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China endeavors to ensure safety of campus, students amid virus outbreak

China has postponed start of new school semester and encouraged students to study at home over safety concerns as the country fights a novel coronavirus outbreak that

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Facebook will pay Reuters to fact-check Deepfakes and more

Eye-witness photos and videos distributed by news wire Reuters already go through an exhaustive media verification process. Now the publisher will bring that expertise to the fight against misinforma

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Boeing says Southeast Asia needs 4,500 new aircraft in next 20 years

Top U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing forecast Tuesday that Southeast Asia will need 4,500 new planes in the next two decades, with single-aisle jets expected to domin

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Fenergo raises $80M at an $800M valuation for compliance and other fintech services aimed at banks

Europe has emerged as a key region for hatching and scaling fintech companies, and today one of the bigger hopefuls is announcing a large round of funding, from a mix of strategic investors, to keep g

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Feature: American author defies bias on China's coronavirus fight

Mario Cavolo, an Italian American living in China, felt compelled to balance the negative narratives surrounding how China handled the novel coronavirus outbreak, and his comments went viral. Cavolo

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Stay away from wild animals, China takes sustained action against illegal wildlife trade

The spread of the novel coronavirus, preliminarily traced to a wildlife market in Wuhan, has thrust wildlife protection into the spotlight in China. More Chinese have

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China Focus: Chinese teachers take new journey online

Turning her folding table upside down, You Xiaoling rested her phone on the join of the table's legs with the camera facing down toward an exam paper. It was 7:00 p.m.

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New Zealand to promote youth employment

A programme for New Zealand employers to better engage with younger employees was launched on Wednesday by the New Zealand government. The Youth Ready Employer Programme, unveiled by the New Zealand

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Pentagon chief calls Philippines' move to end military pact "unfortunate"

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday called the Philippines' decision to end an over two-decade-old military pact with America "unfortunate." "We just got the

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Vaccine for new coronavirus could be ready in 18 months: WHO

"The first vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus could be available in 18 months, so we have to do everything today using available weapons," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Ted

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Institutions select deep blue as their choice for color of the year

Colors are like words, they have meaning. They can represent emotion, such as yellow for optimism. Traffic lights, of course, with green for go and red for stop, are the most obvious everyday examples

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Australian military to assist flood recovery efforts, as cyclone bears down on east coast

With homes and business battered by the extreme weather on Australia's east coast, energy provider Ausgrid has asked for help from the military to clear debris and repair electricity. Speaking with

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Tuesday Capital teams up with design powerhouse Frog to grab startups’ attention — and keep it

In a day and age when everyone seems to have their own seed-stage venture fund, it’s hard to stand out. But Tuesday Capital, the San Francisco-based outfit formerly known as CrunchFund, thinks i

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Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem

It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from Israel. As YL Ventures’ Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber wrote last month, investments in Israeli cybersecu

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Russia Develops Cutting-Edge Anti-Hypersonic Missile System - Report

Russia and China are currently the only nations making significant advances in hypersonic systems, according to reports citing military experts. US Secretary of Defence

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China allocates 848 bln yuan of local gov't bonds quota

China has allocated 848 billion yuan (about 122 billion U.S. dollars) worth of new local government bonds quota, according to the Ministry of Finance. Of the total, 29

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Juan Guaido back to Venezuela after completing international tour

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks during a gathering with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, August 7, 2019. /Reuters Photo Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido returned to hi