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The myth of China-Japan 'decoupling'

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

Four years ago, shared e-scooters didn’t exist. Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded b

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NASA sends Baby Yoda to space aboard SpaceX Dragon alongside astronauts

NASA added a surprise fifth passenger to the Crew-1 mission currently en route to the International Space Station – a plush The Child (aka Baby Yoda) from The Mandalorian. The doll is what’s kno

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RCEP shows how China is overcoming U.S. challenge on trade

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China's vice minister hails RCEP signing as milestone for Asia-Pacific

The long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the most consequential achievement in facilitating East Asian economic integration in the past 20 years, Vice Minister of Commer

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G20 debt framework a major plus for global stability

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Australian most states, territories agree to open domestic borders by Christmas

CANBERRA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Australians will be able to travel freely between all states and territories except Western Australia (WA) by the end of 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announce

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Biden has room on health care, though limited by Congress

President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to get sweeping health care changes through a closely divided Congress, but there’s a menu of narrower actions he can choose from

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Onfido’s Husayn Kassai steps back, brings in new CEO ahead of a planned IPO

There are big changes today at Onfido, the global identity verification and authentication platform which has rocketed in adoption as so many services become digitized during the pandemic. The company

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Champions League first-leg roundup – Part II

As we are in the midst of yet another international break, take a look back at the UEFA Champions League's first legs with CGTN. Latest standings in Group C after three games in the UEFA Champion

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Investors dive into emerging markets after U.S. election, vaccine hope

A swathe of top investment banks and funds are piling into emerging market assets on a double-lift in confidence after the U.S. election and this week's coronavirus vaccine breakthrough.Analysts at C

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Evo Morales and the return of the left

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It's time for Mike Pompeo to leave the stage

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Europe puts out advice on fixing international data transfers that’s cold comfort for Facebook

Following the landmark CJEU ‘Schrems II’ ruling in July, which invalidated the four-year-old EU-US Privacy Shield, European data protection regulators have today publis

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China-Russia cross-border e-commerce sees benefits of free trade

02:41 Cross-border trade in Heihe, China's northernmost free trade area adjacent to Russia's Blagoveshchensk, has remained stable this year. Despite COVID-19's impact, robust developme

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Tailscale raises $12 million for its WireGuard-based corporate VPN

Tailscale has raised a $12 million funding round. Accel is leading the round with Heavybit and Uncork Capital also participating. The company is building a better corporate VPN by leveraging a modern

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Biden vows to step up to the plate as to climate change, but can he?

The White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is a national thousand-talent distinguished professor of public policy at Ts