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South Africa sees a drastic drop in rhino poaching

File photo taken on Sept. 24, 2016 shows Hunter Mitchell, nine-year-old South African conservationist taking the rhino for a walk, in Cape Town, South Africa. /Xinhua South Africa has seen a s

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200 households evacuated due to wildfire in Southern California

Firefighters battle a blaze from the air that was threatening homes in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 21, 2019. /Reuters A fast-moving brush fire bre

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US consumer spending up 5.6%, but virus could stall gains

American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%, helping regain some of record plunge that occurred after the coronavirus struck hard in March and p

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Recruiting for diversity in VC

Like many industries with a high concentration of wealth — and the careers that help professionals accumulate it — investment firms have a severe dearth of diversity in their ranks.Regardless of wheth

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Twitter finally bans former KKK leader, David Duke

Twitter has confirmed it has permanently banned the account of David Duke, former leader of white supremacist hate group the Ku Klux Klan.Duke had operated freely on its platform for years — am

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Beijing 2022 racing towards green Games

"Beijing!" The city's name was called at an IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015 to become the host of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Five years on, Beijing, the first city to host both summe

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China's opening-up to drive a more inclusive globalization

A screen displaying real-time coordinates of global vessels in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2018. /Xinhua Editor's note: Wang Huiyao is the president of the Center for China and Globalization.

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U.S. economy sees sharpest contraction in decades as COVID-19 recession deepens

The U.S. economy saw the sharpest contraction in decades between April and June as the country grappled with the fallout of COVID-19 lockdowns, indicating the depth and severity of the pandemic-indu

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US economy shrank at record-breaking 33% rate last quarter

The U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 32.9% annual rate in the April-June quarter — by far the worst quarterly plunge ever — when the viral outbreak shut down businesse

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U.S. GDP drops by a record 32.9% in Q2 as COVID-19 ravages economy

The U.S. suffered its biggest economic decline since the government began recording the index after World War Ⅱ in the second quarter of 2020 as the novel coronavirus continues to ravage the econo

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Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator is a beautiful work in progress

For the last two weeks, I’ve been flying around the world in a preview of Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator. Without a doubt, it’s the most beautiful flight simulator yet, and itR

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U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero amid COVID-19 resurgence

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record-low level of near zero amid a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases nationwid

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Interview: Renowned respiratory specialist proposes extensive testing for Hong Kong

Chinese respiratory specialist Zhong Nanshan has called for extensive nucleic acid screenings in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), where daily report

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Spotlight: U.S. Fed keeps rates near zero, warns of COVID-19 resurgence

Video: U.S. COVID-19 deaths have surpassed the 150,000 mark to reach 150,034 as of 3:35 p.m. local time on July 29, 2020 (1935 GMT), according to the Center for Systems

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Why talk of a 'second wave' of coronavirus may be premature

There is no agreed definition of a second wave - so can we say with any certainty that we are experiencing one?

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With Robinhood’s UK launch delayed, eToro to bring out UK debit card following acquisition

Investment app eToro is to launch a debit card, following its acquisition of Marq Millions Ltd, the UK based e-money business. Marq Millions will now trade as eToro Money and will be the issuer for eT

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Take a first look inside Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft for private astronauts

As part of its continued preparations to begin its commercial passenger spaceflight operations, Virgin Galactic has revealed the final design the interior cabin of its VSS Unity spacecraft. The compan