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Japan to decide whether to extend state of emergency on May 6: NHK

A man stands in front of a closed Pachinko parlour, following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Tokyo, April 28, 2020. /Reuters Japan will formally decide on Monday whether to extend its nationwide st

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Data shows Canada's early COVID-19 cases came from the U.S. not China

Data from Canada's largest provinces show it was American travelers, not Chinese, who brought the novel coronavirus to Canadian shores, according to the National Post Friday.The National Post in C

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Boeing raises $25 bln in blowout debt sale under COVID-19 crisis

A Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., April 29, 2020. /VCG Boeing raised 25 billion U.S. dollars in a bond offering on Thursday, a blowout result for the planemaker, which is shoring u

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Shanghai reports 5 imported COVID-19 cases

Shanghai reported five imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and zero increase in locally transmitted COVID-19 case on Thursday, the municipal heal

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Why 'R' is possibly most crucial scientific figure in COVID-19 crisis

If we can keep the R below one, then the growth of the pandemic will slow - indeed, it will slow exponentially.

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One letter represents how fast virus can spread - but measuring 'R' is hard

If we can keep the R below one, then the growth of the pandemic will slow - indeed, it will slow exponentially.

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Great Hill Capital: U.S. economy may rebound quicker than expected

03:48 The U.S. economy may rebound faster than many are expecting given the government's massive stimulus being pumped in and the positive momentum prior to the coronavirus pandemic, a

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We need frictionless banking to tackle COVID-19

Digital banking. /VCG Editor's note: Ravish Bhatia was a Yenching Scholar at Peking University and hosts the Use Case podcast. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily th

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More COVID-19 cases confirmed in Asia-Pacific, S.Korea turns the corner

Asia-Pacific countries kept reporting more COVID-19 cases with a sign of slowing down seen in South Korea as no new domestic cases was reported for the first time since

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Oil major Shell slashes dividend for the first time since World War II

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday cut its dividend to shareholders for the first time since World War II, following a dramatic slide in oil prices amid the corona

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Digital techs give momentum to China's poverty alleviation drive

02:02 China is on the way to achieve zero poverty by the end of 2020. When the COVID-19 epidemic struck the country in late December and crippled a large proportion of the production a

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No new COVID-19 case reported in Hong Kong for 5 consecutive days

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported no new case of COVID-19 on Thursday, the fifth consecutive day of zero case. As of 4 p.m. Thursday loc

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SoftBank to write down WeWork by $6.6 billion

The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. /Reuters SoftBank Group Corp said it sees a loss of around 700 billion yen (6.6 b

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Shell cuts dividend for first time since World War II

A Shell logo is seen reflected in a car's side mirror at a petrol station in west London, Britain, January 29, 2015. Picture taken January 29, 2015. /Reuters Royal Dutch Shell RDSa. cut its di

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Trump's Republican Party is a nihilistic power cult

The White House Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived from 2007

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African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME e-commerce portal

San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, a portal for African merchants to create digital shops to sell online.The product is less Amazon and more eB

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Live COVID-19 updates: S.Korea records zero domestic infection since peak

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - SEOUL -- South Korea reported four more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 ho