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Spotlight: U.S. Fed likely to offer more guidance on rates next week amid COVID-19 fallout

The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to provide more guidance at its policy meeting next week to signal intentions to keep interest rates near zero for a few years so as

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Two of S. Africa’s airlines look to restart operations

Airlink has started taking bookings on its website for flights from June 8, while Safair is taking bookings for flights resuming on June 15. /Social Media Two of South Africa’s biggest private

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How to attract more than 10 million TikTok followers in 5 months

Imagine going from zero followers to 10,000,000+ followers in less than five months. I have watched somebody do exactly that.My brother Topper Guild is already reaping the benefits of fame: People sto

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What have the sweeping COVID-19 tests in Wuhan told us?

Wuhan, once the epicenter of COVID-19 outbreak in China, completed its citywide nucleic acid testing of 9.89 million citizens on Monday and reported only 300 asymptomatic cases. That means only th

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Netizens praise Wuhan for completing 9.89 million nucleic acid tests

"Wuhan is a safe city; Wuhan people are healthy," a hashtag from infectious disease doctor Li Lanjuan, topped the trending list on Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter

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Round-up: Sporting world allows in-game Floyd solidarity messages

Chelsea squad take the knee during a training session in the formation of H for "human" at Chelsea Training Ground, June 2, 2020. /VCG World football governing body FIFA has joined sports leag

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Round-up: Sporting world allows in-game Floyd solidarity messages

Chelsea squad take the knee during a training session in the formation of H for "human" at Chelsea Training Ground, June 2, 2020. /VCG World football governing body FIFA has joined sports leag

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An exciting future lies ahead for Hainan Island

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, the DPRK, Britain and

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Zoom earnings soar as video meets become pandemic norm

VCG Zoom on Tuesday reported that its earnings soared as its video-meeting service became a popular way to work or socialize while hunkered down due to the pandemic.Zoom said it made a profit

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What motivates innovative entrepreneurs: Money or altruism?

In today’s new world completely engulfed by COVID-19, all sorts of innovations are emerging to help the world overcome this difficult time: 3D printers are cranking out medical supplies; rapid advance

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Grindr removes 'ethnicity filter' following complaints

The company was criticised after tweeting a message of support for #BlackLivesMatter while allowing users to filter by race.

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Public kindergartens reopen in Shanghai

More students in the Shanghai Municipality returned to school as public kindergartens and the first to third grades of primary schools reopened on Tuesday. Private child-care institutions will also

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In the shoes of a Chinese poverty relief official

33:28 Kuijiu is a sleepy village shrouded in mist and beset by misfortune.The community in southwest China sits some 3,000 meters above sea level where hills roll endle

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China Focus: China releases master plan for Hainan free trade port

Chinese authorities on Monday released a master plan for the Hainan free trade port, aiming to build the southern island province into a globally-influential high-leve

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Premier League given go-ahead to return as 'sporting recovery' begins

Liverpool fans let off flares before their Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool, May 12, 2019. /VCG "The wait is over," beamed Oliver Dowden, Britain's secretary of state for Digital, Cu

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Double standards on protests expose U.S. politicians' hypocrisy on HK

A protest near the White House over the death of George Floyd in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analy

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'I can't breathe'

A protester shouts slogans to the police on a street in lower Mahattan in New York, U.S., May 29, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of Columbia Graduate School of Journali