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Borders shut in several Asia-Pacific countries, S. Korea unveils "unprecedented" aid package

Medical workers walk at a hospital in Daegu, South Korea, March 15, 2020. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua) Several countries have closed their borders as confirmed cases are increasing rapidly in the As

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Dutch PM tells citizens to relax, saying there's enough toilet paper for 10 years

The prime minister in the Netherlands has offered reassurances amid the global coronavirus outbreak: telling citizens on Thursday there is no shortage of toilet paper.“

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China supports its media organizations in safeguarding reputation, interests: spokesperson

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang speaks at a press conference in Beijing, March 19, 2020. (Photo from Foreign Ministry website)"The Chinese side will be compel

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German vaccine saga bankrupts U.S.'s credibility in COVID-19 crisis

Nucleic acid tests in a laboratory in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, February 13, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:David Lee is a Beijing-based consultant and author mainly writing about e

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China to facilitate overseas financing by high-tech companies

VCG China will expand a pilot program on facilitating high-tech enterprises in more regions to borrow money from overseas in the latest effort to broaden financing channels for needy businesse

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Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed

The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be p

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EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has coronavirus

Michel Barnier, the European Union’s chief negotiator for the bloc’s future relationship with Britain after Brexit, has been infected with the new coronavirus.The 69-ye

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Israel’s Netanyahu accused of exploiting virus crisis

With the Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing accus

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Ada raises $44M Series B to improve its chatbot customer service platform

Ada today took the wraps off its $44M Series B that it hopes will allow the company to expand its offering of the company’s AI-powered customer service chatbot.Accel lead the round with particip

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Beijing calls Washington's freedom of the press 'a hoax'

A senior Beijing official on Thursday called freedom of the press in the United States "a hoax," citing "baseless" restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists working i

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East China's Suzhou issues plan to reward top global talents

Suzhou in east China’s Jiangsu Province issued a plan Thursday to reward high-end talents with up to 400,000 yuan (about 57,000 U.S. dollars) for their contributions i

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Across China: Soilless farming bears fruit in border province Yunnan

The fact that 28-year-old Gu Yue'e had never farmed a day in her life does not affect her performance at an intelligent agricultural garden. Bustling around between ro

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Y Combinator-backed Kosh is a neobank for blue-collar workers in India

Dozens of startups have stepped up in India in recent quarters to improve banking experience for millions of users and businesses in the country. As a result, tens of thousands of people who could not

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When the ‘dry powder’ disappears

Venture capitalists have raised record-breaking funds in recent years, but that doesn’t always mean the money is there for them when they want it. In extreme downturns, limited partners or LPs &

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Traditional Chinese medicine and pursuing a healthy lifestyle

VCG The novel coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan in December 2019 has now grown into a global pandemic. Everywhere, the news is dominated by the term COVID-19. In China, it was only a

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Facebook’s $1,000 bonus only applies to full-time employees working from home, not contractors

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an internal memo earlier this week that the company will give employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic a $1,000 cash bonus. But, as the Intercept

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Latin American countries efforts to prevent coronavirus spread

Testing for fever in Caracas on March 18, 2020. Federico Parra / AFP Leaders acrossLatin America are taking stepsto try and prevent the coronavirus pandemic from spreading.Venezuela'sPresident