border transactions is up: China-Singapore Summit

01:49 The current global economic environment has made the Chinese yuan attractive for cross-border transactions, several officials said during the ongoing 2020 China-Singapore Connect

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Domestic issues require Biden to stay focused

Editor's note:Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions, and n