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Partners at B2B European VC henQ discuss remote work’s biggest advantages

HenQ, an Amsterdam-based VC that invests in European B2B software startups typically at seed and Series A, recently disclosed the first close of its fourth fund at €70 million. The final close is expe

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Commentary: China determined to further open up despite COVID-19 epidemic

At this critical juncture when the COVID-19 epidemic is still ravaging the globe, China is opening its door wider to the world instead of trying to close it. China on Monday announced it will bu

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Thousands face homelessness in Greek refugee relocation push

Migrants camp out at the port of Mytilene after locals block access to the Moria refugee camp, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, March 3, 2020. /AP In Greece, thousands of r

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Trump's China conference consisted of same old falsehoods

An ambulance transports a person from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, DC, U.S. /Reuters Edit

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Trump's China conference consisted of same old falsehoods

An ambulance transports a person from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, DC, U.S. /Reuters Edit

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Chicago under curfew amid protests

Video: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot imposes a curfew on the third largest city of U.S. Saturday evening, as looting and protests over African American George Floyd's de

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Our grimdark meathook cyberpunk now

Ten years ago, the joke was: “It’s weird how, once everyone started carrying phones with cameras all the time, UFOs stopped visiting, and the cops started beating everyone up.” It wa

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U.S. Fed chief fears second wave of COVID-19 outbreak would undermine recovery

People walk past the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington D.C., the United States, May 21, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)"I think a second wave could be what

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COVID-19: Mauritius to lift lockdown restrictions at midnight

Illuminated waterfront promenade with restaurants and bars reflecting in the water of Port Louis, capital of Mauritius. Port Louis, Mauritius. /Getty Images Mauritius, considered one of Africa

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Greece clarifies policy, to allow tourists from all nations

Greek officials said Saturday that the country will not limit arriving airline passengers next month to people coming from 29 countries but that travelers who departed

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Social media: Anything goes vs. social responsibility

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a front page of the New York Post as he speaks to reporters while signing an executive order on social media companies in the Oval Office of the White House i

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YouTube and Tribeca’s global online film festival starts today

Today, the online film festival We Are One is kicking off 10 days of films, talks, musical performances and VR experiences.The event is a collaboration between Tribeca Enterprises (the organization b

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China Paralympic teams called up for 2020 Tokyo, 2022 Beijing Games

Dozens of Paralympic teams were called up to start training to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games and 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the China Disabled

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Trump throws election fairness into doubt

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived from 2007-2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for South China Morning

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New York medical worker calls for stable supply chains, income protection amid pandemic

Despite "the months-long warning provided by China and Italy," the U.S. government "failed to provide frontline health care workers with basic protections," a paramedi

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Across China: Rose fragrance spreads beyond Xinjiang's deserts as industry blooms

Early summer is one of the most enchanting seasons for the Yudu International Bazaar in Hotan City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as the bazaar

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Join us June 3 for a contact tracing and exposure notification app development and deployment forum

Exposure notification and contact tracing are two related but distinct measures many public health authorities are either considering or already implementing.Contact tracing is a practice almost as ol