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Filipino live streaming app Kumu raises $5 million Series A led by Openspace Ventures

Kumu Holdings, a live streaming startup based in the Philippines, announced today it has raised about $5 million in Series A funding, earmarked for new features and growing its operations.The round wa

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Education ministry announces entry score for second-round postgraduate admission exam

China's Ministry of Education Tuesday announced the entry score for the second round of the 2020 national exam for postgraduate enrollment and issued a guideline to ma

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China, France call for solidarity, coordination in COVID-19 fight

China and France should continue carrying on their good tradition of supporting each other and jointly tackle challenges posed by the COVID-19 epidemic, the two countries' foreign ministers said Thur

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LatAm hunkers down amid rising caseload of COVID-19

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 100 in both Peru and Ecuador on Tuesday, and Ecuador's government has begun implementing some of the harshest measures in Latin America. A total of 31 m

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UEFA to decide European football's fixture under COVID-19 on March 17

The European football governing body UEFA has invited representatives of its 55 member associations as well as related stakeholders to discuss the reactions to the spread of COVID-19 via videoconf

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Hong Kong to seek public opinions on LegCo election arrangements

The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday released the proposed guidelines on Legislative Council (LegCo) ele

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Trump speaks by phone with France's Macron on COVID-19, Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke by phone with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the spreading COVID-19 disease and the ongoing situation in Syri

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Jiangsu's Wakaso gets Ghana national team call-up for AFCON qualifiers

Chinese Super League (CSL) club Jiangsu Suning's midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has been called-up to the Ghanaian national team for their upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The Ch

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Catalan separatists rally in France with fugitive ex-Leader

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont speaks during a rally in Perpignan, France, February 29, 2020. /Reuters Tens of thousands of people who support the idea of an independent Catalonia

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White House official says Trump to engage in further tax cuts if re-elected

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Friday that President Donald Trump will engage in further tax cuts if getting re-elected, building on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. "We need

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Locust swarms reported in 9 African countries, Persian Gulf: UN

Locust swarms are spreading throughout east Africa into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Persian Gulf, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,

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British car industry calls for free-trade deal to boost output figures

Aston Martin published $136 million pre-tax loss in 2019. As a result their chief finance officer, Andy Palmer has announced he will step down (Credit: AP)  British car companies have called o

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U.S., S.Korea may scale back joint drills amid coronavirus fears

The United States and South Korea are weighing scaling back upcoming joint military exercises due to growing concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak, said U.S. De

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Youku signs deal to expand its BBC content

Youku, the video-streaming platform affiliated to China's e-commerce giant Alibaba, has recently signed a deal to expand its licensed BBC content to 430 hours, seeking to top all Chinese online pl

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Iran's top leader says high turnout in elections can disappoint U.S.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for a high turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections to disappoint the United States. "Elections n

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Apple gradually restores business in China, despite virus impact on quarterly revenue

U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Monday that it continues to gradually restore its business in China, despite some impact from the novel coronavirus outbreak on sales revenue in the upcoming fiscal

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China to set quarantine areas on public transport for Spring Festival travel rush

China will set up quarantine areas on public transport vehicles to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus during the upcoming conclusion to the Spring Fest